Ken Buonocore

About Ken Buonocore

o Results oriented consulting professional with over twenty years of experience developing and translating statistical data into action plans. Increased competitive advantage for major U.S. and global client pharmaceutical and biotech corporations, including Shire, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, Amylin, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and Johnson & Johnsono Extensive experience in longitudinal patient-level data analytics, physician targeting, segmentation, market sizing, and custom projectso Created and maintained database of large pharmaceutical company data and developed interactive and easy-to-use dashboards linked across multiple data sources, including front end display/paid search metrics, web analytics data, and CRM datao Well versed in market research as well as multichannel marketing o Mastered extensive and diverse assignments applying statistical inference to decision making based on both primary and secondary market research analysis o Strong interpersonal communication, presentation, and detailed analytical skills, with emphasis on communicating technical findings to multi-level audiences in client organizations as well as internal mentoring and training programs. o Therapeutic areas of expertise include Oncology, Type II Diabetes, Depression, Rheumatoid Arthritis, HIV, ADHD, Antipsychotic, Glaucoma, Anticoagulant, Anemia, Asthma, and Cardiovascular marketsSpecialties: SQL, Hadoop, Hive, SPSS, Business Objects, Microsoft Office Suite, Tableau, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics

Experience

1. Associate Data Science & Advanced Analytics Director

   IQVIA

   Jun 2022 — Present · Wayne, PA, US

   Responsible for: • Developing, implementing, managing, and validating statistical-based custom analytics for pharmaceutical client engagements to help answer complex business questions.• Assisting the IQVIA Real World Insights and Commercial Services teams with use of appropriate data assets, methodologies, statistical techniques and delivery options to meet client information and analyses needs.• Designing/documenting analytical plans and developing detailed programming specifications for the execution of the analysis plan.• Coordinating with off-shore statistical programmers throughout the project lifecycle to ensure accurate and timely delivery.• Collaborating closely with project managers to create time lines for the project and to ensure that project results and conclusions are presented accurately and without bias.• Understanding the contracted scope of work, proactively identifying potential out-of-scope activities and bringing to the attention of the project leader.• Working with consulting principals and sales team on business development effort by providing ad-hoc feasibility reports, providing estimations of effort and developing methodologies that address client needs.• Managing the development work for urgent and/or complex projects requiring programming and statistical models in Python, R or other software packages.• Building expertise in cross-platform applications of IQVIA assets with a specialization in longitudinal pharmacy and medical IQVIA data.• Contributing to the development innovative methodologies and new offerings. Creating and refining best practices and approaches.• Mentoring junior team members. Potential for direct people management based on desire and prior experience.

Education

• Princeton University

  BSE, Operations Research and Financial Engineering

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Data Mining
• Marketing Research
• Market Research
• Strategy
• Market Analysis
• Statistics
• Competitive Analysis
• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Analytics
• Customer Insight
• Pharmaceuticals
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Data Analysis
• Segmentation
• Predictive Modeling
• Primary Research
• Spss
• Consumer Insights
• Statistical Modeling