Michael Morris

About Michael Morris

Motivated individual currently enjoying a career as a Data Analyst utilizing predictive modeling and quantitative analysis. Key abilities include: • Excellent communication skills with a strength in delivery to diverse audiences • Experience working with multiple departments on a single project and working with strict deadlines • Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing assignments and responsibilities • Great team member with a friendly and eager to contribute personalityI offer the maturity, technical knowledge, and expertise to effectively: • Leverage analytical knowledge to develop new insights and understanding of business performance. • Apply statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, and fact-based management to drive decision making. • Communicate findings in a manner that conveys understanding and influences management.

Experience

1. Analytics Manager

   Blue Cross NC

   Mar 2023 — Present · Durham, NC, US

   Major Accomplishments:• Lead the team through three corporate migrations • Amysis to Facets claim processing migration • Teradata to Snowflake SQL database migration • Provider Value Platform vendor migration• Focus on Improved Efficiency • Migrated processes to open source tools • Removed redundancies across legacy processes • Implemented the teams GitHub repository • DTP development • Standardized data sets for current and future use cases • Aligned data assets with new corporate data governance strategy• Lead the development of multiple new predictive modelsJob Description:• Manage a team that consults with business areas to identify the most important data driven questions and define initiatives to drive strategic objectives• Promote the use of the latest tools and techniques for analysis to build sophisticated analytics products that power business decision making• Partner with the business areas to help craft their analytics road map (people, process and technology) to achieve business goals and identified priorities• Support the development, maintenance and integrity of data sets used for analysis of enterprise programs, reports, internal and external research projects, and analytic studies• Stay abreast of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and business relevant to the company and drive business innovation through analytics• Collaborate with leadership to ensure continued advancement of the enterprise’s analytics maturity• Support the creation and cultivation of an insights and analytics driven culture across the organization• Build relationships both within Blue Cross NC and the external analytics community to continue to attract and develop top-tier talent

Education

• North Carolina State University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Advanced Analytics

  2012 — 2013

• Duke University

  Post-Graduate Certificate, Digital Media & Marketing

  2017 — 2018

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Sport Management

  2005 — 2010

Skills

• Teamwork
• Risk Analytics
• Tableau
• Statistical Modeling
• Time Series Analysis
• Statistical Business Analyst Using Sas 9
• Program Management
• Arcgis
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Regression Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Optimization Models
• Statistics
• Survival Analysis
• Sas Certified Base Programmer
• Spss
• Dashboard
• Survey Design
• Customer Service
• Predictive Modeling
• Facebook
• R
• Sql
• Jmp
• Social Networking
• Microsoft Office
• Python
• Business Intelligence
• Google Analytics
• Management
• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Sports
• Microsoft Excel
• Data Visualization
• Operations Research
• Data Analysis
• Access
• Marketing
• Web Analytics