Vijayarakhavan S

Experience

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  T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Managment Education)

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2014

  Teaching Faculty

  Had a great experience teaching Mathematics and Logical Reasoning for students appearing for JEE

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  Gammon India Ltd

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

  In-Plant Training

  Undergone an In-Plant training in the project of NLC TamilNadu Power Limited (2x500MW) Tuticorin. Learnt the construction of Chimney and Cooling Towers.

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  Mu Sigma Inc.

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2019

  • Led a ~$1.5Mn engagement for a Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical company• Designed an end to end analytical roadmap to expedite conducting Real World Evidence studies for an Analytics Shared Services group of R&D sector• Spearheaded the creation of RWE knowledge hub, applicable for all pharma accounts. Responsible for creating Business Process Flows, Analytical Data Flows, Vocabulary, Data packets, Reusable modules (in SAS, R and SQL) for carrying out different HEOR analyses across real world data sources, case studies, etc.• Responsible for P&L, client engagement & relationship building, understanding business requirements, project management and driving business outcomes through analytical projects delivery• Actively worked on BD activities by understanding client’s business function and identifying areas of collaboration. Prepared RFP response documents and solution PoVs Show less • Led 2 teams (a total of 12 members) in parallel in Health Economics & Outcomes Research space carrying out RWE studies across multiple Therapeutic Areas (Oncology, Cardiovascular, Immunoscience) and Markets (US, Europe, Asia, WW)• Created an Interactive Visualization (in Spotfire) providing a detailed information on key metrics like Patient Demographics, Clinical Characteristics, ECOG, Biomarkers, Treatment Pattern, Market Share, Mortality, etc. using EHR/EMR databases for Oncology stakeholders. This significantly reduced the experimentation cost and expediated the study design process• Designed an analytical framework to leverage unstructured data from healthcare/medical forums using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and advanced Machine Learning (ML) techniques and study treatment pattern of patients diagnosed with specific cancer indications• Identified comprehensive predictors of ‘Overall Survival’ among cancer patients using machine learning algorithms in addition to the traditional methods Show less • Partnered with an Analytics Shared Services group of a Fortune 500 US Bio-Pharmaceutical organization to support analytical needs for various internal teams like HEOR, Epidemiology, Medical affairs, Clinical Trial Operations, Value Access & Payments and Market Research• Collaborated with stakeholders in Study Design, Protocol Development, Data Modelling, Statistical & Econometric Analyses, Reporting results, and conceptualizing Metrics for Analyses using Real World Data• Performed 20+ Feasibility and/or Protocol-driven Real World Evidence studies in Oncology TA to understand the value of company’s assets in real world with respect to Treatment Safety, Treatment Effectiveness, Healthcare Resource Utilization & Cost and Patient Reported Outcomes (like Quality of Life) across multiple indications• Improved the delivery processes by creating BRDs, optimizing code blocks, creating reusable modules in SAS across analyses, automating the process of publishing results in excel templates & performing QC checks using VBA and Python scripts. This resulted in reduction of turnaround time by 50% for protocol studies Show less

  • Apprentice Leader

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  • Decision Scientist

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  • Trainee Decision Scientist

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Internship

    Jan 2015 - May 2015
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  Novartis

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Team Lead

    May 2024 - now

  • Manager - Business Analytics

    Apr 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Senior Analyst

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2022