Ben Lambert

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I graduated from Saint Michael’s College with a B.S. in Mathematics. In my work, I can see where SMC’s influence has helped me immensely.

After working at a data-as-a-service provider called Semcasting as a Marketing Audience Analyst in the Financial/Home services department, I recently accepted a Business Intelligence position at Lowell Community Health Center. I’ve been able to work on many different projects so far that help to comb through data for various departments at the health center. Most of my day involves either SQL or R to complete my analyses. SQL wasn’t something I learned at SMC but some of the other programs I was exposed to at SMC have made the transition fairly smooth.

My favorite project so far has been analyzing the HC’s quality of care measures using R. This involves taking the past year’s data from various types of screenings and seeing if there are statistical differences between the different races to determine which have higher levels of non-compliance. These analyses will then be used to help influence future decisions to improve our non-compliance rates. When learning R in college it seemed a bit like something I’d only use in a real math intensive job but it has certainly proven itself to be useful in my analyst role and I’m thankful I was exposed to it in school.

Attending SMC also instilled values I hold near and dear and I wanted to find them in my professional life. This new role has delivered on that front as well and I couldn’t be happier to work for an organization that has strong values and serves the underserved.

For me, this whole career path started with one class I took at SMC called Applied Regression Analysis. As I was was sitting in Durick one night creating a 60-page report, I realized that modeling data and finding unique solutions was something that was both engaging and challenging. I knew that I had stumbled onto something and decided to continue to pursue this path. The strong analytical background I fostered at SMC is coming in handy with tackling new problems and coming up with innovative solutions in my new position.

Apart from crunching numbers and running models, I enjoy playing tennis, hiking, skiing, and biking whenever I can!