Predictive Analyst

_Contact_:
Email resumes to Carolyn.Pfister@blueslate.net

Blue Slate Solutions is a global business and technology consulting firm that designs customized solutions that improve company performance. Our customers range from start-up entities to Fortune 100 companies encompassing a wide spectrum of industries. Our solutions consistently improve overall business performance and deliver a significant return on our clients* investment regardless of the size, industry-focus and complexity of their business.

Blue Slate Solutions uses a proprietary collaborative approach to the design and implementation of solutions. We leverage the collective expertise across our three practices Business Strategy, Business Operations and Process Management, and Information Technology to deliver sound solutions to best meet client need. We are focused on client success by providing strategic visioning support and a measured execution of that strategy.

Our strategic recommendations are fueled by market intelligence. Business operations are optimized through process redesign, infrastructure enhancements and business-driven IT initiatives. Blue Slate is committed to customer success, and this commitment has fueled our sustained profitability and continues to drive double-digit growth year over year.

Blue Slate Solutions currently seeks to fill the position of Predictive Analyst.

Required skills follow:
This person will have a strong background in knowledge discovery practices and technologies. He or she should be well versed in data preparation techniques, information retrieval, machine learning, visualization, classification and mining algorithms, and the use of tools such as RapidMiner, R and SAS Data Mining. Experience with healthcare claims data would be ideal, otherwise background with the healthcare subject area would be helpful. The role will also call for working with the data warehouse team to understand and agree on key data models required to support analytics and to work with internal customers and collaborators to identify analytics needs and data sources, and produce end-user documentation.

Applicants should be willing to travel up to 80% to the client site, located in Columbia, South Carolina and must be available to begin work no later than Monday, January 30, 2012.

_Contact_:
Interested and qualified individuals may send their resumes and salary requirements to: Carolyn.pfister@blueslate.net