Buffalo State Data Talk

Episode 6: Health insurance data, from analyst to data scientist, an interview with Christopher Bole from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

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January 1, 2021
Buffalo State Data Talk
Episode 6: Health insurance data, from analyst to data scientist, an interview with Christopher Bole from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York
 
Episode 6 featured Christopher Bole, a data scientist for BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. Chris talks about his career path starting as an analyst and moving to a data scientist. Listen to this episode to hear his advice for starting your career, the skills he thinks you need to be successful, and how his work has made improvements for his company and their clients.  
0:00 Introduction 
1:09 Chris’s job at BlueCross BlueShield  
1:47 Main job responsibilities 
4:11 Networking in data science 
6:02 Chris’s favorite part of his job 
7:41 Challenges of working in data science 
8:46 Chris’s career journey 
11:28 Skills needed to be a data scientist 
13:05 Software that Chris utilizes as a data scientist working in healthcare insurance 
15:37 Impact that Chris makes at BlueCross BlueShield 
16:42 Why Chris chooses to live and work in Buffalo NY 
17:28 Advice for new data scientists  
19:14 Outro 
 
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