Summary
Andrew Choens is a data management consultant with 11 years of experience applying full-stack data skills to government, health care, and human services, currently supporting analysis of New York State Medicaid claims at NYSTEC. He has led data engineering and data science teams—most recently managing ingestion and integration of EHR, survey, CRM, and custom app data to improve clinical outcomes at Charlie Health and Acuitas Health. Andrew combines technical delivery (BI migration, tooling, R and Python package development) with policy-focused impact work, having supervised HEDIS reporting and program evaluations for state health programs. He teaches applied data skills and ethics in R, bringing a practical-first approach to reproducible workflows and staff upskilling. Based in Albany, he brings domain fluency in child welfare, elder care, and mental health, and a knack for turning complex regulatory requirements into auditable, production-ready analytics. Colleagues note his ability to bridge frontline program needs and engineering best practices while promoting a culture that tolerates smart risk-taking.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, International Affairs, Bachelor, International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology
Masters, Social Welfare, Masters, Social Welfare at State University of New York at Albany
English, r, python, sql, php, bash, lisp, sas