Ben Straub
Principal Programmer at GSK
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Straub is a Principal Programmer with 11 years of experience applying statistical programming and open source tools to highly regulated environments at GSK. He blends a strong academic foundation—a Master's in Statistics from Penn State—with practical coding and data analysis skills to deliver auditable, reproducible solutions for clinical and regulatory workflows. Former roles as a graduate teaching assistant, high school math teacher, and carpenter reflect his knack for clear explanation, hands-on problem solving, and attention to craft. Based in Philadelphia, he enjoys making "statistical programming" both rigorous and enjoyable, bringing a pragmatic curiosity to tool selection and process improvements. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex regulatory requirements into maintainable, testable code and workflows.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Economics, Bachelor's degree Economics at Florida State UniversityCertificate Education, Certificate Education at Drexel UniversityMaster's degree Statistics, Master's degree Statistics at Penn State University
Github Skills (60)
clinical-trials10
r-package10
r10
open-source10
tidyverse10
development-tools10
tidymodels10
tsne10
adam10
tibble10
metadata9
deeplearning-ai9
dplyr9
tidy9
logging9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
atorus-research/xportr
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Tools to build CDISC compliant data sets and check for CDISC compliance.
Contributions:2 releases, 286 reviews, 87 commits in 1 year 11 months
data-setsrcdisccompliantclinical-programmers
pharmaverse/admiral.test
May 2022 - Mar 2023
Test SDTM data for use with admiral
Contributions:46 reviews, 97 commits, 45 PRs in 9 months
admiral
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