Frank Farach
Sr. Principal at Slalom
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Farach is a Sr. Principal leading data and AI strategy across healthcare and life sciences with 12 years of experience bridging research, clinical operations, and product delivery. He has repeatedly translated complex biomedical data into operational programs—from federated learning for a multi‑institution cancer consortium to FAIRifying terabytes of oncology research data for global biopharma. Trained as a clinical psychologist with a PhD from Yale, he combines rigorous research methods and grant‑funded science with pragmatic program management and product leadership. At Slalom he built enterprise playbooks, stabilized multi‑year IT programs, and drove policy‑grade analyses that informed executive and regulatory audiences. Known for turning prototypical AI ideas into demonstrable prototypes (including vaccine R&D hackathons and lab authentication POCs), he excels at aligning governance, quality, and stakeholder trust to accelerate responsible innovation. Based in Seattle, he brings a rare mix of domain expertise, behavioral science insight, and hands‑on data strategy to large, multidisciplinary teams.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
A.B., Psychology, A.B., Psychology at Harvard UniversityPh.D., Clinical Psychology, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology at Yale University
Github Skills (14)
r-package10
identifier10
search-api10
health-data10
r10
bookdown9
api9
ropensci7
software-quality7
science2
open-science2
irs1
collaboration1
ruby1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
frankfarach/frankfarach
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 9 months
ropensci/npi
Feb 2018 - Nov 2022
Access the U.S. National Provider Identifier (NPI) Registry Public Search API
Contributions:2 releases, 5 reviews, 215 commits in 4 years 9 months
r-packagehealth-dataapinationalprovider
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