Russ Smith
Manager, Analytic Solutions at UCLA Health
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRuss Smith is a seasoned healthcare data and analytics manager with 18 years of hands-on experience building ETL pipelines, BI solutions, and clinical reporting at UCLA Health. He combines deep technical expertise in SQL, SSIS/SSAS/SSRS, Tableau, Oracle/SQL Server and Epic-certified healthcare programming with managerial experience leading analytic solutions since 2019. Earlier roles span systems administration, C++ engineering, and web development, giving him a rare full-stack view from low-level diagnostics to enterprise reporting. An active contributor to the Lucky web framework, he brings a pragmatic focus on robustness and developer experience to internal tools and open-source projects alike. Based in California, he is known for translating complex clinical data into actionable, auditable insights that improve operational and patient-care decisions.
18 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science, Computer Science at California State University-Los Angeles
Github Skills (5)
http10
web-framework10
crystal-lang10
testing9
uuid8
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
luckyframework/lucky
Apr 2018 - Jan 2022
A full-featured Crystal web framework that catches bugs for you, runs incredibly fast, and helps you write code that lasts.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 6 commits, 11 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Russ primarily contributed to the Lucky framework's back-end functionality. Their work includes implementing error handling for 404 routes, adding features like an asset host configuration, and extending existing features by implementing things like cookie options and UUID to param conversion. The contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the framework's robustness, flexibility, and developer experience.
web-frameworkcrystallucky-framework
russ/website
Oct 2019 - Jul 2025
The Lucky website
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes in 5 years 9 months
jshugowebsite-designlucky
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