Funi Chen
Data & AI Leader with Clinical Insight
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About Me
Professional Background
Data & AI Leader with a foundation in complex, high-stakes problem-solving. Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams at Amazon and Providence. Expert in architecting scalable data platforms, AI-driven analytics solutions, and cloud-native systems. Adept at translating ambiguous business challenges into robust, data-driven strategy and execution. Uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between clinical challenges and cutting-edge data strategy.
Beyond Work
Outside of my professional responsibilities, I'm passionate about creating innovative applications that make people's lives better. I enjoy exploring new technologies through personal projects, particularly in mobile development and AI integration. My side projects reflect my interest in user experience design, stress relief applications, and making technology more accessible to everyone.
Professional Experience
Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer, Team Lead
- Led 6 BIEs to build core data infrastructure, boosting team productivity by 30% through agile practices.
- Built an AI-powered analytics platform, enabling 50+ business leaders to get insights in seconds, with full data governance.
- Developed a unified Hub & Prescriber Analytics system; launched 10+ dashboards, cutting manual work by 30% and saving 15+ hrs/week.
- Designed a data validation framework for ETL pipelines, ensuring 100% compliance and eliminating manual checks.
- Led to consolidated dashboards from 5 environments into a real-time QuickSight hub, improving KPI alignment and executive visibility.
Engineering Manager, Value Based Care Analytics
- Managed multi-disciplinary team of 5 for greenfield data platform.
- Owned end-to-end development lifecycle, boosting team velocity by 30% through roadmap alignment and engineering best practices.
- Integrated new analytics tools and led strategic analyses, driving growth-focused insights in collaboration with executives and vendors.
- Led migration to an Azure/Snowflake stack, cutting data latency and storage costs by 40% for P&L reporting.
Sr. Business Intelligence Engineer, Team Lead
- Led development of scalable data infrastructure and dashboards for quality, clinical outreach, and population health programs.
- Designed patient-centric data workflows, boosting real-time decision-making and provider reporting by 40%.
- Automated global benefits reporting, increasing efficiency by 65%.
- Partnered with execs and vendors to support strategic planning with data insights.
- Mentored junior engineers with 30% productivity gain
Principal Data Engineer, Tech Lead
- Led a 6-engineer team to deploy ML-driven pipelines predicting post-chemo risk, shaping clinical intervention protocols.
- Automated Azure/Snowflake data ingestion, boosting accuracy and productivity by 75%.
- Applied Agile to develop Sepsis, Cardiovascular, and Cancer data explorers, cutting project timelines by 35%.
- Designed data marts across 51 hospitals and institutes, increasing data availability by 60%.
- Collaborated cross-functionally to evaluate clinical metrics and derive insights from large datasets.
- Used data visualization to surface ML insights for decision support.
Side Projects
SquishyDuck - Stress Relief App
A Flutter app with interactive duck activities for stress relief, featuring balloon popping, squeeze ball, and breathing exercises
AI Chatbot for GitHub Pages
A client-side AI chatbot that can be easily deployed on GitHub Pages