Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Other Academic Excellence
Projects
Disclaimer
Certification
Base SAS 9 Programmer
Timeline
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Sadanand Palekar

SAS Clinical Data Validation Professional
Mumbai

Summary

Collaborative leader and encouraging manager with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Overall 14 years of experience in various aspects of clinical data management, together with leading a SAS team performing edit check programming.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Devl Mgr

IQVIA
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Ensured quality and timely delivery of customer deliverable/report across all studies in the partnership utilizing SAS and ensured monthly report refreshes.
  • Served as a point of contact across studies to support stakeholders for excel report data flow issue resolution.
  • Supported global team on handling simple checks on Trifacta tool initially.

Manager - Assistant Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2016 - 12.2021
  • Effectively handled edit check SAS programming team as part of Team Lead role and worked collaboratively with Clinical Data Management team to meet study timelines as per defined Client SLA.
  • Ensured efficient work allocation by maintaining trackers for Productivity, Quality and maintained Study Status tracker for accurate reporting.
  • Performed Data Validation Rule specification review and SAS programming for edit checks, medical review and protocol deviation listings, post production changes.
  • Performed peer review of programs for edit checks and listings to maintain quality of deliverables and assist in developing standardized programs.
  • Supported internal SDTM team for programming of few domains.
  • Mentored team members, supported them to identify individual areas of interest and better opportunities and ensured cohesive work environment.

Associate Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2013 - 02.2016
  • Created validation procedures using OC along with few listings using SQL.
  • Created SAS Reports based on the user requirement specifications as part of reports development team for assisting clinical data discrepancy management.

Data Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2011 - 06.2013
  • Worked on Inform database as part of data management role for user acceptance testing of database and reports and performed discrepancy management.
  • Prepared study specific documents like edit check specifications, report specifications with the help of global standards.
  • Ensured as part of Team Coordinator's role along with TL that the team is meeting client as well as internal SLA's and also ensured training compliance.

Executive CDM

Wockhardt Limited
02.2010 - 03.2011
  • Performed discrepancy management through DCF's and kept a track of incoming updated CRF's from CRA's.
  • Maintained Data management master files as per checklist for Protocol and CRF's.
  • Worked on an in house CDMS database by creating users with specific roles, creating data elements, data according to standard CRF, creating forms and assigning them to created visits.

Senior Process Associate

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2008 - 12.2009
  • Performed data processing and query resolution for assessment/monitoring of primary data in the form of 1572, FIDS A and B forms, Investigator's curriculum vitae for data integrity and investigator bias aspects.

Education

Master of Science - Bioinformatics

Kuvempu University
Shankarghatta Karnataka, India
04.2001 -

Post Graduate Diploma - Clinico-Regulatory And Patents

Ruia College
Mumbai Maharashtra, India
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

Vikas College
Mumbai Maharashtra, India
04.2001 -

Higher Secondary School Certificate - Science

Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College
Mumbai Maharashtra, India
04.2001 -

Secondary School Examination Certificate - Science

Vidya Prasarak Mandal's English High School
Mumbai Maharashtra, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Teamwork

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Accomplishments

  • Awarded BPS star performer awards for outstanding contribution to the organization.
  • Group leader in the blood group detection camp in Degree College.
  • Won the 1st prize in intra-collegiate solo singing competition.

Other Academic Excellence

  • Certified Base SAS 9 Programmer
  • Trifacta Wrangler Certification
  • PGD in Clinico-Regulatory (Ruia College)

Projects

Did a bioinformatics project on "Target Identification for Vascular Fibrosis, Alzheimer's and Colon Cancer disease and Study of Target-Ligand Interaction - A Hypothetical Network Approach" Worked in the Live Industrial Project "Determination of the Efficiency of the Air Purifier" for UXL-AIR PURIFIER.

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Certification

Base SAS 9 Programmer

Base SAS 9 Programmer

Demonstrated skills in importing and exporting raw data files, manipulating and transforming data, combining SAS data sets, creating basic detail and summary reports using SAS procedures and identifying and correcting data, syntax and programming logic errors

Timeline

Software Devl Mgr

IQVIA
01.2022 - 06.2023

Manager - Assistant Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2016 - 12.2021

Associate Projects

Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2013 - 02.2016

Base SAS 9 Programmer

03-2012

Data Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2011 - 06.2013

Executive CDM

Wockhardt Limited
02.2010 - 03.2011

Senior Process Associate

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2008 - 12.2009

Master of Science - Bioinformatics

Kuvempu University
04.2001 -

Post Graduate Diploma - Clinico-Regulatory And Patents

Ruia College
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology

Vikas College
04.2001 -

Higher Secondary School Certificate - Science

Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College
04.2001 -

Secondary School Examination Certificate - Science

Vidya Prasarak Mandal's English High School
04.2001 -

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