Paul Boal, M.B.A.

Adjunct instructor
Saint Louis University Center for Health Outcomes Research

Courses Taught

Programming for Health Data Scientists; Analytics and Statistical Programming

Education

B.S. Electrical engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
B.S. Computer science, Washington University in St. Louis
Executive MBA, Washington University in St. Louis

Research Interests

Application of modern data, analytics, and artificial intelligence technologies toward the improvement of health outcomes, health care business operations, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Cloud data architectures
Healthcare analytics
Data interoperability
Information transparency
Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Professional Organizations and Associations

Arch Data Network - St. Louis area data professionals, board member
TDWI - Transforming Data with Intelligence, instructor and board member
Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society

Community Work and Service

Boal has 25 years of experience working in software development and health care data management and analytics. His technical expertise includes data acquisition, modeling, integration, engineering, analysis, and machine learning using a variety of programming languages including Python, SQL, Java, PERL, R, and many relational and non-relational database systems.

Boal speaks and teaches for the data professionals’ organization TDWI (Transforming Data with Intelligence), has moderated and delivered many webinars on data, healthcare, and business topics, and presented at numerous technology and healthcare industry conferences including TDWI, StampedeCon, Prepare.ai, Hadoop Summit, Teradata Universe, and AHIP. He has been an adjunct faculty member for the Department of Health Outcomes Research since 2015.

Boal is currently a member of the healthcare and life sciences team with Snowflake (the Data Cloud), and has spent his career building data and analytics solutions for healthcare. His credentials include executive practice leadership for data, analytics, and innovation with Amitech Solutions; leading data management, big data initiatives, and data governance at Mercy Health in St. Louis; and building large scale data warehousing systems at Express Scripts, United Compounding Management, and other companies as a consultant.