C. Seth Lester, ASA
Actuarial generalist in the commercial pharmacy benefits space with experience in core pricing and reserving functions, data storytelling and visualization, predictive modeling, public speaking, model CI/CD pipelines, and coaching Agile/Scrum teams.
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Work Experience
Actuarial Advisor (April 2019 to present)
Pharmacy Pricing, Cigna Commercial Healthcare, Philadelphia, PA
- Lead actuarial pricing team’s feature development and new product pricing methodology for in-house interactive pricing model used by 20+ commercial pharmacy benefits underwriters.
- Built intake system for case-specific pricing questions and exception approval requests from underwriting, sales, and other market-facing functions.
- Transitioned team to Agile release train. Continue to champion Scrum roles and ceremonies in adjacent teams across the organization.
- Coach teammates towards more innovative and pragmatic sharing of information with key stakeholders through data visualization improvements.
- Provide ad-hoc pharmacy claims modeling, projections, and other business insights to matrix partners and internal customers, as needed.
- Lead team effort to overhaul data processes and data validation frameworks in R and SAS codebases.
Actuarial Specialist (August 2017 to April 2019)
Actuarial Valuation, Cigna Supplemental Benefits, Austin, TX
- Owned DAC true-up process for several LOBs; developed visualized process in R to validate and monitor deferred expense amortization model output.
- Maintained suite of GGY AXIS models and in-house MS SQL Server-based data warehouse to support Stat/GAAP ALR, DLR, DAC, and VOBA financial reporting requirements.
Actuarial Senior Analyst (June 2015 to August 2017)
Actuarial Rate Maintenance, Cigna Supplemental Benefits, Austin, TX
- Implemented feature enhancements for tool supporting the automation of several hundred annual rate filings for supplemental individual products in 50+ US states and territories.
- Managed intern in developing a tool in R to model future Medicare Supplement experience using automated ARIMA methods.
- Led the actuarial university recruiting team for Texas schools (2016 - 2017).
Professional Designations & Certifications
- Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) (May 2019)
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) (August 2019)
- Certified SAS Base 9.4 Programming Specialist (August 2020)
Education
- Master of Science, Statistics (May 2020 - current)
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- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Distance Program)
- Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy (May 2015, Cum Laude)
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- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Technical Competencies
- Languages: VBA, SQL, R, SAS, Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, C/C++
- Tools: MS Visual Studio, Git, Docker, RStudio/Shiny, Hadoop/Spark, Teradata
- Environments: Linux/Unix, Windows, macOS, AWS
References
References are gladly made available upon request.