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Rick Rogers
Vice President
Contact
RickRogers@westat.comOverview
Rick Rogers is an Associate Director in our Large Surveys Practice. He has 25+ years of experience leading innovative and high-performing software development teams. His expertise is in developing consensus on the vision for IT projects and communicating it to stakeholders and applying rigorous analysis, coupled with creative thinking, to re-engineer business processes. Rogers directs a systems group in support of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an ongoing, congressionally mandated survey that assesses 1,000,000+ students in 18,000+ schools in a 6-week window.
Earlier in his career, Rogers worked as the solutions architect for a team that provided cloud-based digital video hosting and storage services. He also collaborated on electronic survey design and led an award-winning business process re-engineering at the U.S. Census Bureau, resulting in significant operational savings. In addition, he created a performance model for the 2010 Decennial Census high-volume imaging operations, mitigating key bottlenecks. He holds 2 patents in the area of archival/digital records.
Education
- MBA (with Honors), General Management, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- BA (magna cum laude), History, Carleton College
Areas of Expertise
Education Educational Assessment Advanced Technologies Data Collection Software EngineeringTopics
Complex Surveys-
Immunogenicity of conjugated and polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines administered during pregnancy or postpartum to women with HIV
225,
Journal of Infectious Diseases
January 2022
G. Duarte, P. Muresan, S. Ward, L. Laimon, S.I. Pelton, J. Canniff, A. Golner, et al.
DOILink for: Immunogenicity of conjugated and polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines administered during pregnancy or postpartum to women with HIV -
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate use and the development and progression of uterine leiomyoma
139,
Obstetrics and Gynecology
January 2022
Q.E. Harmon, S.A. Patchel, S. Zhao, D.M. Umbach, T.E. Cooper, D.D. Baird
DOILink for: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate use and the development and progression of uterine leiomyoma -
Development, pilot study, and psychometric analysis of the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals
19,
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
January 2022
K. Zebrak, Naomi Dyer Yount, Joann Sorra, T. Famolaro, Laura C. Gray, D. Carpenter, A. Caporaso
DOILink for: Development, pilot study, and psychometric analysis of the AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Workplace Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals