Darrell Sprick Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Sprick Group is an experienced management consulting firm that has served the medical laboratory industry for more than 15 years and has now expanded to include healthcare IT consulting including resource and project management. Also experienced with HIPAA and HITECH risk/security in the healthcare IT setting.The firm is recognized by industry leaders for advancing Lean techniques into the lab and pioneering Lean facility designs and Lean cultural transformations. All key metrics improve with Sprick Group’s Lean program.The company also focuses on integration studies, operational reviews and strategic business planning (especially for personalized medicine, genomics, molecular diagnostics, molecular pathology, molecular genetic laboratories).Sprick Group’s clients range from independent laboratories to integrated healthcare systems and from community hospitals to academic medical centers. Darrell is an experienced healthcare IT professional and is a Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP), Certified Cyber Security Architect (CCSA) and Certified Security Compliance Specialist (CSCS).704-596-1861darrell.sprick@sprickgroup.com

Charlotte, Nc

Managed a team of 20 resources performing the development and QA of FDA regulated Class I and Class II medical device software applications falling under 21 CFR 820 regulation. Active participant in a routine FDA inspection and multiple internal and external QMS audits.Managed a development team of 20 resources across multiple locations, including offshore resources, developing and maintaining the Paragon clinical hospital application software.Led a team of 20+ technical writers across multiple product lines and locations, delivering high quality technical user guides and manuals for customer and employee use.Represented the local development team for the larger McKesson Technology Services QA/RA Leadership Council, Metrics Council and Customer Experience Executive Leadership efforts to improve the customer relationship and development efforts.Part of the management team that successfully facilitated the migration from a waterfall development methodology to agile using the SAFe scaled agile framework.Managed the software security risk in the application development lifecycle including designing security into software and led testing strategy with the corporate security office.

Charlotte, Nc

Responsibility for all QA/QC efforts for a staff of 120+ including offshore resources. Facilitated organizational growth by tripling and training the team to meet corporate roadmap objectivesLeader of QC testing strategy and efforts for the successful delivery of both new Paragon software modules as well as maintenance of existing software.Implemented a software automation team using HP ALM tools to facilitate product quality through automation and creation of software test plans for traceability to product requirements.Negotiated offshore automation contracts and managed offshore resources.Initiated the FDA QMS program for a Class I medical software device falling under 21 CFR 820 regulations. Backup to management with executive responsibility.

Charlotte, Nc

Championed the initiative to certify the Paragon clinical hospital software products to the ONC Stage 1 Meaningful Use regulatory criteria as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.Executed the program management for Meaningful Use, interacting extensively with sales leadership, services leadership and customers including hospital CIO leadership to ensure successful implementations of Stage 1 related Meaningful Use.Coordinated with peers in other product lines, business units and corporate Meaningful Use teams to facilitate regulatory interpretations and discuss product direction to meet the regulatory criteria.Led all testing efforts with the government approved certification body.Developed all materials for both internal and external customers and presented at webinars and CIO forums discussing Meaningful Use objectives and product use to meet compliance.

Charlotte, Nc

Software development manager responsible for successful of delivery of new clinical software modules for the Paragon hospital information system including nursing documentation, laboratory, radiology, therapeutic results and pharmacy. Included responsibility for application security and DBA activities including HIPAA.Participated in CTO teams around HIPAA compliance.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist