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As the founder of Effie Sandblom LLC, I bring a wealth of experience, spanning over 20 years, in the healthcare and technology sectors. My consultancy is focused on developing and managing digital health applications, integrating essential elements of quality, regulatory, and privacy compliance without overshadowing other critical aspects like innovation and user experience.Digital Health Consulting: Specializing in the development and strategic management of digital health applications, incorporating aspects of quality assurance and regulatory compliance as part of a broader service offering.Privacy and Data Security: Implementing privacy policies and security measures in line with industry best practices and global standards.Regulatory Insight and Quality Assurance: Providing guidance on compliance with medical device regulations and quality management, while ensuring these considerations complement the overall project goals.Program and Project Management: Skilled in overseeing projects from concept to completion, focusing on delivering results that align with strategic objectives and user needs.

Healthrageous, Inc. acquired by Humana August 2013.

PRODUCT PROJECT MANAGEMENT Develops productive working relationships with project team members and stakeholders at all organizational levels and negotiates across the organization to resolve project conflicts and competing priorities. Translate market needs and corporate goals into clearly defined project requirements and functional specifications in the form of user stories or use cases. Communicate project progress, schedule, risk and priorities to senior leadership team. Interface with business, marketing, and strategy teams to prioritize product backlog.SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE Create the standard/protocol for all test plans and approaches: specify test cases; ensure that quality plan and executed test coverage is complete. Work closely with engineering and product teams to review and understand functional requirements, contribute to iteration and release planning. Set and manage team goals based on organizational goals and company-wide objectives. Manage team of offshore test engineers on test planning, test execution and defect reporting. Interfaced with development to triage and prioritize defects. Implemented defect tracking and test management tools using JIRA and TestLodge.QUALITY, REGULATORY & COMPLIANCE Create, implement, maintain and continuously improve Quality Management System processes. Responsible for ensuring HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules compliance.  Create and implement procedures to ensure compliance with FDA QSR regulations – Management/Administrative procedures; Training; Quality processes; Development/Design processes.  Assisting departments in the implementation of procedures related to design and production controls – Product Management, Engineering and Customer Operations.  Registered and listed Healthrageous with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer.

- create, implement, maintain, improve QMS processes- work across departments to achieve quality and regulatory compliance goals in projects and throughout SDLC- lead and manage the internal audit team- assist in preparations for external audits- quality manager for Periop/CC product line- perform quality engineering activities to maximize quality of the process itself and the products it produces while driving corrective action and continual improvements