Garret Spargo Email & Phone Number

Anchorage, AK

Started a new Enterprise Architecture program at ANTHC, focusing on evaluating, selecting, and planning for new technologies. Helping IT define, deliver and articulate value across the organization. The program is in its early stages (current projects include planning a transition to M365, updating our VMWare environment, developing a cloud migration.

Anchorage, AK

ANTHC gave me the opportunity to try something new by asking that I start up a dedicated service line to meet the growing A/V & VTC needs of our urban campus and our statewide telemedicine network. As a bit of a videography and photography nerd is was hard to say no. We built a team to support everything from routine training seminars to visits from the.

Cutting-edge telehealth products don't build themselves. As Director of Product Development for ANTHC's telehealth program I oversee all activities related to development, deployment, and support of telehealth applications used within our tertiary care facility and tribal health organizations around the state. Ranging from videoconferencing platforms.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

After taking off for a two-year jaunt around the world and a Master's Degree from the University of Chicago, I am returning to ANTHC to head up the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center. Interested in how to pick technology for your telehealth program? Check us out at www.telehealthtechnology.org and find out how our resources might be.

Anchorage, Alaska

• A group of telehealth consultants grew weary of the difficulty in finding a vendor-neutral shop for issues of policy, program development, and technology implementation and decided to start their own. We provide a full.
• Participated in efforts to monetize the technical, legal, and procedural services of a smallconsulting group working with national and international clients
• Advised a national consultancy on issues relating to telehealth technology

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Spargo Consulting grew out of a proliferation of side projects and independent contracts. Things kicked off in earnest when I left my old organization to travel the world for 8 months with my wife, and it was this.
• Co-wrote a successful $1.2 million grant to establish a national technical resource center
• Developed multiple telehealth presentations and formed research plans for technology evaluations
• Filmed and edited materials for Eyak Language Project documentary while also creating a newwebsite for the project

Alaska

What can I say, I am a child of the sea. Born and raised in the commercial fishing village of Sand Point, Alaska, I have had the ocean in my blood since birth. My father still occasionally needs help running his commercial fishing boat, and I sometimes avail myself to his interests. Most people take two weeks of vacation to lounge on a beach and get away.

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Do you know how to select cutting-edge telehealth equipment for your organization? No, you say? Well, you are not alone. The Telehealth Technology Assessment Center (TTAC) was created when ANTHC was approached by a.
• Established a federally funded technology assessment center with an annual budget of $275,000
• Created educational toolkits for a national audience, teaching the fundamentals of technologyassessment for 13 different telehealth-related technologies
• Presented findings and educational content at national conferences and through online webinars
• Served as technical liaison and expert for a group of eight Telehealth Resource Centers
• Worked with clinical and technical staff to ensure that product evaluations were rigorous and thateducational materials were useful to diverse audiences

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• When the Software Development Manager position opened up for the internationally-acclaimed AFHCAN telemedicine project, my supervisor was told that I was under-qualified for the position. The team took issue with their.
• Managed a five-person team that created telehealth software in an agile development environment
• Coordinated communication between internal and external customers, software developers,testing staff, and systems integration personnel
• Worked with lawyers on several issues related to software patents, product licensing, andpotential infringement concerns
• Collaborated with development team to create new coding standards for software products
• Established new processes to better meet customer needs

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Coordinated customer feedback and requests for change to Telehealth software products
• Established a requirements traceability system and supporting procedures in an effort toimplement Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) with software development team
• Engaged in focused product planning and design discussions while developing plans for growthof the telemedicine product line
• Wrote and compiled documentation for FDA regulatory compliance, resulting in a completed510(k) for a third party reviewer regarding FDA clearance of a Class II Medical Device
• Managed software test environment and personnel

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Directed release activities for two iterations of software development
• Wrote extensive documentation to align development procedures with regulatory requirements
• Designed and operated a multi-platform automated test environment that included scriptingautomated tests for use in system testing scenarios
• Recorded and edited content for web-based and computer-based training modules
• Coded VBScript modules for Mercury requirements management
• Designed a website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and.ASPX

Anchorage, Alaska Area

• Designed and developed internal networks for software testing purposes
• Tested telemedical software systems and developed new documentation standards for testing
• Installed networking hardware in remote locations in Alaska
• Organized materials management inventory and warehouse and developed a spreadsheet forhospital-wide computer-technologies inventory

Greater Seattle Area

• Planned and prepared multiple simultaneous multimedia projects
• Recorded sound and video for lectures and musical events
• Designed title graphics and edited video on an Avid nonlinear video editing system
• Managed schedule and location conflicts with senior staff and visiting speakers

Master Of Arts (Ma), Social Science - Anthropology, 3.86

Completed a rather intensive one-year MA program through the University of Chicago's esteemed MAPSS (Master in Arts Program in Social.

English, Creative Writing, 3.65

Focused on a combination of courses in creative and non-fiction writing, with a minor in literature and a semester focusing on film.