Presentations Given
- SmartLabs Exchange 2010, "Demystifying the
Puzzle: Making the right informatics choices for YOUR organisation",
March 2010.
Invited Speaker, Advisory Board Member and Exchange Chair - 4th Forum on Lab Informatics http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=165198&langtype=1033
, Workshop, "Outsourcing
Testing -- How it Complicates LIMS and ELN Processes", March
2009.
Invited Speaker - Pittcon 2009, Oral Session, "Three Reasons That LIMS/LI Projects Fail", March 2009.
- SmartLabs Exchange 2009, Workshop, "Driving
efficiency and optimising your workflows: Leveraging LIMS to transform
your data into compliant accessible knowledge.", March
2009.
Invited Speaker - SmartLabs Exchange 2009, Panel Discussion Member, "Don't
let your data management systems become a data graveyard: Leveraging
LIMS to bring your data to life", March
2009.
Invited Speaker - Pittcon 2007, Oral Session, Laboratory Informatics For Managers, "Three Issues With LIMS/Laboratory Informatics Consulting That Cost You Money", March 2007.
- Analytical Laboratory Managers Association (ALMA) http://www.labmanagers.org/home
"General Topics in LIMS", January 2007.
Invited Speaker - Independent Testing Laboratory Association of Michigan
(ITLA) (http://www.itla-ma.org/),
"Selecting and Working with LIMS Consultants and Vendors",
September 2006.
Invited Speaker
- MBAA (Midwest Business Administration Association) International – Safeguarding the Public: Responsible Business Practices, Ethical Behavior, and Fraud Prevention, Marketing Section, "RFID: A Technology and Its Issues,", March 2005.
- Pittcon 2004, Oral Session, Laboratory Informatics: Project Management, "Preparing for Purchase,", March 2004.
- The Fifth Annual European LIMS Forum, LIMS As a Business
Solution Across the Enterprise, "Successful Approaches to
LIMS Selection,", October 2003.
Invited Speaker and Discussion Panel Member - BSWC (Brown, Smith, Wallace, LLC) DSC Teleconference, "The
Struggle for Perfect Software", September 2003.
Invited Speaker - Pittcon 2003, Oral Session, Laboratory Informatics: LIMS Implementation and Application, "The Phased Approach to LIMS Implementation", March 2003.
Articles
The articles that follow have been written by Gloria Metrick, owner of GeoMetrick Enterprises. They have appeared in periodicals and are reprinted here with their permission.- Metrick, Gloria. "Securing Data". Lab Manager Magazine, June 10, 2010 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=597
- Metrick, Gloria. "The Paperless Lab". Lab Manager Magazine, January 6, 2010 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=445
- Metrick, Gloria. "Product Resources -- LIMS" (article only; software vendor list compiled by the magazine). Lab Manager Magazine, November 6, 2009 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=401
- Metrick, Gloria. "Product Focus: LIMS" (article only; software vendor list compiled by the magazine). Lab Manager Magazine, October 7, 2009 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=370
- Metrick, Gloria. "The LIMS Market". Lab Manager Magazine, October 7, 2009 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=366
- Metrick, Gloria. "Ten Tips for Product Selection". Scientific Computing, September 2009 at: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/10-mistakes-to-avoid-in-selecting.aspx
- Metrick, Gloria. "Smart Software Purchasing". Lab Manager Magazine, August 31, 2009 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=337
- Metrick, Gloria. "Things Are Different, Yet Nothing Has Changed". Scientific Computing, August 25, 2009 at: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/article-in-Things-are-Different-Yet-Nothing-has-Changed-082509.aspx
- Metrick, Gloria. "Things Have Changed". Scientific Computing, August 2009 at: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/article-in-Things-are-Different-Yet-Nothing-has-Changed-082509.aspx
- Metrick, Gloria. "8 Steps on What to Do if Your Company Merged with Another Company and Will Combine its Laboratory Informatics". Lab Manager Magazine, May 13, 2009 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=263
- Metrick, Gloria. "Life Online". Lab Manager Magazine, February 23, 2009 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=203
- Metrick, Gloria. "Define Success". Lab Manager Magazine Newsletter, July 10, 2008 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=6
- Metrick, Gloria. "Informatics are Really, Really, Really Important". Lab Manager Magazine, Volume 3, Number 2 at: http://www.labmanager.com/articles.asp?ID=20.
- Metrick, Gloria. "10 Mistakes to
Avoid in Selecting and Managing LIMS and LI Software".
Reprinted with permission from Scientific Computing 2008.
— Read Article Here - Metrick, Gloria. "Data Graveyard II". Lab Manager Magazine Newsletter, January 23, 2008.
- Metrick, Gloria. "LIMS: The Data Graveyard". Lab Manager Magazine Newsletter, January 16, 2008.
- Metrick, Gloria. "Three Issues of LIMS/Laboratory Informatics". American Laboratory�: News Edition, Volume 39, Number 21.
- Metrick, Gloria. "A LIMS Primer". Lab Manager Magazine, Volume 2, Number 9.
- Metrick, Gloria. "A LIMS Primer".
Reprinted with permission from Lab Manager Magazine Newsletter, May 23,
2007.
— Read Article Here - Metrick, Gloria. "RFID: A Technology and Its Issues". Published in Marketing Insights, Innovations and Ingenuity: Marketing in the 21st Century, 2006 Annual Conference Proceedings, MMA (Marketing Management Association), March 2006.
- Metrick, Gloria. "RFID: A Technology and Its Issues". Published in Operations Management & Entrepreneurship Association, 2006 Proceedings, MBAA (Midwest Business Administration Association) International - Safeguarding the Public: Responsible Business Practices, Ethical Behavior and Fraud Prevention, March 2006.
- Metrick, Gloria. "Pain is Good — Just Not My Pain". LIMSFinder, 12 February 2004.
- Metrick, Gloria and Segal, Nedejda, Ph.D. "The
Struggle for 'Perfect' Software: Compliance Considerations".
Reprinted with permission from The Journal of GXP Compliance, Volume 7
Number 4.
— Read Article Here - Metrick, Gloria. "Using the
Request for Proposal Process". eprinted with
permission from Scientific Computing & Instrumentation, Volume
19, No. 12, (*Now named Scientific Computing) November 2002.
— Read Article Here - Metrick,Gloria. "Travel - Don't Do
It". Published in Contract Professional,
Volume 5 Number 4. Reprinted with permission.
— Read Article Here - Metrick, Gloria. "Documentation
and Reverse Engineering". Published in
Scientific Computing and Automation*, Issue 12 Vol. 14; (*Now
named Scientific Computing) Reprinted with permission.
— Read Article Here - Metrick, Gloria. "Selecting Your
Product". Published in Scientific Computing
and Automation*, Issue 12 Vol. 13; (*Now named Scientific
Computing) Reprinted with permission.
— Read Article Here - Metrick, Gloria. "Selecting A
Consultant". Published in Scientific
Computing and Automation*, Issue 12 Vol. 14; (*Now named
Scientific Computing) Reprinted with permission.
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Citations
- "LIMS Community Goes "Glocal"—A conversation with Gloria Metrick." Retrieved August 27, 2008 from: http://www.arealims.it/index.php/incontri-e-racconti/37-interviste/70-gloria-metrick-interview-20080827
- Jacoby, Terry, "Specialists Offer Clients Software Solutions." Lansing-Jackson Business Review, Feb. 24 - Mar. 2, 2005, p. 10.
- Stein, Mark A., "Personal Service Keeps Travel Agents in Business." New York Times, National Edition, Business Section, 09 March 2004, Section C (Business), p. 8.
- Rose, Phyllis. "Protect Your Computer Information." Kalamazoo Gazette, 05 November 2003, Section C, p.6.
- Perry, Philip M., "Business Matters: Hiring High-Tech Help." Rural Telecom, November-December 2002, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 56-60.
- Perry, Phil., "CheckPoint–Business Tips From Phil Perry: Smart Computing–How to Keep Up With This Rapidly Evolving Technology." Springs: A Publication of the Spring Manufacturers Institute, October 2002 Vol. 41 No. 5., pp. 47-51.
- Colwell, Lynn H., Paul DeCeglie, Paul & Sarah Edwards, Carla Goodman, Heather Lloyd-Martin, Sean M. Lyden, Jacquelyn Lynn, Jan Norman, Andrea C. Poe, Kemberly Stansell, Steve Strause, Bob Weinstein, Entrepreneur's staff and contributing writers."Entrepreneur's Book of Lists: Starting Your Business 1-2-3: Smart Steps to Get Your Business Rolling." Irvine, CA, Hot Topics, Entrepreneur Media Inc., 2002.
- Tiffany, Laura, "Hottest Business Ideas of 2002." Entrepreneur. January 2002.
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