The engagements below represent a range of the work I’ve done with growth-stage healthcare firms. In each case, the goal was the same: help the organization reach its next stage of growth with a stronger technology foundation, a more capable team, and greater confidence in its ability to execute.
| Firm | Scope & Wins |
|---|---|
| THREAD Research | (PE-backed clinical research SaaS platform) Scope: engineering, software quality, cloud operations, program management, corporate IT, technical support, and client-facing support. Sponsored a full redesign of the firm’s SDLC to double release cadence and improve product/engineering collaboration. Led requirements, vendor selection, and program planning for a complete rebuild of the firm’s mobile apps — the primary data collection interface for clinical trial participants, representing more than half of 2023 revenue. |
| Central Logic / ABOUT Healthcare | (VC-backed patient logistics SaaS, marketed to health systems) Scope: engineering, product, client success, and infrastructure. Delivered new core product releases after a 2-year hiatus driven by delivery failures and quality missteps. Implemented process and infrastructure improvements to mature the engineering organization and remediate client service failures. Led the vision and execution of a new analytics-driven ‘command center’ product to address emerging market demand. |
| Zipnosis | (White-labeled SaaS telehealth platform, marketed to health systems — now part of Fabric) Scope: engineering, product, PMO, account management, and client implementation. Built a strong PMO and client implementation playbook; established a formal customer support model; matured product planning and release processes; and expanded the platform into phone, video, and service extension offerings. Doubled the team while maintaining culture and cohesion. Supported 40% revenue growth and a successful Series A. |
| Ascension Health | (Startup venture within one of the nation’s largest non-profit health systems) Scope: CIO of an internal startup venture. Technology vision, strategy and execution, platform architecture, vendor evaluation, service delivery definition, and M&A assessment. Secured investment commitments from external partners based on the strength and maturity of the execution plan. |
| Health Startup — closed | (B2C chronic condition management startup focused on prescription fulfillment and patient information) Scope: engineering, operations, and product. Interim engineering and operational leadership during a period of financial recovery. Talent evaluation for exec leadership across engineering, ops, and product. Comprehensive product evaluation with recommendations for pivot and a supporting operational plan. |
| Health Startup — closed | (Home health startup offering in-home and telehealth visits to employer groups) Scope: engineering and product. Full technical and operational due diligence including tech stack, automation, integrations, and compliance. Led a Board-directed wind-down of the firm in a fully compliant manner, including EHR and data archival, ongoing vendor agreements, and customer communications. |
| Medica Health Plans | (Large MN-based regional payer — joined during spin-off from health system parent) Scope: all technology functions including IT strategy, infrastructure, operations, software development, business intelligence, PMO, security, and portals. Built a new IT department and complete technology infrastructure from the ground up to support a $2B payer spin-out — including staff, data center, data warehouse, network infrastructure, business systems, customer support, web portals, and disaster recovery. Grew the team from ~25 to 200+ with an annual technology budget of $150M. |
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