Healthcare IT & AI Consulting

Negotiated a $1B IT and claims-processing contract for a health insurer, delivering 20% cost savings and improved performance, and cut a provider's project backlog 80% through an IT governance program.

Directed government healthcare applications and data on a $60M budget across Medicare Advantage and Medicaid, led CMS sanctions recovery, and compressed a pharmacy migration from eighteen months to six.

As head of the product & data function, led the strategy, development, and delivery of the organization's analytics products to medical professionals.

President overseeing the development of the first blockchain-powered patient-controlled electronic medical records (EMR) platform.

As CIO, led IT transformation & PMO revamp, powering near doubling to 800 clinics in 25 states. Led development of  first customer facing mobile app and portal product in the industry.

As CIO of a national pharmaceutical and healthcare services provider, rewrote the healthcare decision-support system for a leading healthcare group.

Led an Oracle Center of Excellence of 800 global resources for a major medical imaging and healthcare technology company, owning application development, release management, and reliability.

As Advising CIO, assessed and made recommendations to improve the platform stability, system performance, and cultural alignment in IT.

As contract CIO, led the integration of 7 hospitals onto a unified cloud-first architecture post M&A.

As vCISO and CIO for pharma and MedTech clients, built NIST-based programs achieving zero audit deficiencies across HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI, and reduced costs $2M through M&A program redesign.

As principal application architect for a hospital system exceeding 100,000 employees and six million annual patient visits, created application, integration, and data architecture strategies.

Provides virtual CISO services to healthcare organizations, designing information-security and risk programs and conducting HIPAA, HITRUST, COBIT, ISO, and NIST compliance assessments.

As CIO/CTO, led a Digital Transformation implementing Digital 101 capabilities, Virtual Care, Telehealth, AI modeling, Social Engagement, and Remote Patient Monitoring technologies.

Led IT strategy for $1 billion annual IT spend, and leader of the architecture review process for all major IT projects.

Delivered post-deal integration results across pharma and CPG clients and built an Industrial IoT offering automating production lines for food and pharma customers.

As CTO of a digital healthcare networking platform, built the technology connecting clinicians with medical product and sales specialists.

Led Digital Transformation, consolidating, integrating, and upgrading EHR, ERP, AI, BioMed, IDN, Data & Analytics used at over 2,000 locations.

Chief Technologist for $150M annual global IT organization. Founder & leader of a new tech division enabling enable physicians to remotely monitor their patients' implanted devices.

Delivered a custom cloud platform managing 250,000+ medical implant devices across forty-plus countries, and built a registry SaaS platform with analytics and patient-reported outcomes supporting 1,000+ healthcare organizations in seven months.

Served as lead architect on a global clinical trial planning application for a major pharmaceutical company, with 21 CFR Part 11 compliance and FDA validation expertise.

As CIO of a pharmacy benefits and vision benefits manager, led technology through its acquisition and merger into a major PBM.

Led tech for precision-healthcare AI company delivering the first CMS- and VA-approved mobile personal health record, multilingual medical communication, and a chronic-care hypertension solution.

As CIO, led successful carve-out/divestiture in complex M&A during peak of COVID. Led digital healthcare innovations with AI & tele-health.

As Head of IT Products, led systems development, integration, and operations for 40,000 staff across 3,500 locations.

As Head of IT for Supply Chain Strategy for a Fortune 50 global conglomerate, drove $50M savings via supplier integration & order automation.

As global CIO for a founder-owned healthcare marketing firm, directed technology integration across twelve-plus acquisitions, scaling revenue from $80M to over $200M through a private-equity transaction.

As CIO, centralized IT to one enterprise service provider, reducing overall cost 17%. Obtained patent/FDA approval on applications for laboratory diagnostic testing.

Managed the sale and integration of the managed-computing and scientific-services unit of a bioinformatics company into a life-sciences technology firm, and served as COO of a healthcare revenue-cycle technology company.

As CIO for 12 years, created a data warehouse & reporting system for KPIs, and led an enterprise-wide ERP conversion and migration.

As first CIO of a national behavioral health and social-services nonprofit with a $250M budget, set the technology strategy and co-led implementation of two electronic health record systems under HIPAA and PHI compliance.

Led a surgical device product implementation that generated over $1M in first-year revenue and managed clinical-study patient recruitment for a major medical device manufacturer.

As Head of IT, led tech infrastructure design for new hospital tower involving 3,000+ computers, phones and medical devices, including wireless telemetry, image distribution management, & RFID.

Led a $160M Meaningful Use infrastructure program installing networks, servers, and data centers across more than one hundred hospitals, and served as interim CIO for an inpatient healthcare provider.

Fractional CIO and CISO services to healthcare organizations, building HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 27001 programs and leading ransomware mitigation and incident response.

As CIO, led digital transformation to improve patient care. Raised IT stability & performance.

As Head of IT, led a cloud-first re-platform and an integration of modern HCM and ATA SaaS systems. Major cybersecurity upgrades successfully implemented.

As Head of IT & Cybersecurity, led multiple MD&As across 33 countries & 4 continents.

As Head of IT, led development of new Health Information Exchange (HIE) to connect patients, providers, and payers.

As CIO, led a $11M budget and team of 34, enhanced participants' digital experience around retirement and health plans through custom web applications integrated with backend record-keeping platforms.

Led the IT Audit & Compliance functions at a major provider of medical insurance coverage.

As PMO consultant, advised company on efficiencies and process best-practices in their PPM function.

As data and AI lead for a clinical platform, designed and built a clinical decision-support agent on top of forty million medical articles using retrieval-augmented generation.

Fractional CTO for a mobile app startup company offering tailored wellness & workout advice and tools.

Chief Innovation Officer for the leading benchmark analytics firm tracking healthcare patient experience, clinical and quality data. Modernized the firm's major platforms.

As CITO, developed IT support for a portable medical device with a new proprietary technology. Positioned for Series-B funding.

As CTO for a community eye-care organization, leveraged technology to transform community healthcare delivery.

As Interim CIO for a $1B healthcare system, led a budget reduction while maintaining/enhancing service levels and IT system performance.

Created a clinical AI solution for dental payers and assessed dental hub and claims platform opportunities as a technology advisor.

Fractional CISO to US healthcare organizations, advanced cybersecurity maturity against NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, HIPAA, and the EU AI Act, and served as interim CISO for a regional hospital.

Delivered information management, business intelligence, and analytics strategies for major healthcare payers and life-sciences companies, spanning information governance and reporting for sales, marketing, and clinical development.

As Virtual CISO, developed HIPAA/NIST compliant governance including CCPA & CPRA features. Upgraded all major cybersecurity protections.

As CIO, implemented IT upgrades to enhance efficiency and patient care in Acute, Ambulatory and Post Acute services.

Led product development of convenient digital technology, communication, and health education content for chronic care management, remote patient monitoring, nurse wellness platforms, and assisted living.

As VP IT for a clinical research organization, led technology strategy supporting growth and a multi-year cybersecurity roadmap, earning an industry innovation award.

Led migration to a new electronic health record (EHR) system providing $1M annual efficiencies.

As Head of US IT automation & security for a large generic pharmaceuticals manufacturer, led infrastructure uplift to enable full regulatory compliance.

As Deputy CIO, initiated a Data & Analytics program and led the development of a data governance program and team.

Led a multi-party team implementing a $10M statewide universal health care web portal ahead of schedule, with HIPAA-compliant PHI controls and patient self-service kiosks deployed across more than twenty federal hospitals.

As CIO, led clinical transformation and tele-medicine initiatives and enterprise systems upgrade.

Served as global Chief Information Officer for four renowned hospital systems, bridging clinical, digital, and business strategy, and now leads a healthcare technology advisory practice.

As CEO of a healthcare technology firm, delivered solutions including a charge-capture platform helping providers capture charges within their daily patient-care workflow.

As CIO, rolled out HRIS, EMR, and collaboration platforms to 4,500 employees and implemented a leading home-health electronic medical record across a national home-health partner.

As CIO, developed & implemented IT strategic plans for both internal IT and commercial software development products. Upgraded tech for supply chain, manufacturing, R&D, sales and marketing.

Served as SAP program and cutover manager for a major pharmaceutical divestiture, handling inventory and procurement across the biopharma demerger.

Directed data center services and strategy for a global pharmaceutical logistics company, building IT security and operations compliant with SOX, SOC 2, FDA, MHRA, and GDPR.

As Interim vCIO, improved reliability, security, responsiveness, and capacity, replaced legacy ERP/CRM/EHR w/SaaS low-code solution.

Building an agentic-AI longevity and preventative-health platform integrating wearable data, electronic health records, and lab results into a scalable health-intelligence ecosystem.

As CIO of an international private hospital system spanning twelve-plus hospitals, advanced telehealth, genomics, and stem-cell research programs, and previously served as CTO/CIO of a pharmacogenomics company addressing the opioid epidemic.

As CIO and CISO for a military command surgeon's office, provided strategic and tactical IT leadership for a health care network, and now advises globally on cybersecurity, AI, and post-quantum cryptography.

As CIO, championed bioinformatics, eBusiness, supply chain, and CRM initiatives in support of R&D, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and customer service in 62 countries.

As interim CIO of a national pharmacy, stabilized the organization while positioning it to grow from $200M to $1B, and recovered $1M per day through QA automation at a Fortune 100 health insurer.

Fractional HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity services to medical practices and hospitals, spanning risk assessments, remediation, penetration testing, and managed security.

Integrated 3 acquired companies and restructured IT for 80 nationwide locations offering pharmacy, nursing, and home health services.

As CIO for 2.5 years, led IT upgrades to support a doubling of the organization to over $100M with over 50 locations and 1200 staff.

As a CEO and board director, led transformation across healthcare payer, provider, and life-sciences organizations and now advises leaders on the practical application of AI, including agentic AI.

As CISO, led an upgrade of the lab's information security protections while enabling automation technologies.

Led a small team transforming a $100M medtech IT department and realigned a $50M medical device software unit, lowering defect rates 39% and improving delivery capacity 60% without adding headcount.

Led the business transformation of the largest private accreditor of US clinical laboratories and, as CIO of a contract research organization, drove 300% revenue growth while building a clinical trials management and electronic data capture platform.

As CISO, led the design & implementation of cybersecurity protections for biomedical and health research programs.

Provided long-running IT and data leadership to a major teaching hospital and university, including network and database design and Medicare CMS data management.

As CIO, led a digital transformation of the company's oncology research efforts, driving over $10M in efficiencies.

As Virtual CIO, aligned technology and business roadmaps, revamped strategic staffing model to save millions in technology investments.

As CTO & Head of AI, designed and implemented app which gives personalized health advice based on patient data using proprietary photoplethysmography algorithm.

As Fractional CTO, led the development of a data & AI platform analyzing community social care providers and their quality, capacity, and services.

Built AI and data-literacy programs that raised institutional data fluency 65% at regional health systems and advises health systems and boards on AI strategy and governance.

As head of IT, upgraded systems and governance, obtaining CLIA and ISO certifications and HIPAA compliance for the company's technology platform.

Developed healthcare and education applications meeting NHS and Department for Education requirements.

CTO for a startup providing online patient-doctor communications, tele-health & appointment scheduling services.  Designed and built the technology platform from the ground up.

As Head of Data and Analytics for a global medical imaging and healthcare technology company, led enterprise data science and governance; holds patents in AI-driven medical imaging configuration.

Delivered the IT strategy and five-year technology roadmap for a major healthcare nonprofit serving 25,000+ patients annually.

As CIO, led IT supporting 10,000 retail pharmacy locations with custom & integrated best-of-breed systems.

As CIO, led upgrade of proprietary ERP and custom applications it integrated with, including patient e-commerce.

Global CIO for three Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and life-sciences companies, leading regulated transformations under FDA, EPA, GDPR, and SOX, and as interim CIO for a private-equity healthcare company.

As Interim CIO, turned around IT performance to enhanced patient care and enable strategic Private Equity ownership's growth objectives.

As vCISO and Director of IT Security for a major medical center, ran security operations aligned to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, introduced MDR and SIEM/SOAR, and reduced cyber-insurance premiums.

As CTO of a HealthTech marketplace, led a full technology transformation and architected the algorithmic engine enabling a strategic pivot in the business model.

Founder & CEO of a healthcare informatics company which developed healthcare’s first single view of HCPs utilizing 7,000+ data points.

As Interim CIO championed enterprise thinking and changes to the executive team processes around IT, interviewed and onboarded full-time CIO.

Implemented HIPAA from both technical and cultural angles and directed information security for a community health network.

As fractional CTO for a tech-enabled home-health nursing marketplace, formalized a HIPAA and SOC 2 program and led the first LLM-based features including automated pharmacy-referral processing; separately supported a radiology and pathology AI company across the cancer-care journey.

Advisor to healthcare and medical device organizations on technology strategy, guiding data strategy for a Software as a Medical Device program and enterprise architecture for a regional health system's digital transformation.

Led team which developed IoT data tracking & analytics for a suite of medical devices enhancing bone & joint recovery.

As CTO, led development of a monitoring wristband & patch for diabetics to measure blood sugar levels with an external wearable sensor device.

As Chief Digital Officer of a $65B healthcare enterprise, directed multi-cloud implementations with big-data analytics and AI/ML, and grew a healthcare consulting account from $250K to $80M in a year.

Led the hospital's IT as Interim CIO, stabilizing operations and facilitating a transition in leadership to the new full-time CIO.

As Head of Global IT Services, developed strategy to converge and outsource infrastructure, achieving $20m in annual savings.

As CIO, laid architectural groundwork for virtual interactive e-health startup, creating patient-centric technologies to improve patient outcomes.

Interim CIO for turnaround transition of healthcare solutions SaaS supporting medical billing and practice management services.

As CDO, led a Digital Transformation to enable telehealth services to patient devices for proactive and remote care.

As CIO, developed enterprise EHR system and caregiver/patient digital engagement system, catapulting them into the industry leader in providing compliant alternative care.

An AI governance and adoption leader who drove enterprise AI and IoT enablement for a Fortune 100 pharmacy and led technical due diligence and M&A integration assessments for public pharmaceutical companies.

Revitalized a $175M clinical and business systems integration establishing electronic health records across fifty-plus hospitals, and managed national IT due diligence and integration for healthcare mergers and acquisitions.

Led the upgrade and digitalization of patient technologies, supporting 25K agents and 50M annual inbound calls. Drove $25m of annual savings across several initiatives.

As CTO and Chief AI Officer of a Series A animal-health platform, designed multi-agent AI architectures using LLMs and RAG to automate clinical triage, claims analysis, and client engagement.

As Group CTO, launched tele-health and COVID remote monitoring across Asia and African nations. Developed advanced Analytics group to identify growth opportunities. Installed first integrated healthcare information system with cloud-based Oracle ERP in Africa. Launched new greenfield hospital sites in Asia & Africa.

Over 10 years total leading IT in the pharma & biotech sectors for small/midsize firms.

Interim CIO for a firm providing clinical trial support services to pharmaceutical and CROs worldwide.

As CTO for cloud-based healthcare workflow platforms, designed and developed multitenant EHR systems and led international engineering teams across EMR and EHR products.

Led delivery of a clinical research and knowledge-discovery portal and applied NLP and machine learning to unstructured diagnostic data, accelerating clinical trial recruitment five to twenty times in a pilot with a leading clinic.

Over a decade as CIO of a $4B+ revenue hospital system, leading dozens of upgrade, efficiency, and capability projects to power their growth.

Led development of a telehealth platform for remote patient monitoring and health plan management, and integrated 200+ medical and wellness IoT devices into a proactive health platform.

As Head of IT, led digital transformation and custom SaaS solution to streamline dental practice management, increase sales, and monetize analytics.

As CTO, led a Digital Transformation to modernize the backoffice systems and patient communications of the clinic.

Led the development of a web-based professional inquiry response (PIR) system that quadrupled the productivity of a response team.

As Interim CIO, led IT & Information Security through a turnaround, successfully stabilizing & transitioning tech to new full-time CIO.

As CIO, established AI and compliance readiness for a regulated MedTech company.

Led the HIPAA compliance program that opened US healthcare and insurance markets to a company's cloud offerings.

Served as cybersecurity strategist for a national healthcare provider and as interim CISO and Chief AI Officer across regulated enterprises.

Led an identity-and-access-management review of the ERP for a $28M healthcare client as a fractional CIO.

As CIO of a global health insurer's international division, led digital transformation and multi-year Medicaid platform integration across global payer and provider organizations.

Reorganized and right-sized a 284-person healthcare technology organization, migrating off a legacy platform and introducing CI/CD and DevSecOps.

As CIO for a community health center network, overhauled a twelve-year-old EHR in five months and led a $150M+ initiative portfolio delivering $200M+ in impact; cut vendor spend 80%, lowered security risk 60%, and brought call center wait times from 45 minutes to under 2 while lifting revenue 20%.

Implemented a $10M SAP system for a global medical device manufacturer and led IoT remote-patient-monitoring and pharmacy-benefit projects, with HIPAA and HITRUST compliance across EMR and DME systems.

As Principal for digital and data risk at a national health insurer, engineered a data-access framework enabling compliant AI and ML development, and revitalized enterprise architecture at a Fortune 50 healthcare organization.

As Interim CTO, led an upgrade & performance turnaround of IT for a  multi-state 14 hospital system.

As CIO, led IT restructuring & turnaround, adding e-commerce and analytics capabilities for the company, while achieving 60% infrastructure network savings.

Led a $150M MedTech portfolio of 32 companies to 40% EBITDA and 84% gross margin with $90M+ in M&A integration, achieved FDA SaMD clearance for an AI diagnostics business, and as a children's hospital CIO/CISO reduced clinical variation over 50% with AI-assisted decision support.

Co-owner and developer of comprehensive medical billing & outsourced support services in full compliance with HIPAA regulations.

Co-founded and served as CTO of a wellness platform, building and scaling the product while automating operations to sustain rapid growth.

Consulted with leadership on integrating healthcare AI into EHR/EMR systems to improve patient care and enable an expansion into the U.S.