Fractional CTO for healthcare programs that need to deliver.

Senior judgment for healthcare payer and provider CIOs, PMO leaders, and digital health founders navigating stuck programs — CMS regulatory programs, value-based care analytics, population health platforms, clinical trials systems, and post-merger integration. Bounded 3-month engagements: diagnostic first, peer team co-built, delivery system that stays after I leave.

Who I help

From Providers to Payers.

Diagnostic facilitation and bounded delivery for stuck programs on both sides of the payer-provider relationship.

Provider organizations

  • Health systems and IDNs launching population health programs, value-based care models, or post-merger integration
  • Community hospitals navigating CMS TEAM model bundled-payment readiness and episode analytics
  • Academic medical centers modernizing clinical trial data infrastructure and site technology

Payer organizations

  • Mid-size Medicare Advantage plans navigating CMS-0057-F deadlines, V28 risk-adjustment, and OIG audit defense
  • Medicaid MCOs and BCBSA affiliates modernizing prior authorization, member engagement, and claims-clinical data flows
  • Provider-aligned payviders building integrated population health, RWE, and value-based care platforms
What I deliver

Four ways to engage.

Each with a named outcome and a fixed price. Easy to start, easy to scope, easy to finish.

AI Readiness Sprint

5 days

Roadmap for AI/ML in population health analytics, RWE pipelines, or clinical trial optimization with a 90-day plan, vendor shortlist, and risk register.

Data Architecture Audit

5 days

Assessment of clinical trial data systems (EDC/CTMS), RWE databases, or population health infrastructure with prioritized remediations and target architecture.

Advisory Retainer

monthly

Async + bi-weekly senior judgment for clinical trials technology decisions, RWE vendor selection, population health platform architecture, and board prep. 6-month minimum.

Embedded Engagement

1–3 days/week

Fractional CTO owning clinical trial data modernization, population health platform builds, or RWE pipeline delivery. Named accountability for 3–5 outcomes. 3–6 months.

Why me

Depth where it matters.

A specialist's edge in data and AI for regulated health environments — without the price tag of a fractional generalist.

Population health & clinical trials specialist

Deep expertise in clinical trial data standards (CDISC, CDASH, OMOP, FHIR, QHIN), RWE databases (claims, registries, EHR), and population health analytics for value-based care. Fluent in EDC/CTMS, observational study design, and HIPAA/IRB compliance.

Translator

I move between clinical investigators, data scientists, and engineering teams in the same conversation. Decisions get made faster when the room actually understands each other.

Senior partner energy

Plain-English answers, fast defensible decisions, and a written record of why. Not a contractor handing back code — a partner who owns the outcome with you.

Get in touch

Let's talk.

A 30-minute discovery call is structured around five questions: business context, current tech, the decision driving the call, success criteria, and decision timing. No pitch. If it's not the right engagement, I'll say so and offer a referral.

Or drop your email and I'll add you to the channelmatter occasional newsletter — short notes on data and AI in health and research.