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Fractional CIO · CTO · Life Sciences, Healthcare & Healthcare Supply Chain

I’ve spent twenty years making technology pay for itself.

I have been a CIO and a CTO for the past 15+ years. I launched two business units from nothing and took them through a private equity exit, turned an IT services group into a product business with its own P&L, and led the customer experience function at Knipper Health. I built a global platform for five acquired companies across the US, Canada and India at Jubilant Pharmaceuticals. And I have led technology in Carton Service, Inc., a small, yet growing, founder-owned business. Along the way I have reported to boards, sponsors and family owners, and I have learned that they all want the same thing: a technology leader who can explain, in their language, what the money is buying.

That is the job I do now — fractionally, for companies that need that answer but do not need a full-time executive to get it.

Where I’ve been.

  1. 2026 – presentFractional CIO / CTO · Board AdvisorNaura SolutionsCurrentFractional CTO of the technology product division of a PE-backed $8B+ healthcare distribution business, commissioned by the sponsor’s operating partnerFractional CIO of an $80M healthcare services company, engaged by its management team
  2. 2015 – 2025CIO & CTO, with customer experience (CXO) responsibilitiesKnipper Health · led the CX functionFamily-founded · private-equity-owned through the hold period
  3. 2010 – 2015VP & Chief Information OfficerJubilant Pharma
  4. 2003 – 2010Director, Business Systems & ITPharma Packaging Solutions / Carton Service
  5. 1998 – 2002Project Manager / Senior ConsultantCovansys (acquired by CSC, now DXC Technology)

Regulated-industry compliance

FDA 21 CFR Part 11SOC 2HIPAA · PHI · PIISOX

Education

MBA, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleB.Tech, University of Calicut, IndiaPMP certified

Recognition

CIO of the Year, Philadelphia SIM (2020)Philadelphia ORBIE CIO of the Year (2023)

Affiliations

Member, CIO Council, SIM, Philadelphia ChapterAdvisory Board Member, TechImpactAdvisory Board Member, PhillyCIO

Depth

IT P&L and capital budgets · agile product development · enterprise architecture · M&A, carve-outs and spin-offs · information security and the CISO function · business intelligence · GenAI operationalization

What it’s like to work with me.

  • I talk to your customers. Most technology assessments never do. It is the fastest route to what is actually wrong.
  • I bring evidence, not opinions. Unit economics, benchmarks, a real P&L. If I cannot measure it, I say so.
  • I stage the investment. Checkpoints between stages, so you can stop at any point and still be ahead.
  • I speak in business terms. Margin, EBITDA, multiple, working capital. Technology vocabulary stays in the technology meetings.
  • I plan my own exit. The goal is a working plan, a capable team, and no ongoing dependency on me.

Questions people bring to that first call.

Pick one and it goes straight into the contact form.

How do I use GenAI to actually grow the business, not just to say we are doing it? How do we differentiate with technology instead of just keeping up? Which technology investments should we make before an equity event? We are growing fast — can our systems keep up? How do we turn IT into a driver of growth instead of a cost we manage? What will a buyer find when they look at our technology?
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