Summary
Product and technology executive with 20+ years across tech and digital health, 15 in healthcare. 0→1, scale, and turnaround from early stage to Fortune 50. Hands-on across product, design, engineering, and AI, with LLMs deployed in regulated clinical and operational settings.
Experience
Founder · TZ Advisory
2026–present
Fractional and interim product and technology leadership for healthcare and mission-driven teams.
VP of Product · Care Delivery, Benefits & Payments platforms ·
Maven Clinic 2026
Prototyped and validated AI-driven provider and payments workflows built to support an XXX% volume increase and value-based care, at the largest virtual clinic for women's and family health.
Owned product, design, engineering, data/AI, and security for an obesity-medicine company. Led the B2C→employer B2B2C pivot: 15× patients and revenue; margin doubled. Set and shipped the AI strategy; grew the tech team 3×.
Owned the full R&D org for a self-funded health-insurance platform. Reached break-even, including +20 pts gross margin; launched virtual primary care; restructured into seven cross-functional squads.
Owned UHC's highest-traffic consumer digital experiences and defined the virtual-care strategy across Optum Care, Teladoc, Amwell, and Doctor On Demand. Virtual-care marketplace reaching ~40M members.
Early product hire at a health-benefits administration platform; set product strategy across member experience and platform (provider search, HIPAA-compliant messaging, claims transparency). 0→$40M+ ARR on a platform supporting $1B+/yr in spend.
Strategy at BCG, product operations at Facebook, full-stack engineering at HP, and VP & Trustee of CISV International across 70+ countries.
Education & affiliations
MBA — New York University, Stern School of Business
MS & BS, Computer Engineering — University of Bologna & Ferrara
Advisory & board: Innpactia (board) · First Round (mentor) · Product School (instructor) · GLG (expert)
