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Strategy & product leadership for healthcare technology

Carrigdhoun Healthcare Advisory provides fractional Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Product Officer services for healthcare technology companies — with deep expertise in AI, clinical trials, medical imaging, and interoperability.

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30+
Years in Health Tech
$1B
Exit Led (IBM Acquisition)
$11M
Series A (IgniteData)
AI
Agentic AI & LLMs
About

Senior leadership, on your terms

Carrigdhoun LLC is a healthcare technology strategy consulting firm led by Steve Tolle, an industry veteran with three decades of experience at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Operating as Carrigdhoun Healthcare Advisory, we provide fractional Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Product Officer services to healthcare technology companies — from early-stage startups to established enterprises navigating complex markets.

Our work is grounded in deep domain expertise across artificial intelligence, medical imaging, clinical trials, healthcare interoperability, referral management, prior authorization, and value-based care. We partner with leadership teams to define product strategy, build go-to-market plans, and accelerate growth.

Expertise

How we help healthcare technology companies

Flexible, senior-level engagement for companies that need deep domain expertise and seasoned strategic judgment.

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Product Strategy

Product vision, roadmap development, and execution leadership for healthcare technology platforms. Defining what to build, for whom, and why — grounded in 30 years of healthcare market knowledge.

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Go-to-Market Strategy

Market segmentation, positioning, competitive differentiation, and commercialization planning. Translating complex healthcare technology into clear value propositions that resonate with buyers.

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Healthcare Interoperability

Strategic guidance on FHIR, SMART on FHIR, HL7, TEFCA/QHIN networks, and CMS interoperability regulations. Helping technology companies navigate the evolving data exchange landscape.

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Clinical Trials Automation

EHR-to-EDC data automation, eSource strategies, and AI-powered clinical data extraction. Hands-on experience deploying intelligent automation at world-class research institutions.

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Medical Imaging & AI

Enterprise imaging strategy, AI-assisted diagnostics, and radiology workflow optimization. Led Merge Healthcare's strategic pivot into AI — a key driver of its $1B acquisition by IBM.

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Referral Management & Prior Authorization

Technology strategy for streamlining referral workflows, prior authorization automation, and care coordination. Reducing administrative burden while improving approval rates and time-to-treatment.

AI & Innovation

Building the future of clinical trials with agentic AI

As Chief Product & Technology Officer at IgniteData, Steve leads the development of Archer — a platform transforming how clinical trial data flows between hospitals and pharmaceutical sponsors using intelligent automation and agentic AI.

IgniteData has been selected for the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program, collaborating with Microsoft to apply agentic approaches to generative AI that enable unstructured EHR data to be mined and served to research coordinators — maintaining a human-in-the-loop model consistent with regulatory requirements.

The platform is trusted by institutions including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic, and backed by partners including AstraZeneca, Labcorp, ZS, and Microsoft. IgniteData closed an oversubscribed $11M Series A in 2025.

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Agentic AI Architecture

AI systems that autonomously process, map, and validate complex clinical data with human oversight at critical decision points.

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EHR-to-EDC Automation

Eliminating manual data entry in clinical trials through real-time, regulatory-grade data transfer from electronic health records.

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Generative AI & LLMs

Leveraging large language models and intelligent data mapping to unlock previously inaccessible unstructured clinical data.

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Regulatory Compliance

AI systems built with full data provenance, audit trails, and compliance within FDA and ICH-GCP frameworks.

Experience

Three decades of healthcare technology leadership

Product strategy, AI, medical imaging, clinical trials, and value-based care.

Current
Chief Product & Technology Officer
IgniteData
Leading development of Archer, an AI-powered clinical trial data automation platform. Driving agentic AI strategy and partnerships with Microsoft, AstraZeneca, Labcorp, and top-tier research institutions.
Current
Managing Director
Carrigdhoun LLC — Healthcare Advisory
Fractional CSO and CPO services for healthcare technology companies. Product strategy, go-to-market planning, competitive intelligence, and AI advisory.
Previous
Global Vice President of Strategy
IBM Watson Health
Led strategy and corporate development for the medical imaging business unit, advancing AI and analytics capabilities across the healthcare portfolio.
Previous
Chief Strategy Officer
Merge Healthcare
Spearheaded Merge Healthcare's pivot into AI-powered medical imaging and played a key role in the company's successful $1B acquisition by IBM in 2015.
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Senior Vice President / General Manager
Optum (UnitedHealth Group)
P&L leadership within UnitedHealth Group's technology and services division, serving health plans, providers, and life sciences companies.
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VP Product Management • Director, Product Management
Allscripts • Pfizer
Product management leadership across electronic health records and pharmaceutical technology, shaping product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies for healthcare platforms.
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Whether you need product strategy, go-to-market guidance, or AI expertise for your healthcare technology company.

Carrigdhoun LLC

Healthcare technology strategy consulting and fractional executive leadership. Based in Massachusetts, serving clients nationally and internationally.

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Emailsteven@carrigdhounllc.com
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EntityCarrigdhoun LLC — Delaware
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LocationMassachusetts, USA

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