David Jarmoluk
Senior technology leadership, without the full-time hire.
David embeds with founder-led and PE-backed healthcare and B2B companies as their CTO and CDO: modernizing platforms, standing up data lakehouses, and taking AI from pilot to production. He owns the outcome, not just the advice.
25+ years · Navy veteran · AWS certified
HIPAA / FHIR / SOC 2
SOUND FAMILIAR?
No CTO. No CDO. And your AI mandate keeps stalling.
Your platform runs, mostly. But nobody owns the technology strategy, your data is trapped in silos it can't get out of, and every AI initiative dies somewhere between the pilot and production. Tactical work gets done. Nobody is steering.
- Revenue plateaus when the founder steps back from business development
- Marketing exists, but it's tactical, scattered, and hard to measure
- Your sales leader is doing their best, but strategy isn't their lane
- You've tried agencies. They produced activity, not pipeline
- You know you need marketing leadership but a full-time CMO feels premature
- Growth is still happening, but you can't explain exactly why or how to repeat it
"I don't need another vendor with a deck. I need someone who owns the outcome and can actually build it."
The trap this page is built to solve
What a fractional CTO / CDO actually does for you
A consultant writes a report. A managed provider keeps the lights on. This is different.
David embeds in your leadership team, is accountable to your business goals, and is a hands-on architect who ships, not just a strategist who recommends. Through his own consulting practice, Brightech Solutions, he has delivered data lakehouse, AI/ML, and cloud-native modernization work across regulated industries, and he brings that same depth to Work Heartily clients.
Data & AI That Ships
Lakehouse architecture, real-time analytics, and predictive and agentic AI taken from proof of concept through production, with the governance to keep it responsible.
Platform Modernization
Cloud-native, event-driven systems on AWS and GCP. Legacy migrations, cost reduction, and repeatable onboarding patterns that scale with the business.
AI, Pilot to Production
Predictive models, computer vision, and agentic systems taken past the demo and into production, with the governance and guardrails to keep adoption responsible and auditable.
This is built for a specific kind of company
David works with organizations at a specific inflection point:
- Healthcare, health tech, financial services, or regulated B2B SaaS
- Data is a growing liability: slow, siloed, and not AI-ready
- Founder-led or PE-backed, with a growth or modernization mandate
- No internal technology leader with both strategic and hands-on authority
- An AI or data mandate that keeps stalling between pilot and production
- Not yet ready to justify a full-time CTO or CDO at $300K plus equity
What You Can Expect
First 30 Days
Assess & Align
Root-cause read of your data platform, technology risk, and AI readiness. You get a clear action plan and an initial roadmap tied to business goals, not a stack of slides.
After 60 Days
Prioritize & Structure
A sequenced technology and data roadmap, aligned across systems, gaps, and growth objectives. Governance guardrails defined for responsible AI adoption.
90 - 180 Days
Embed & Execute
Hands-on delivery in real time. Modernization moves, data pipelines ship, AI reaches production, and technology becomes a transparent, strategic asset.
Why not just keep your MSP or your consultant?
They react. A fractional leader owns.
David goes beyond the role of a traditional vendor or MSP. Instead of simply managing tickets, delivering recommendations, or working outside the leadership team, he serves as an embedded technology leader. He owns your technology and data strategy, works hands-on when needed, aligns vendors and MSPs to your business goals, and is accountable for delivering measurable business outcomes, not just technical outputs.
Choose the level of leadership your business needs right now
Whether you need clarity before you commit or embedded senior leadership on your team, there's a right entry point.
Data & AI Readiness Sprint
1 day per weekA focused diagnostic of your data platform, technology risk, and AI readiness. You finish with a clear picture and an actionable plan.
What you get
- Root-cause analysis of platform and data friction
- Data lakehouse and AI-readiness assessment
- Security and regulatory risk review
- Prioritized action plan tied to real outcomes
- A drafted technology and data roadmap
Fractional Leader
1 day per weekFor teams ready to move from chaos to a system. One dedicated day per week of embedded senior technology and data leadership.
What you get
- An identified owner of technology and data strategy
- Consistent progress against the roadmap
- Responsible AI governance, defined and enforced
- Vendor and MSP management on your behalf
- Monthly leadership update tied to business outcomes
Embedded Leader
2 days per weekFor companies that need to move faster, where multiple teams must align or a PE growth mandate requires full operational integration.
What you get
- Full operational integration across strategy and delivery
- Presence in senior leadership and key decisions
- Modernization and data initiatives shipped, not just planned
- Proactive security and compliance maturity roadmap
- Bi-weekly updates, full vendor accountability
Get your technology working for the business.
Start with a 30-minute discovery call. No pitch, no pressure, just a clear read on where your platform and data stand and what it would take to align them with where you're going.