What does it take to go from working inside healthcare organizations for decades to becoming a fractional CTO who helps health systems worldwide harness AI for real impact? In this episode of Inside CTOx, host Donna sits down with Yoeme Waller, a healthcare data scientist with over 25 years of experience spanning hospitals, insurance companies, and health systems globally. Yoeme shares her journey from hitting a professional plateau to scaling her practice through CTOx, and what it really means to build AI-powered systems that prioritize patient outcomes, equity, and ethical design.
Yoeme opens up about the personal and professional shifts that came with stepping into the fractional CTO model, including getting out of her comfort zone with sales and outreach, navigating the notoriously long healthcare sales cycle, and discovering that building a scalable business does not have to mean sacrificing the life you want to live.
You’ll learn:
– Why Yoeme hit a plateau after a decade of independent consulting and what finally helped her break through it
– How healthcare data scientists can position themselves as fractional CTOs for health systems
– Why cold outreach felt terrifying to someone who thrives on stage, and how she pushed through it anyway
– How AI applications like NLP, payment integrity, and disease detection are reshaping patient care
– Why the healthcare sales cycle is uniquely long and how to build momentum while you wait
– How to intentionally design a business that scales without consuming your entire life
If you are a data scientist, healthcare technologist, or experienced consultant wondering how to scale your expertise without burning out, this episode is for you.
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