Forward deployed engineering for healthcare & life sciences
By Victor Barzey
Forward deployed engineering
Pharma and biotech: I work alongside internal teams across access, commercial, medical, RWE and leadership to ensure AI and digital health investments translate into measurable outcomes in practice and for patients.
Technology companies: I work inside customer teams to ensure products deliver internal ROI and improve patient outcomes.
Digital health advisory services
Investors and business development teams: technology partnership set up and sell side advisory
Digital health, medical affairs and RWE teams: digital health and PDURS prototype development
Start ups and pharma digital health teams: NHS pilot design and implementation
Project delivery options
Specific deliverable: e.g. prototype development, strategy deck
Fractional team member: e.g. forward deployed engineer, franchise digital health lead
Monthly or quarterly retainer: e.g. board member, pitch deck review
Under contruction
F[DEVELOPMENT]
A middleware layer dedicated to improving patient experience and collecting registry quality data in real world settings.
V1.0 is focused on podiatry and will be live in Q4 2026.
Get in touch if you are:
- Developing community diagnostic hardware or passive sensors
- A technology transfer office focused on healthcare technology
- A small to mid sized pharma in the design phase of an RWE
About Victor Barzey
Before founding Function R&D, Victor ran technology and operations for Otsuka's European digital health business and sat on the digital health investment committee. Prior to that, Victor spent several years at IQVIA, leading teams across market access, strategy and real-world evidence.
Media, public speaking & training
Victor is a media contributor and public speaker covering AI, digital health and product development. He has AI certifications for Claude and Microsoft Copilot, and provides training to leadership teams on how to use AI to reduce spend on vendors, automate routine processes and improve patient experience.