Two kinds of work, one way of thinking.
I help startups, small businesses, nonprofits, and churches adopt AI, sharpen product strategy, build software, and run better operations. I also write and speak on faith, work, and meaning. A PharmD and four-time founder by training; a servant by vocation.
Consulting & building
AI adoption, product strategy, software, and operations for startups, small businesses, nonprofits, churches and ministries, and the trades. Fractional leadership, advisory, and a studio that bids on and builds products.
Explore consulting →Writing & podcast
Essays on faith, work, and the long view, plus the Orthodox Forge podcast. Both launching soon; subscribe to be there at episode one.
Read & listen →See the products in action.
Click through live, interactive product demos: the work itself, not screenshots of it.
What I'm working on.
A few of the ventures and projects in motion right now.
Visipill
A patented smart dispensing appliance for patients at home, plus VisipillRx, workflow and revenue-protection software for pharmacies. Two products taking on the $300B medication-adherence problem.
HappiestLion
Collectible Kingdom Heroes figures that bring the Bible and the lives of the saints to life: paint-your-own kits, pre-painted figures, and faith-based keepsakes for kids, teens, and families.
Orthodox Forge
Orthodox Forge: serious Coptic Orthodox teaching, straight from the Fathers. The Catechism, Patristics and Liturgy companions and Saint of the Day live there now, with the podcast on the way.
PHAROS
A private, AI-built “mission control” for running your ventures: secure login, live data, one beacon over everything.
Orthodoxy
Interactive tools for the Coptic Orthodox faith: a council game, a catechism, the Fathers by topic, and a Liturgy companion. For the next generation.
Parable
Walk a book of the Bible as a witness: guess what happens next, then see what the text says, and why. Six complete books, 97 chapters. Free to play with no sign-up.
More in the works.
Founder, product leader, and AI builder in one person.
Most teams have to choose between someone who understands how the work really gets done and someone who can ship software. I'm both: a four-time founder with an MBA in AI and data analytics. I turn operational complexity into tools that work, for startups, small businesses, nonprofits, churches and ministries, and the trades.
Build studio
Have an idea or a project to scope? My studio bids on and builds products end-to-end (strategy, design, and delivery) with AI where it earns its place.
Fractional product & AI leadership
Part-time head of product / AI advisor for startups and growing teams: roadmap, prioritization, and shipping, backed by four ventures and CSM + Google PM discipline.
AI adoption advisory
For organizations adopting AI in any industry, from nonprofits to the trades: where it's real, where it isn't, and how to put it to work safely in day-to-day operations.
Speaking & teaching
Talks and workshops that make complex technical ideas land, drawn from 25+ years of teaching diverse audiences.
Selected results
Visipill
Founder & product lead. A Windows-IoT medical device on Azure; cut feature-delivery timelines 35% with Agile/Scrum.
RxConsultant
SaaS for consultant pharmacists across long-term care and surgical centers; improved documentation efficiency 95%.
KloudMD
Co-founder & product manager. A telemedicine platform supporting clinical workflows for tens of thousands of patients monthly.
Precision Pharmacy Management
Co-founder & product manager. A SaaS pharmacy platform that lifted customer satisfaction 40%, later acquired by a publicly traded healthcare company.
RxConsultant
Beyond the documentation gains, the consultant-pharmacist platform raised client productivity 25% across care facilities.
KloudMD
Agile delivery cut product delays 25% and time-to-market 12% on the telemedicine platform, later acquired by a telemedicine company.
Founder, four times
Visipill, RxConsultant, KloudMD, and Precision Pharmacy Management, four health-tech ventures founded and shipped since 2012.
Health-tech, end-to-end
A decade-plus founding and shipping products from concept to launch: medical devices, clinical SaaS, and telemedicine.
Certified delivery
Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance) and Google Project Management certified, the Agile and delivery discipline behind every build.
Visipill · RxConsultant · KloudMD · Precision Pharmacy Management: four health-tech ventures since 2012.
Faith, work, and the long view.
A newsletter and the Orthodox Forge podcast (both launching soon), plus speaking and teaching for parishes and faith-based events.
The newsletter
Short essays on faith, building, judgment, and the long view, on Substack. Subscribe now and you'll get the first one.
Orthodox Forge
An Orthodox Christian podcast: conversations on faith, tradition, and life lived with intention. Coming to Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. Be there for episode one.
Faith-based speaking
Talks and teaching for parishes, retreats, conferences, and faith-based events, drawn from 25+ years of catechesis and service.
Trained as a pharmacist, learned to build, never stopped serving.
I'm Andrew Assad. I started as a Doctor of Pharmacy, then spent a decade founding and building health-tech products (medication management, telemedicine, clinical SaaS) and earned an MBA in Business Technology & AI along the way. I invest in other founders now as well. The thread is always the same: take something complex and make it clear, useful, and real.
Service isn't a separate compartment for me; it runs through the work, not beside it. For 25+ years I've taught and served in the Coptic Orthodox Church as a catechist and Sunday-school servant, and I'm a subdeacon. I help oversee and write devotionals read by a global audience, have served on parish boards, and serve with SALT, a diocese-wide homeless-outreach ministry. Faith and work aren't separate rooms; they're the same pursuit of meaning, judgment, and care.
More about me, my education, and the work →