Meet Chris Tossas, PhD

Turning complex systems into clear decisions. Biomedical engineer and management consultant working at the intersection of healthcare, data, and strategy.

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Expertise

What I bring to the table.

From forecasting models that shaped $100M+ portfolio decisions to autonomous AI systems running 24/7 on commodity hardware.

Pharma Commercial Strategy

At McKinsey & Co., led 7+ engagements across pharma, biotech, and healthcare. Shaped competitive intelligence, launch strategy, and evidence generation for leading vaccine and therapeutic brands — partnering with Finance, Commercial, R&D, and Strategy teams to translate insight into board-level decisions.

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Product & Market Forecasting
10+ models predicting $10s–$100s of millions in impact
Competitive Intelligence
Pipeline, revenue, and capability analysis across 3+ projects
Launch & Evidence Strategy
Survey design, messaging strategy, and go-to-market planning

Data & Forecasting

Built 10+ product/market forecasting models predicting $10s–$100s of millions in impact. Designed and analyzed surveys with 1,000+ respondents to uncover prescribing behaviors. Power BI dashboards, patient segmentation, and analytics that turn raw data into commercial decisions.

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Patient Segmentation
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2.4M
Patients analyzed
+18%
Outcome improvement

Healthcare Operations

At CenterWell Sr. Primary Care, leading patient segmentation rollout, go-live readiness analysis, and Power BI dashboards for utilization and clinical outcomes. Preparing executive materials for Humana's Clinical Quality Committee and driving care model improvements across providers.

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7+
Engagements
3
Verticals
6
Publications
Care Model Impact
82% of recommendations implemented

AI & Automation

Built and operate a self-hosted AI platform on commodity hardware: 7+ autonomous agents running 24/7 as systemd services, a competitive intelligence dashboard tracking 125 drugs across 25 therapeutic areas, and a LightRAG knowledge graph — all with zero recurring inference costs.

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7+ Autonomous Agents
Research, watchdog, log digest, CI — 24/7 systemd services
CI Dashboard
125 drugs across 25 therapeutic areas, temporal tracking
Local-First Stack
Qwen + llama.cpp, RAG graph, zero API costs
About

Background & Values

From McKinsey to CenterWell — a career built on translating complex science and data into strategic decisions that drive real outcomes.

Chris Tossas, PhD is a pharma commercial strategist and healthcare analytics leader with a unique combination of McKinsey consulting rigor and PhD-level scientific credibility. He specializes in product forecasting, competitive intelligence, and translating complex data into board-level decisions.

Currently at CenterWell Sr. Primary Care, he leads clinical strategy and program development — building patient segmentation models, designing Power BI dashboards for utilization and outcomes, and preparing executive materials for Humana's Clinical Quality Committee. Previously at McKinsey, he built 10+ forecasting models, led competitive intelligence across 3+ pharma projects, and designed surveys with 1,000+ respondents that reshaped marketing strategies for vaccine and therapeutic brands.

He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow (B.S. from Georgia Tech with Highest Honors), publishing 6 peer-reviewed articles and presenting at 5 national conferences on computational models of pediatric cardiovascular disease.

Outside of work, you'll find him at a concert, on a tennis or volleyball court, knitting, deep in a sci-fi novel, or hiking with his dog.

10+
Forecasting models built, predicting $10s–$100s of millions in commercial impact
6
Peer-reviewed publications and 5 national conference presentations
NSF
Graduate Research Fellow — University of Michigan (B.S. Georgia Tech, Highest Honors)
Work

Selected Projects

Forecasting models, competitive intelligence, clinical analytics, and AI-powered tools built across pharma and healthcare.

Interactive Tool
Universal Data Explorer
An all-in-one interactive dashboard for exploring any dataset. Toggle between 5 chart types, apply dynamic filters, and extract insights through segmentation and trend analysis.
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Patient Segmentation & Clinical Ops
Patient segmentation models, go-live readiness analysis, and Power BI dashboards for clinical outcomes at a large primary care organization serving thousands of providers.
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Pharma Commercial Forecasting
10+ product/market models for pharma clients predicting $10s–$100s of millions in impact. Competitive intelligence, survey-driven messaging strategy, and evidence generation planning.
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Side Projects

What I Build

AI tools, data infrastructure, creative projects, and writing — the builder's side.

Video
Leaveyourlove
A video project featuring Parcels.
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AI Agent Infrastructure
A self-hosted agent stack on a mini PC — health monitoring, RAG indexing, CI scraping, weekly briefs, and benchmark testing. All systemd-managed with automated orchestration.
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AI-Powered Business Tools
Insight Engine for AI-guided data analysis, CI Dashboard for competitive intelligence, WhatsApp-integrated product management for e-commerce — tools built to solve real business problems.
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Contact

Let's Work Together

Whether you need a pharma commercial strategy partner, healthcare analytics support, or someone to build forecasting models that shape portfolio decisions — let's connect.

tossasc@gmail.com