Newfire Advisory Services
Interim Ladership
Firmly Rooted in Digital Health
Drive Transformation with On-Demand Leadership.
Strategic Leadership for Accelerated Outcomes
Whether it’s guidance through a financing round, driving completion of a critical project or stepping in for an unplanned departure they bring invaluable insights, mentorship, and pattern recognition to your key projects.
Who Benefits from Interim Leadership?
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Private equity and venture capital firms use Newfire’s interim leaders to support their portfolio companies during strategic pivots, scale and turnarounds, including coaching executives and filling gaps while scaling teams and supporting your operating partners on the ground.
Mature Companies
Interim leaders support mature enterprises by managing specific projects and acting as a bridge during key role departures. They offer expert perspectives on tech-related business decisions, including acquisitions and their integration, guiding companies through complex challenges efficiently.
Early-Growth Companies
Early-growth companies may not have a tech co-founder or essential leadership in place, posing a risk to their development and scaling efforts. Newfire fills this gap by providing interim leadership expertise, ensuring steady progress and guiding the company until a permanent leader is onboarded, or providing fractional support for roles that may never need a full-time hire.
Why Choose Interim Leadership

Stabilizing Through Turbulence
Interim leaders stabilize companies during turbulent times by managing crises and maintaining operational continuity. Their ability to quickly assess, decide, and implement strategies keeps the organization competitive and functional..

Change Management
Interim Leaders spearhead organizational changes like digital transformations and mergers, effectively managing the process to minimize disruption, enhance adoption, and ensure adaptation to new challenges. For example, our team has helped companies build sustainable product management practices..

Expertise and Fresh Perspectives
With specialized expertise and new perspectives, interim leaders are invaluable for tech companies facing complex challenges or entering new markets. They offer the necessary guidance and innovation to navigate through uncertainty.

Objective Assessment and Decision-Making
With no ties to company politics or past decisions, interim leaders provide objective assessments and make critical decisions. This aspect of interim leadership is particularly vital during transitions, ensuring decisions are made with clarity and are focused on the company’s best interests.

Ensuring Smooth Leadership Transitions
They maintain leadership continuity, minimizing the impact of vacancies on performance and morale, and play a crucial role in transitioning to new leadership to ensure a smooth handover. They’re preparing the team for change by aligning strategies and setting the stage for future success.
About Newfire Global Partners
Founded on the principle that true expertise encompasses both technological prowess and an intimate understanding of the social challenges inherent in the US health system, Newfire is led by seasoned executive, product and technology leaders who have had a major impact on the US healthcare industry, providing operational leadership at companies from Series A to IPO.
Newfire has assembled a unique cohort of deeply experienced advisors, including VP and C-executive leaders within major, US-based healthcare systems and technology firms. Our advisors have led technology, product and operations initiatives and have navigated the complex landscape of healthcare delivery.
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Newfire’s global presence spans Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Our scale allows us to provide flexible solutions for complex team-building challenges – including complex engineering services, UI and UX development, corporate transformations, interim leadership and accelerated starts for new projects

EXPERTISE THAT ACCELERATES
BIOS
Our Flutter Architect and Unity Engineer team developed a unique learning app for this medical devices company that uses intelligent UX/UI design and gamification to enable individuals with limb loss from all walks of life to quickly and intuitively learn how to use advanced robotic limbs.
DIAMETER HEALTH
For this healthcare data optimization platform, we formed a specialized data analytics team and integrated technologies like Kubernetes and Docker. This enhanced their data processing and scalability, enabling efficient management of vast patient records and versatile deployment, including on-premise and hybrid cloud, bolstering their performance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FOLX
We deployed an Operations Engineering SCRUM team and implemented an Operational Excellence program to whip FOLX’s back office into top shape. This LGBTQIA+ telehealth platform has since been able to focus on growth strategy, onboard more B2C and B2B customers, and add more services for their members.





















