Summary
Mike Ryzhikov is Chief Operating Officer at Health Samurai with 12+ years of experience building next-generation web and mobile healthcare solutions powered by HL7 FHIR. He leads product and delivery for providers, payers, and health IT startups across the US and Europe, using Aidbox — a ready-to-use FHIR backend his team develops — to accelerate proofs-of-concept into production via Agile and Lean practices. Mike combines hands-on technical understanding of FHIR, HL7 v2/v3 integrations, Kubernetes-driven infrastructure, and cloud deployments with business analysis and UX-driven design. He’s particularly skilled at turning regulatory requirements (e.g., CMS interoperability) into practical, auditable implementations that reduce time-to-market and cost. Based in Los Angeles, he frequently partners with early-stage teams to validate ideas quickly and scale them into compliant, enterprise-ready systems.
12 years of coding experience