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Washington, DC, USA

Damon F.

Clarity for leaders when and how it actually matters

Damon Feldman is a fractional advisor and executive coach with deep experience leading complex technology, data, and AI initiatives at scale. As founder of Advocara, he is building AI-driven tools that empower consumers to navigate healthcare systems with clarity and agency.

Previously, Damon served as VP of Customer Engineering at Hypermode, where he helped define and operationalize enterprise AI delivery models. At MarkLogic, he led the development of flagship products and personally drove some of the company’s largest and most complex technical sales and post-sale engagements.

His work spans major public- and private-sector efforts, including HealthCare.gov, U.S. intelligence data platforms, state Medicaid transformations, and large enterprise deployments. Damon partners with executives and teams on strategy, go-to-market execution, and organizational alignment, combining rigorous systems thinking with integrative executive coaching that helps leaders align values, ethics, and real-world decision-making.

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Work

Experience

Jun 2024 — Present

Advocara

President/Co-founder

Advocara is a mission-driven nonprofit using AI to bring clarity and fairness to medical billing and patient support.

  • Co-founded Advocara with the mission to empower individuals by simplifying the complexity of medical billing using AI technology.
  • Led the development of a free tool that helps patients understand complex medical bills through plain-English explanations.
  • Innovated solutions to connect users with experienced healthcare advocates and resources, significantly improving patient support and outcomes.
May 2023 — Jul 2024

Hypermode

VP Customer Engineering

Hypermode is the platform for building agentic systems.

  • Led a team to enhance customer relationships by overseeing technical projects from evaluation to implementation.
  • Developed customer-centric strategies that improved satisfaction and engagement through the lifecycle of AI model deployment.
  • Collaborated across teams to ensure the smooth delivery of AI solutions tailored to client needs.
May 2023 — Mar 2024
Dgraph Labs

Dgraph Labs

VP Customer Engineering

Dgraph Labs develops high-performance graph database solutions.

  • Enhanced customer support and solutions by leading a team focused on delivering tailored database prototypes and advice.
  • Implemented strategies that improved customer satisfaction and drove product adoption among key clients.
Sep 2022 — May 2023
Dgraph Labs

Dgraph Labs

Head of Solutions

May 2022 — Aug 2022
GridGain Systems

GridGain Systems

Director, Strategic Alliances (GTM)

GridGain provides in-memory computing solutions for digital enterprises.

Dec 2017 — May 2022
MarkLogic

MarkLogic

Senior Director, Solutions Engineering (& Distinguished Engineer)

MarkLogic provides a powerful data platform for data integration, AI insights, semantic and ontology-based knowledge management.

  • Defined and incubated the MarkLogic Data Hub product line (pharma hub, Medicaid hub, general hub)
  • Led the Healthcare.gov get-well effort for the main data component
  • Established a dedicated Medicaid line of business, capturing almost half of early data integration contracts across multiple states
Jun 2008 — Jan 2018
MarkLogic

MarkLogic

Solutions Director

Jan 2008 — Dec 2014
MarkLogic

MarkLogic

Technical Manager

Oct 2005 — Jun 2008
FGM

FGM

Chief Architect

Novetta, formerly FGM, Inc., provides data-driven intelligence and advanced analytics solutions.

  • Architected and led the development of scalable analytics solutions to meet the needs of federal and commercial clients.
  • Pioneered the integration of machine learning and big data analytics to enhance mission-critical operations for defense and intelligence sectors.
  • Directed teams in implementing cybersecurity and cloud engineering initiatives, increasing system reliability and performance.
Sep 2003 — Jul 2005

LineSider

Development Manager

LineSider focuses on network provisioning and management innovation technology.

Feb 2002 — Jan 2003

TotalClarity

Chief Architect

TotalClarity specializes in developing efficient algorithms to process and analyze financial texts.

  • Co-founded and led TotalClarity as Chief Architect, developing scalable algorithms for financial text analysis.
  • Achieved significant performance improvements in text processing using Java for sparse-vector similarity operations.
  • Drove the overall technological vision and managed the team responsible for technology operations.
Jan 2001 — Feb 2002

Verilytics

Architect

Verilytics focuses on advanced analytics solutions and services.