Before joining Pearl, Kevin spent several years at GoodRx, where he led product strategy and execution for prescription claim settlement and pricing systems that helped millions of people access more affordable medications every day. His work sat at the intersection of product, engineering, and business operations, shaping decisions around cost, reliability, and user trust.

Kevin enjoys tackling complex problems and turning them into systems people can rely on. He cares about building products that drive meaningful impact and work well in practice, not just on paper.

Kevin holds a BA in Political Science from UCLA, where he developed an interest in how incentives, policies, and systems shape decision-making. Outside of work, Kevin can be found snowboarding across the country, finding excuses to be outside, or solving the NYT crossword.

Prior to joining Pearl, Abdullah worked at Nytilus, a robotics platform startup, where he helped architect and implement an end-to-end cloud platform for industrial robots and IoT devices. He worked on key product features such as real-time telemetry, alerting, and streaming video. Prior to that, he helped scale international student recruitment operations at ISRC, an educational startup, by building the tools used by recruiters to streamline their workflow, improve student retention, and accommodate student growth.

Abdullah received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Prior to joining Pearl, Sujai co-founded NeoHealth, a startup focused on developing pharmacy management software for healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa. NeoHealth has won numerous grants and awards including 3rd place at the Michigan Business Challenge and 1st place at the China Business Challenge. Sujai also started a student organization called MedLaunch which designs assistive technology for individuals with disabilities. MedLaunch has expanded to two colleges and created 10+ technologies to assist various community partners. Sujai is passionate about combining his experience in entrepreneurship, marketing, and design in order to address inefficiencies in the healthcare system. He received his degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan.

Bosky joins Pearl Health with over 20 years of software development experience and more than seven years in engineering leadership across healthcare technology startups and enterprise organizations. Prior to Pearl, she served as Head of Engineering at Concert Health, where she led teams building scalable, reliable platforms that power collaborative care delivery.

Previously, Bosky was Vice President of Engineering at Valant Medical Solutions, leading modernization of its behavioral health EHR platform. Earlier in her career, she spent several years at Microsoft, contributing to large-scale systems for MSN and Bing.

Bosky holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Assumption University, a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Delaware, and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence.

Nick comes to Pearl with over 20 years of software development experience, including both early-stage startups and large enterprises.  Most recently, Nick worked on scaling Tier 1 backend services at AWS and Amazon logistics.  Prior to Amazon, Nick built data pipelines at VillageMD and developed proprietary data synchronization software for which he is named on two patents held by VillageMD. Personally, Nick is passionate about emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, music, and investing. He has written three independent software patents, enjoys 3D printing, strumming guitars, and revving V-Twins and V8s.

Nick earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Prior to joining Pearl Health, Steve spent over 18 years in engineering leadership roles across both enterprise (Paychex, Zillow) and startup (Syndio) environments. He spent most of his career in HR-Tech, leading architecture and engineering teams across payroll, analytics, time and attendance, 401k, and more in the larger Human Capital Management (HCM) space.

Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Jamie Benedict spent nearly fifteen years at Trinity Health leading their wholly owned Medicare Advantage plan, MediGold. As Chief Strategic Growth Officer at a provider-sponsored plan, she oversaw Product, Sales, and Marketing departments and led the organization’s long-term growth plans. She improved the Plan’s performance through developing and maintaining value-based physician arrangements and executing on key bid strategies.

More recently, Jamie spent five years at Cigna as a Medicare Market President. She led the organization’s Medicare Advantage expansion in Ohio and expanded her scope to manage the Midwest service area. She was responsible for the territory’s P&L, value-based arrangements and growth.

Mrs. Benedict earned a bachelor’s degree in health care administration from Ohio University and remains a proud Bobcat! She lives outside of Columbus, Ohio with her husband and four children.

Prior to Pearl, Sophie worked in healthcare consulting at ZS Associates. At ZS, she specialized in sales operations and strategy for pharmaceutical clients – leading projects ranging from product development for sales reporting tools to customer segmentation for new launches.

She received her BA in Math and French from Cornell University. Outside work, you can find her rotating through different fitness hobbies (currently on Pilates, perennially playing tennis), trying new restaurants in NYC, and playing the New York Times puzzles.

Cameron received his BA from Pomona College, his MD with honors from The George Washington University School of Medicine, and then completed specialty training in Emergency Medicine at Stanford. He worked as an emergency physician while developing an interest in population health, and cultivated a passion for disambiguating complicated workflows.

Cameron suffered major injuries in 2020, when he was hit by a car while bicycling to work; the resulting traumatic brain injury prevented him from returning to clinical work, and his personal experiences with healthcare reinforced his commitment to physician/patient-centered care.

Abigail Bergkamp is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner whose work focuses on clinical quality, patient safety, and care delivery. She has led interdisciplinary initiatives that streamline processes, enhance reliability, and drive better patient outcomes.

Before joining Pearl Health, Abigail advanced quality improvement and safety efforts at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, where she practiced as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner across acute and ambulatory settings. Earlier in her career, she provided mental health care at Michigan Medicine and led simulation-based training and clinical seminars at DePaul University.  Her work has included creating standardized practices, translating clinical insights into actionable improvements, and mentoring clinicians in best practices.

She earned her BSN and MSN from the University of Michigan and her Master of Healthcare Administration from Northwestern University. Outside of work, she enjoys exploring the Bay Area, reading, and playing tennis.

Jacob has 20+ years building SaaS products and leading high performing teams in Healthcare Tech, HR Tech, Recruiting, and Work Management. Most recently, he co-founded a startup, Springboard, bringing its recruiting-focused CRM product to market. Before that, he was a Principal Architect and VP of Engineering at Valant, with behavioral health EHRs for private practices and publicly funded organizations.  

Jacob has a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science from Kennesaw State University near Atlanta, GA and now calls Seattle, WA home.

Prior to joining Pearl, Kevin spent ten years in the hospitality industry at Pegasus, building a cloud based app that helped independent hotels interface with various hotel booking channels. He was responsible for implementing the application’s core services as well as managing the cloud infrastructure and the support team.

Kevin has his B.S in Computer Science from Clemson University.

Jen comes to Pearl with over 15 years of progressive experience as a graphic designer and art director in a variety of industries from B2B SaaS to nonprofit arts. She has successfully implemented multiple rebrands, expanded and elevated existing brand systems, streamlined creative processes, and consistently designed elevated communications to support marketing efforts. She enjoys creative strategy and big-picture storytelling as much as digging into the details of typography and layout.

When not at her desk, Jen can be found backpacking and skiing the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

Prior to joining Pearl, Ben worked in healthcare consulting at Oliver Wyman, where he focused on operational and technology transformations for both payers and providers. Before that, Ben held roles at Aledade, a digital health company, where he helped build out the company’s growth operations and strategy, and at the Advisory Board Company, a healthcare research and consulting firm.

Ben earned his B.A. in History from Dartmouth College and his MBA from Columbia Business School. Outside of work, he enjoys golfing, hiking, and cheering on Washington, D.C. sports teams.

Prior to Pearl, Brendan spent seven years at the climate-tech startup Arcadia, building wind, solar and energy data products to further renewable energy adoption. Brendan graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Government, and served in the Peace Corps as a Community Health Volunteer in rural Paraguay.

Amy brings over 17 years of healthcare experience, spanning direct patient care in post-acute settings to supporting health systems in value-based care initiatives. Prior to joining Pearl, she worked with Signify Health, CVS Health and Wellvana, most recently supporting the launch of hospital engagement in ACO initiatives. She has partnered with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to collaborate, strategize and optimize workflows, and is passionate about strengthening healthcare delivery and improving the patient journey. 

Amy is a licensed practical nurse and holds a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management with a focus in Healthcare Administration. In her downtime, she enjoys cheering at her son’s football games, binge-watching shows with her daughter and going for walks with her husband and mini Aussie, Nova.

Prior to joining Pearl, Katie worked at the intersection of healthcare strategy, operations, and product. She led clinical innovation initiatives in federal healthcare consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton and drove strategy and operations for a new clinical skilling product at Guild Education, partnering with employers and health systems to expand workforce pathways. Earlier in her career, she held customer-facing roles in the tech space at LinkedIn and MURAL.

Katie brings a systems and human-centered design lens to solving complex healthcare problems, with experience spanning solutions design, go-to-market strategy, care delivery operations, and early-stage product development. She holds a B.S. from Tulane University and certificates in User Experience (Nielsen Norman Group) and Designing & Building AI Products (MIT). Outside of work, she enjoys crafting, exploring new restaurants in Boston and spending time with her spouse and two cats, Cowboy and Earl.

Before joining Pearl, Juan worked at Bright Health, developing and supporting data infrastructure and pipelines containing PHI in over one million clients. Prior to Bright Health, Juan spent eight years serving in the United States Marine Corps before being honorably discharged.

Matt previously led regional growth at Unite Us, building coordinated care networks of healthcare and social care providers to drive value-based care outcomes through SDoH.Driven by a duty to care, Matt is a former Nominee for Congress, a former CIA Officer, and served as NSC Director in the White House under multiple Presidents. Matt also led business development with In-Q-Tel where he developed a passion for driving public sector mission through private sector innovation. Matt has an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where he studied Healthcare Strategy, MA from Georgetown University, and BA from Siena College.

Prior to joining Pearl Health, Manuel has led efforts in Customer Success to drive digital adoption in healthcare. At Phreesia, he was one of the Customer Success leaders, focused on provider adoption and growth while simultaneously helping support projects around process improvements, integration of new products, clinical efficiencies (Quality measures, ACO relations), and large partnerships. Before that at Counsyl (later acquired by Myriad), he built out a team that supported prenatal and cancer genetic testing workflows. This team had a focus on driving operational efficiencies for partners to reduce administrative burden, boost reimbursement, and better identify patients for testing.

Manuel earned a B.S degree in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior from UC Davis. In his free time, you’ll find him around San Francisco with his wife and golden retriever exploring parks, restaurants, and coffee shops.

Prior to Pearl, Chris was on the Solutions team at Clarify Health, where he led the largest complex provider deals and helped secure Series D financing led by SoftBank and BlackRock.Prior to Clarify, Chris founded High Line Health, a data visualization and analytics company providing value based care insights to payers and providers. High Line was acquired by an Apax Partners portfolio company in 2017, while he earned his MBA part time. Prior to High Line, Chris was a consultant with Navigant Guidehouse.

Chris holds an M.B.A. from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from Colgate University.

Justin was previously the Director of Finance & Business Intelligence at Bonfire, a marketplace and fundraising platform that allows individuals and nonprofits to raise funds for their respective causes and communities. He was responsible for building and managing the accounting, finance and data teams and functions from the ground up. Prior to Bonfire, he worked as a management consultant at HealthScape Advisors, supporting clients on product strategy, business model transformation and adoption of value-based care models. Justin began his career at Deloitte, where he earned his CPA license.

Justin received his B.S. in Accounting from The Ohio State University.

Before joining Pearl, Yuxin held various data science positions. At Wayfair, she built end-to-end machine learning solutions for operations, storefronts, and sales enablement teams. Additionally, she developed measurement and data science frameworks, along with playbooks, to ensure scientific rigor and facilitate the wider adoption of data science practices. Prior to Wayfair, Yuxin worked as a data scientist at AAA on risk modeling and as a research scientist at Vanguard. At Vanguard, she leveraged NLP and recommender systems to improve the efficiency of financial advisors and employed inverse optimization to understand risk tolerance based on portfolio data.

Yuxin holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University, where she built physics-based models to study critical transitions in climate systems, such as Arctic sea ice loss and desertification in drylands. Yuxin holds a BSc in Mathematics from Dalhousie University in Canada, where her interests in applied science were sparked.

Gillian Christie has focused her career on promoting health at the intersection of business and technology. She is currently at Pearl Health, focused on strengthening primary health through value-based models. She is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.Gillian was previously with Circulo Health, an early-stage start-up focused on value-based primary care. She has also worked at Walmart Health on their healthcare strategy and partnerships. Gillian has advised several leading institutions, such as Intermountain Healthcare, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Bloomberg-Harvard City Leadership Initiative. Before that, she worked at the Vitality Institute (part of the South African insurer, Discovery) in New York City.

Gillian received a Doctor of Public Health from Harvard, a Master’s (MPhil) from the University of Cambridge, and a MA (Hons) from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Gillian was born and raised in Toronto, Canada.

Garrett previously worked in healthcare investment banking as a Vice President at Cain Brothers, where he advised health systems and physician groups through a variety of M&A transactions and strategic initiatives. Prior to investment banking, Garrett was a Manager of ambulatory care business operations at NYU Langone Health, where he focused on the expansion and development of the system’s single and multispecialty physician group network.

Garrett earned a BS from Skidmore College where he studied business and economics.

Katherine oins us from HITAP, the advisory unit of the Thai Ministry of Public Health. During her time there, she generated context-conscious evidence to build awareness for value-based care and guide policies toward achieving more health for the resources invested. Prior to that, she supported the COVID-19 efforts of the U.S Department of Health and Human Services to mobilize stakeholders around investing in pandemic preparedness.

Katherine has held operational roles at various startups during her time at Yale University, where she earned bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Biology. She also received her MSc in Modeling for Global Health from the University of Oxford.

Prior to his role at Pearl, Will held positions at Wayfair, first as a product manager and later as an analytics manager. In these roles, he focused on building and scaling forecasting models utilized in pricing and product recommendations engines. Before pursuing his MBA/MSDS, Will gained experience in Customer Success, where he specialized in developing custom software solutions for clients at Eze Software, a FinTech company.

Will holds an M.B.A. from the UVA Darden School of Business, a Master's in Data Science from UVA, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Colgate University.

Prior to Pearl, Weldon served as a Regional Medical Director for the ConcertoCare, where he led interdisciplinary teams that specialized in providing in-home care to complex and chronically ill patients. He is passionate about improving operational efficiencies and proactive care to help patients live healthier lives and to make the healthcare system better for everyone.

Weldon received his residency and fellowship training in Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Prior to his residency, he received his Doctorate in Medicine and Masters of Business Administration at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Darden School of Business. He holds a BA in American History from the University of Pennsylvania.

Weldon is an avid marathon runner, fundraiser for the Nashville Ballet, and mentor for the Nashville Entrepreneurship Center and the education nonprofit Resilience Education.

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Jeff previously worked at Capital One as a software engineer where he worked on various data platforms to support critical enterprise initiatives. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University.

Ryan comes to Pearl Health with over 15 years of technical leadership experience. Prior to Pearl, Ryan managed multiple teams at Amazon, including the Alexa Healthcare team responsible for enabling Alexa to conduct Telehealth visits, and a non-healthcare team responsible for building a grocery warehouse management system from the ground up. Before Amazon, Ryan worked at Vulcan, a tech-for-good organization started by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. At Vulcan, Ryan’s team launched an infectious disease surveillance system for refugee camps in Africa, and supported an initiative to identify illegal timber at ports of entry. Before Vulcan, Ryan provided tech leadership for Valant, a healthcare tech startup that created a highly configurable electronic medical record system for Medicaid funded hospitals and organizations focused on mental health. Ryan also worked as a Sr. Software Architect and engineering leader at StudyManager, a startup which created a first of class clinical trial management system that was widely used by universities and research organizations around the world.

Ryan studied Health Informatics at UC Davis, and distributed system and application development at the University of Washington.

Annie brings extensive experience in global talent acquisition and business operations transformation. Most recently, she served as a Director at Danaher Corporation, where she led a global recruiter enablement initiative while implementing a new delivery model for recruiting and sourcing interaction. Her work at Danaher was defined by her ability to leverage lean principles and a continuous improvement mindset. 

Prior to Danaher, Annie was the General Manager of IQTalent Xchange, where she led the development and launch of a turnkey recruitment platform. Throughout her tenure at IQTalent Partners, she led teams during a period of 20x growth, working closely with venture-backed startups in the technology, biotech and health tech industries.

Annie holds a B.S. in Marketing and International Business from the University of Tennessee and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. An experienced traveler and avid learner, she has led in professional landscapes across EMEA, LATAM, APAC, and North American regions. She is an enthusiastic supporter of the Colorado Startup community, amplifying engagement and education across the state, and continuously collaborating on the next AI-enabled project.

Before joining Pearl Health, Wes was Associate Director of Contract Operations at Phreesia, where he built and led a new team focused on enhancing efficiency and accuracy in the Order-to-Cash cycle. Prior to Phreesia, Wes was the Revenue Accounting Manager at Expel, where he managed the full Order-to-Cash accounting function.

He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Accounting & Computer Information Systems and Business Management from Virginia Tech, and has an active CPA license in Florida.

Prior to joining Pearl, T.K. served as Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Brigade Health, where he helped scale value-based care partnerships and led cross-functional execution across clinical operations, network growth, and implementation. Previously, he held leadership roles at Evergreen Nephrology, NaviHealth, Privia Health, and Emory Healthcare, supporting provider organizations and health systems across multiple value-based care models. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Kidney Foundation.

T.K. holds an MBA and Master of Health Administration from the University of Iowa and a B.S. in Business from Indiana University. He lives in Nashville with his wife and two children.

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Evan comes to Pearl with experience designing high-performance software systems at global scales as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Seattle and New York. While there, he helped drive organizational growth and development in his additional roles as mentor, lecturer and Bar Raiser. Evan also previously served as Platform Engineering Manager at Nautilus Labs, a shipping technology startup.

Evan graduated cum laude from Brandeis University with a B.S. in Physics and Computer Science. His hobbies include climbing, reading and woodworking.

Before joining Pearl, Kara worked alongside the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to pilot value-based healthcare solutions and apply machine learning to questions about benefits processing and healthcare utilization. She worked with stakeholders at national, regional, and hospital levels to ensure that modeling tools were rigorous, accurate, interpretable, and ethical. As a trusted partner to her government colleagues, she helped develop data science and modeling standard operating procedures and documentation guidelines in addition to ad-hoc models and reports.

Kara holds a PhD in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University, where she drew on techniques from multiple fields including robotics, fluid dynamics, and phylogenetics to understand how anatomical variation contributes to locomotor effectiveness. She held postdoctoral appointments at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago before leaving academia, and received her BA in Biological Sciences from Wellesley College.

Julie previously worked in customer success at Komodo Health, where she helped grow the team and create organization-wide best practices that deliver consistent white glove support to medical and clinical development teams, as well as patient advocacy organizations. Julie also worked at Zitter Health Insights doing IDN research and has supported patients directly as a home health aide.

She earned a Master’s in Health Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s in Biology from Cornell University. Julie lives on a vegetable farm in upstate New York, where she enjoys reading and going for hikes in The Gunks with her border collie.

Prior to Pearl, Sam led customer success at Eleos, a behavioral health startup leveraging AI and large language models to reduce administrative burden for clinicians and improve care delivery.With over a decade of experience in healthcare technology and SaaS, Sam has helped clients achieve stronger outcomes, adopt technology more effectively, and build long-term value from their partnerships. She’s passionate about combining strategy, operations, and human connection to ensure clients feel supported, heard, and empowered—always striving to elevate the customer experience and drive meaningful outcomes.

Outside of work, Sam enjoys traveling and exploring local food spots with her partner and son.

Russell comes to Pearl with expertise in building and scaling security-focused Technical Operations teams from the ground up at high growth companies. He has over a decade of experience in his field and is passionate about securing technical infrastructure in a way that does not impede innovation. Prior to Pearl, Russell was Head of Technical Operations at TrialSpark. As the first Technical Operations team member, he laid the foundation for long term growth through the deployment of scalable systems, automation, and workflows. Before joining TrialSpark, Russell was an early employee at Oscar, where he served as the first Director of Information Technology. Other previous experience includes Spotify and adMarketplace where he worked in similar roles.Although they’ve seen better days, Russell is a die-hard fan of the University of South Carolina football team.

A native South Carolinian, Russell moved to New York City a little over a decade ago. He currently resides in Park Slope with his wife and two sons and can usually be found chasing the older one on his scooter in Prospect Park.

Before joining our team, Colin held various leadership positions at Philips Healthcare, including Global Head of Business Development & Commercial Strategy for Remote Patient Monitoring and North American Market Leader for Diagnostic Cardiology Solutions. He also worked as a Senior Consultant in PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Systems Strategy & Operations practice.Colin is dedicated to supporting underserved populations and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Fenway Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides care to 40,000+ LGBTQIA+, HIV+, and BIPOC patients in the Boston area.

Colin holds a Bachelors in Microbiology from Brandeis University, a Master of Healthcare Administration from Columbia University, and executive certificates from MIT Sloan and the Wharton School at UPenn.

Tyler previously worked as a software engineer at Wayfair for 5 years, where he helped build data pipelines and APIs to help optimize the supply chain network and increase web traffic.

Tyler holds a BA in Economics from Northwestern University.

Joe has spent a decade and a half in commercial leadership roles across a variety of healthcare verticals and is energized by the process of building partnerships that lead to better outcomes for patients and providers.

Before joining Pearl, Joe served as VP of BioPharma Growth with BlinkRx, a healthtech company focused on making novel pharmaceuticals more accessible and affordable. Prior to that, he served as VP of Partnership Development with agilon health, a value-based care enablement company. Earlier in his career, Joe held leadership roles with Oak Street Health and AbbVie, and developed foundational skills as an investment banker and private equity investor.

Joe earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Accounting & Business Administration from Washington & Lee University. He lives outside of Chicago with his wife and three young boys.

Wren is an analytics professional with more than a decade of experience in healthcare analytics. Prior to joining Pearl, she led analyst teams in a variety of settings including provider, payer and startup environments. Most recently at Devoted Health, Wren was responsible for self-service reporting supporting the core operations of the business, including claims, utilization management, and compliance. She started her career as a biostatistician at Seattle Children’s Hospital and holds a special interest in healthcare quality and safety. 

Wren received an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington and a BA in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University. She spends her time outside of work camping, skiing, and generally enjoying the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest.

Vishwa previously worked at athenahealth where he enabled the providers to easily integrate their mission critical devices with athenahealth’s EHR by partnering with manufacturers. While at athenahealth, he was also responsible for a developer productivity tool that greatly cut down the time for code deployment.

He received his MBA and MS in Information Systems from Boston University and Bachelors in Telecommunications Engineering from Bangalore Institute of Technology, India.

Alysha has been a developer at multiple fintech companies, primarily focusing on backend development. Most recently, Alysha was a software engineer at Aledade, where she focused on integrating new medical data feeds and enhancing the stability and latency of existing data pipelines.

Sarah’s legal speciality is in health care privacy, with general health care regulatory, compliance, and transactional experience. Sarah joined Pearl from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the General Counsel, where she advised the National Institutes of Health (NIH). At NIH, Sarah served as lead data and privacy attorney across NIH’s Institutes and Centers, where she counseled on enabling the sharing of data for research use, the development of data sharing and access policies, and assisted with incident response. She also advised NIH on a wide variety of matters such as grant programs, clinical training, animal research, and social media use. Prior to HHS OGC Sarah was in-house counsel at Evolent Health, where she was the lead attorney for Evolent’s Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO, and supported Evolent on a range of regulatory and contractual matters in its provision of management, operational, and analytical services to health plans and providers engaging in value-based care. Sarah started her career at Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, where she began her focus on health care privacy law, and also advised health care providers, health plans, and pharmaceutical companies on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, CMS Innovation Center Programs, interoperability and information blocking, drug pricing, and general compliance matters.

Sarah earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, obtained a Masters of Health Services Administration at University of Michigan, and completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at The Ohio State University. Sarah lives in Falls Church, Virginia with her husband and three daughters.

Before joining Pearl, he spent his early years working on marketing campaign optimization at what is now Porch, a home services software company. Following his tenure at Porch, Noam played a pivotal role in driving pricing and go-to-market initiatives that aimed to bring scale and analytical rigor to the merchant contract pipelines in the consumer financing space at Progressive Leasing. He hopes to build on these experiences to help Pearl extend its capabilities.

Noam, born in Arizona, now resides in Saint Petersburg, Florida where he lives in fear of his loving cat. Outside of work, he follows college sports, plays pickleball and does other stereotypical Florida activities.

He is a proud alumnus of the University of South Florida where he received his Bachelors in Statistics.

Prior to joining Pearl, Colin spent over five years at athenahealth, where he built and led the Customer Success Strategy and Analytics function. Most recently, he built and scaled the Customer Success function at Collective Medical, which was acquired by PointClickCare.He is passionate about enabling independent physician practices with the right tools and workflows to remain financially viable in a shifting reimbursement landscape. He also deeply values improving patient outcomes through the transition to proactive care delivery models and regular care collaboration. At athenahealth, he developed the standard framework used to articulate their customer practices’ financial and clinical performance, along with identifying specific opportunities to drive further improvement. At Collective Medical, his function fostered robust care collaboration, helping health systems, payers, and community-based providers bend utilization and cost curves.

He holds a B.S. in Finance and History from Endicott College.

Before joining Pearl, Anita led healthcare data integrations at Flume Health, managing a team of engineers building scalable data infrastructure for analytics and operations. Prior to that, she held analytics roles at Included Health and Unite Us, supporting mission-driven healthcare initiatives. She began her career working in clinical trials, where she developed a firsthand appreciation for the role data plays in improving patient care.

Anita holds a Master of Science in Data Science from Eastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from the University of Nevada, Reno. Outside of work, she enjoys experimenting in the kitchen, exploring farmers markets, and keeping up with her two rescue dogs, who are equal parts companion and household authority.

Before joining the Pearl team, Madison was Senior Product Marketing Manager at Tala, where he launched products that increased financial access in Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India. Prior to Tala, Madison was an early employee at Catalant Technologies and served in leadership roles on both the sales and product marketing teams.Madison received an A.B. in English Literature and Government from Harvard University, where he also pursued post-baccalaureate Pre-Medical Studies.

Lindsay brings a passion for operational excellence and a deep commitment to patient-centered innovation to Pearl.  Before joining, she led the launch and growth of Strive Health’s at-risk Medicare Advantage Primary Care model. Her career also includes leading operations and strategy at the SCCA Proton Therapy Center—one of the nation’s pioneering proton therapy facilities—and advancing provider experience initiatives at Premera Blue Cross.Lindsay holds a Master of Health Administration and a BA in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Washington. She is passionate about building scalable, sustainable infrastructure that improves outcomes for both patients and providers.

Evan brings expertise in healthcare operations, transformation, and a passion for designing scalable solutions to complex challenges to deliver more effective and efficient care.

Before joining Pearl, Evan spent more than seven years as a management consultant at Huron Consulting Group, leading complex systems implementations, organizational transformations, process redesigns, and strategic planning initiatives for academic medical centers and cancer centers.

Evan earned his MBA from Columbia Business School, graduating with Dean’s Honors with Distinction, where he focused on healthcare, business analytics, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Global Health from the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining our team, Brad worked for several healthcare startups, including Vault Health and Haven Healthcare, where he helped grow their IT departments from the ground up.Brad holds a BS in Criminal Justice from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and a MS in Cyber Security from Southern New Hampshire University. Outside of the office, you can find him spending time with his wife and daughter, reading and exploring the New England area.

Do previously led data product strategy at AbbVie, driving cross-functional initiatives with data platform, engineering, governance, and analytics teams to unify data, optimize systems, and enable data-driven engagement. Earlier in her career, Do was a Data Product Manager at Bloomberg, where she delivered large-scale data platforms, strengthened data governance and regulatory compliance, and enabled personalization at scale. She also served as the first product hire at Sixth Street, building foundational internal platforms and automating critical workflows on cloud infrastructure.

Do earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Cornell University, grounding her career at the intersection of healthcare, science, and technology.

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Before joining Pearl, Yana led strategy and operations teams at Zillow Group, driving strategic initiatives to enhance product adoption, improve client engagement, and scale enablement strategies that supported revenue growth. Prior to Zillow, Yana held leadership roles at Uber, managing integrations, market expansions, and process improvements that delivered notable operational and revenue gains. Yana is currently earning her M.S. in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. She graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management.

Morgan is a healthcare boomerang — after starting his career as a software developer, he moved to Product at athenahealth on the Clinical Interoperability team. Morgan then moved to ecommerce at Wayfair, where he led the Search team and developed expertise creating data-driven scalable ML solutions. After a leadership stint at JuniperMarket, Morgan is excited to be back in healthcare, using cutting edge technology to ensure better care for both patients and their providers.

Outside the office, he can generally be found hiking, at a bakery, or playing with his two dogs. Morgan holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.

Prior to joining Pearl, Alana spent six years at Flatiron Health, working in Product Operations, Program Management, and Sales. She was responsible for developing and launching oncology software products that helped deliver quality care to cancer patients, and closed several of Flatiron’s largest software deals with community oncology practices around the country.Alana was previously on the founding team of Crediyo, a healthcare technology startup that aimed to simplify the financial experience for patients and improve payment outcomes for providers. Prior to Crediyo, Alana served as a Sales Consultant at Oscar Health.Alana holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, an MPH from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA from Cornell University. A former Division I track and field athlete, she now runs competitively for Brooklyn Track Club’s Performance Team and is hoping to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Team Trials in the marathon.

Keith joined Pearl after several years at Test Double, where as a consultant he helped companies like Disney and GitHub modernize their infrastructure and accelerate delivery. His career includes over fifteen years in the Heavy Building Materials industry serving in many engineering leadership roles. During that time he focused on building the company's web and mobile development platform and migrating to the AWS cloud platform. A Tennessee native now living in Ohio, Keith has a love/hate relationship with running and enjoys spending time with his wife, three sons, and many pets.

Prior to joining our team, Jason worked in operations at Nestle and built out teams across different technology startups as a talent acquisition professional.

Born and raised in Michigan, he has spent time on both coasts and currently resides in the Bay Area. He enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking, fitness, cooking, and trying new cuisines.

Before joining Pearl, Leo was an Engineering Manager at Vendr, where he managed and led a team of engineers improving lead generation and pricing insights, and helped scale the Engineering organization. Prior to Vendr, Leo was an Engineering Lead at Simply Business, where he managed and led a team of engineers integrating new insurance products.

Leo received his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Ali Miah is an actuarial professional with experience in healthcare and financial analytics having previously worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. He has supported projects in forecasting, risk modeling, and claims analysis, applying strong quantitative and problem-solving skills to help organizations make informed decisions in complex environments. 

With a solid foundation in actuarial science and expertise in reporting, financial projections, and trend analysis, Ali is passionate about using data-driven approaches to improve efficiency, accuracy, and outcomes for stakeholders.

Ali holds a Bachelor's Degree in Actuarial Mathematics and a Minor in Computer Science from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Prior to joining the team, Pat led product design for AgileCat, where he helped early stage startups define their product experience and build design systems. With a background as a brand designer, Pat brings a focus on customer experience and stakeholder engagement to the team.

When he’s not in Figma, you can find Pat riding his bike, cooking something new, or spending time with his family.

Aside from leading the day-to-day operations of the executive office, Molly provides leverage for recruiting, events and team operations. Prior to joining Pearl Health, Molly’s career has been focused in wealth / investment management and luxury hospitality, eventually merging the two in a unique role encompassing her passions for project management, administrative support, event planning, and fostering a healthy work environment.

Molly received her B.A. in Communication Studies from University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Prior to joining Pearl Yelena worked at Chase Bank, McGraw Hill Education, and Lone Wolf Inc, where she specialized in different aspects of backend engineering and successfully led various application tech stack migration projects. With a keen eye for detail and strong analytical skills, Yelena thrives on understanding the intricacies of businesses. Beyond her professional pursuits, she finds joy in hiking, reading, gardening, and treasured moments with her family.

Prior to joining, Michael served as the National Senior Director of the Medicare ACO Programs at Steward Health Care Network where he ran the largest MSSP in the country. His value-based care experience stems from achieving improved quality outcomes at lower costs for over 160,000 Medicare FFS patients annually. Prior to MSSP, he led Steward’s other CMS and ACO care models, most notably GPDC, NGACO and BPCIA. Prior to Steward, he worked at a boutique healthcare management consulting firm.

Michael holds an M.B.A. in Healthcare Administration and a B.A. in Economics from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Grady is a seasoned healthcare executive and value-based care operator with deep experience scaling risk-bearing organizations across Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Commercial, and CMS-sponsored programs. Prior to joining Pearl, Grady advised investors and provider groups on growth strategy, performance improvement, and risk-model optimization.

Previously, Grady served as Senior Vice President of Western Markets at ConcertoCare, where he scaled in-home wraparound services to more than 40k patients, led the integration and value-based transformation of acquired primary care practices and launched ConcertoPACE. Earlier in his career, he served as General Manager of CareMore Health’s Los Angeles market, where he oversaw network performance and direct care delivery for 18k Medicare Advantage beneficiaries under global risk.

Grady holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson and a BS from Purdue University.

Emily built her early career and foundation in analytics through embedded and consulting roles across the traditional healthcare landscape, supporting ACOs, city health systems, and rural clinics in advancing value-based care. More recently, she led analytics at Hint Health, where she developed core data systems and industry reports that brought visibility to the emerging Direct Primary Care movement.

Emily holds an MS in Business Analytics and undergraduate degrees in business administration and psychology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Prior to joining Pearl, Gabrielle worked at Cityblock Health on their Service Design and Behavior Change & Design teams, tackling challenges related to engaging hard-to-reach patients and building provider-enablement workflows that improved care delivery. She is passionate about designing and piloting product solutions that make delivering care easier and more fulfilling for providers — driving the right behaviors, scaling sustainably, and leading to better patient outcomes.

Outside of work, she can be found at her local farmers market, testing new recipes, and eating her way through the NYC restaurant scene. At home, she and her girlfriend are busy attempting to civilize their puppy, Oslo (though he remains committed to a life of crime, primarily in the form of sock theft).

She holds a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in Economics & Strategy, Global Health, and Spanish.

Prior to Pearl, Catherine managed a team of Technical Recruiters at Meta focused on hiring the best talent in the industry, as well as making consistent improvements to the recruitment process at scale. Before Meta, Catherine worked at Angi, formerly known as Angie’s List, when the company was going through a time of significant change adapting to the new technology needs and expectations from their customers. At Angi Catherine redefined the recruitment process for technical roles to reduce bias, increase efficiency and improve candidate experience. Prior to applying her strengths to the Talent Acquisition space, Catherine also has experience within program management and education.

Catherine has a Masters in Education from the University of Notre Dame and a B.A. in English & Communications from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Francis joins Pearl Health as a seasoned data science leader with over 15 years of experience, leadership, and strategic business impact across healthcare and other industries. Prior to Pearl, he led the data science team at Hospital IQ to develop a suite of  products that contributed to 300% customer growth and an acquisition by LeanTaaS.

When not staring at a screen, Francis enjoys martial arts, playing musical instruments of various kinds, and reading with a cat on his lap.

Francis has a B.Sc. in Physics & Mathematics and an M.Sc. in Astrophysics from the National University of Ireland, Cork, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). His doctoral research focused on the discovery of planets outside our solar system, and he continued this work as a N.A.S.A. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Francis holds two patents for innovative machine learning applications in healthcare.

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Prior to working at Pearl, Brittany spent two years working in network development at Aledade, focusing on primary care ACO development and expansion in the Mid-Atlantic region. She is passionate in promoting health equity for all, eliminating health disparities among marginalized groups, and introducing physicians to value-based care.

Brittany received her Bachelor’s of Science in Public Health Science from the University of Maryland, where she studied life sciences and public health. She is currently pursuing her Master’s of Science in Health Informatics Administration. She resides in Maryland and is a huge fan of the Washington Commanders. After work, you can find her in the gym working out, in the kitchen cooking, or searching for her next travel destination.

Prior to Pearl, Julia worked at EY-Parthenon, specializing in leading commercial due diligence for healthcare companies and shaping corporate growth strategies for major health systems. Her experience also includes significant work in value-based care payment models during her tenure at Oak Street Health. Before pursuing her MBA, Julia worked in revenue cycle consulting, advising large healthcare clients at Huron Consulting Group.

Julia holds an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, an MPH from The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, where she completed an honors thesis around Walmart Health's entry into health care. Julia earned her BA from College of the Holy Cross.

Before joining Pearl, Khrisendat served as the technical lead of the data warehousing and analytics team at ListenFirst. There he helped to design and build the data warehouse and external analytics APIs.

Khrisendat holds a Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering from CCNY.

Prior to joining Pearl, Nellie worked at Ankura Consulting where she performed data analytics on large healthcare claims and financial datasets for class action lawsuits. She also worked as a research assistant in the Onnela Lab at Harvard where she worked with smartphone data for biomedical research and oversaw collaboration with clinical research teams.

Nellie holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from University of California, Los Angeles and a MS in Health Data Science from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

Prior to joining Pearl, Lauren was at Oscar Health where she held a number of strategy and operations leadership roles, including building Oscar’s Payment Integrity program from the ground-up. Most recently, Lauren led strategy, special projects, and business operations for Oscar’s Member Programs (Virtual Care, Population Health, Pharmacy, and Behavioral Health). She is passionate about tackling high-impact problems, building new things, and developing people.

Outside of work, Lauren loves to cook, cycle, and spend time with her husband and their energetic dog, Benji.

Lauren received her B.A. in English with a minor in History from the University of Virginia.

Prior to joining Pearl Health, Li led the Medicare Advantage (MA) Actuarial team at Oscar Health as its founding team lead, helping to stand up the capabilities of the MA actuarial team such as bid development, valuation, forecasting and strategic initiatives. Prior to Oscar, Li was an early employee at Clover Health, where he developed the internal SQL/Python based MA pricing model and came to own many aspects of MA pricing. He began his career with Cigna, and graduated from the Actuarial Executive Development Program.

Li holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics with honors, summa cum laude from Hamilton College.

Prior to joining Pearl, Andre could be found building and automating infrastructure, security, and voice services for a number of tech companies both large and small.

Andre holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Anna provides administrative support for our executive team, events, and field marketing. Anna’s passion for understanding, connecting with and helping people was shaped by various roles in both hospitality and healthcare, most recently at Culture with Us.

She is a proud native New Yorker and received her B.S. in Psychology at the College of Staten Island. Outside of supporting others, Anna enjoys traveling anywhere the sun shines and cooking for those she loves.

Abbie delivers administrative support to the Growth team, partnering with the department to help drive alignment and execution across key initiatives. She brings experience in value-based care and early-stage, high-growth environments. Abbie is passionate about supporting teams and building strong operational foundations. Outside of work, she enjoys working out, hosting friends and family, and rooting for the Tennessee Titans and Missouri Tigers.

With over 15 years of experience in brand strategy, creative direction, and digital marketing, Jared helps teams shape narratives, build systems, and design experiences that are both useful and compelling.

He’s led corporate rebrands, launched digital platforms, and developed creative work that connects across channels and audiences. Jared is known for asking the right questions, distilling complex ideas into clear messages, and working across disciplines to get things done.

At Pearl, he partners with product, growth, and clinical teams to bring clarity to how the brand shows up in everything from the website to patient-facing tools. His focus is on aligning creative execution with business goals, and building processes that support thoughtful, high-impact work.

Prior to Pearl, Auroop was a Director at Oscar Health, where he provided P/L oversight for 250k lives across the east coast, representing ~$1.6B in revenue. In this role, Auroop owned and supported end to end book management, partnering with sales, clinical, actuarial and product leadership to drive profitability and growth.Prior to Oscar, Auroop was a Vice President at COPE Health Solutions, a boutique, value-based care consulting firm. In this role, Auroop provided strategic advisory and implementation support to providers and payers in advancing their capabilities of managing the health and risk of a patient population.Auroop also launched an international medical tourism facility and provider network based out of Tijuana, Mexico, with the providers spanning across Latin America. He is also a co-founder/strategic advisor to a number of companies across various industries.

Auroop holds a Masters in Health Systems Management Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Computer Science, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Prior to joining Pearl, Chloe spent three years at Roche Diagnostics leading mixed-methods research initiatives within global product teams to foster early product innovation and develop targeted customer strategy for both patient and healthcare provider solutions within the diabetes care space. Before Roche, Chloe worked as a blended user researcher and behavioral scientist at GoodRx, supporting product teams on end-to-end feature initiatives and embedding behavioral design principles across the product development lifecycle to ensure that solutions being built encouraged positive health behavior change. Before becoming a researcher in healthtech, Chloe worked as an academic researcher for five years, studying early childhood adversity and the emergence of empathy in toddlerhood. 

Chloe is passionate about using her research to highlight care gaps and promote health equity, and she always ensures that the voice of the end customer is prioritized across the entire product journey. 

She holds an MPhil in Psychiatry from the University of Cambridge and a B.A. in Psychology from Occidental College.

Xiaobo is a Senior Software Engineer at Pearl Health. Prior to joining Pearl, he was a Software Engineer at Klaviyo, where he led the development of automated compliance and anti-abuse workflows and played a key role in scaling mission-critical systems that power customer email delivery.

Xiaobo holds a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Phillip comes to Pearl with over ten years of experience in developing software for education, healthcare and government. Prior to joining, he served at edX as a technical lead for their e-commerce platform, which processes tens of millions of dollars a year, and Booz Allen Hamilton, where he was a technical lead on projects for the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and the Army’s community recreation programs.

Phillip has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. His hobbies include cooking, reading and swimming.

Before joining Pearl, Kuhuk was a strategy consultant in Deloitte’s Life Sciences and Healthcare practice in New York, where she advised clients on corporate strategy, new product launches, digital transformation, and workforce strategy.Post consulting, Kuhuk worked as a Life Sciences Partnerships Manager at PicnicHealth, a Series B real-world evidence startup, where she helped build and scale Picnic’s partnerships with leading life sciences companies. Kuhuk also brings early-stage investing experience through internships at healthcare VC firms LRV Health and SignalFire.

Kuhuk holds an MS in Biotechnology and an MBA from Harvard Business School, and dual undergraduate degrees in Economics (BA) and Biology (BSc) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to Pearl, Monica was a product leader at Everly Health, where she led a team that delivered substantial ARR growth for their enterprise business. Her expertise spans 0-1 product development, platform scaling, and business transformations.Monica specializes in transforming organizational complexity into strategic clarity through cross-functional collaboration. With experience across SaaS, healthcare, and education, she has guided teams through hypergrowth and shaped product strategy that drives measurable impact.

She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Education from Drexel University, graduating summa cum laude.

Prior to Pearl, Kiera was a Senior Strategist at Evolv Technology, where she focused on corporate strategy, corporate development, and revenue operations. During her time there, she led initiatives ranging from launching new verticals and identifying new product lines to building a competitive intelligence function and improving go-to-market processes. She was known for spotting inefficiencies and remedying with actionable growth strategies.

Kiera began her career in consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she supported government innovation and emerging technology strategy. She partnered with federal healthcare and defense clients to scout new technologies and develop innovation roadmaps, and also served as a product manager for an internal digital platform.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and Political Science from Tulane University, and has completed certifications in Mergers & Acquisitions from Columbia University and Innovation Strategy from Cornell University. Outside of work, she’s an avid long-distance runner, enthusiastic about discovering new music and happiest when spending time outdoors.

With more than 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Randy has worked extensively with physicians and health systems nationwide to advance value-based care and operational excellence.

Before joining Pearl Health, Randy led national business development efforts at Lumeris Health Outcomes, LLC. Prior to that, he served as Chief Network Officer for the CVS Accountable Care Organization, where he was responsible for business development, contracting, and account management.

Randy is passionate about building long-term, strategic partnerships that drive improved healthcare experiences and outcomes for all stakeholders.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with a minor in Criminal Justice, from Central Connecticut State University.

Ashley came to Pearl after serving as VP, Deputy General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer at an early-stage, technology-enabled healthcare provider that delivered services to Medicare patients in rural America and beyond. Immediately prior, Ashley was the Senior Assistant General Counsel for Digital Technology & Innovation at the American Medical Association (AMA). Before transitioning in-house, Ashley was Counsel at Crowell & Moring LLP, where she advised a range of organizations, from hospital systems and health plans to healthcare consortiums, start-ups, and large tech companies. Ashley began her legal career as a law clerk at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and then at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Ashley provides legal, strategic, regulatory, and policy counseling on a range of digital health and technology issues, including interoperability, telehealth, FDA safety (software as a medical device), health IT reimbursement, and other emerging technologies in healthcare (AI, 3-D printing, and blockchain). She also has extensive experience counseling commercial, non-profit, governmental, and early-stage start-up clients in complex commercial contracting, litigation, enterprise regulatory compliance, healthcare policy, and equity-in-tech matters.Ashley received her J.D. from Cornell Law School, and her A.B. (with distinction) from Duke University. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and two sons.

Prior to joining Pearl, Aaron worked at a third-party fulfillment startup and a federal government agency, with a focus on streamlining processes and eliminating bottlenecks with the use of technology.

Aaron holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Maya Storry (née Lazarovich) joins Pearl Health as Director of Product Marketing after spending her career helping healthcare IT companies explain what they do to those who buy, use, and integrate their solutions. She's led product marketing through major enterprise deals and acquisitions, ensuring story and strategy stay aligned at moments of critical growth. Along the way, Maya has taken part in over 80 commercial launches and industry narratives for HealthStream, NCQA, athenahealth, and others, helping cross-functional teams and external individuals and organizations collaborate with confident curiosity while advancing clinical workflows, patient experiences, revenue cycle management, value-based care, and workforce development. She has developed marketing plans across all stages of technical maturity—from legacy systems to beta launches, rapid response, and AI-driven user experiences.

Maya holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Tel Aviv University, with additional honors work in economics and design from Bocconi University. She also holds a BA in Psychology from Mount Holyoke College.

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Prior to joining Pearl, John worked in high impact engineering roles at startups in fintech, advertising and education. He was an early member of VRGL, where he focused on integrations and authentication workflows.

John holds a BA from Georgia State University.

Before joining Pearl, Matt was the engineering manager of the merchandising team at Imperfect Foods. While there, he helped design and build the data pipelines, tooling, APIs, and automation supporting the entire farm-to-website lifecycle and serving the internal merchandising team at Imperfect Foods.

Matt holds a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from IUPUI.

Before joining Pearl, Bobby served as product and operations leader at Arcadia.io and Athenahealth. He has over 15 years of experience in healthcare data integration, value-based care and population health.

Bobby’s academic background includes a Master’s degree in Health Informatics from Northeastern University, and Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from Bridgewater State University.

Moses joined the Pearl team to continue his mission of leveraging design to influence and shape the healthcare industry — towards one where every patient receives the care and experience they deserve.Prior to Pearl Health, Moses spent more than fifteen years working with different startups, honing his abilities in design and shaping his leadership acumen. From early stage ones like Truepill and Handshake, to larger ones like LinkedIn — Moses is drawn to both problems and the people that deliver true impact and user outcomes.

Prior to joining Pearl, Hristos worked with Availity doing build and release engineering and at Groupon doing release and production tools.Hristos was born and raised in the prairies outside of Chicago and has always been interested in technology and computers. He has been doing systems and software engineering since early 2008 and thoroughly enjoys working with unix-like systems in particular. He enjoys working with a number of languages, including Python, but has soft spots in his heart for Golang and Lua. His shell of choice is fish and his editor is Emacs.

In his free time Hristos is an open source contributor, musician, cyclist, voice actor, and rookie gardener.

Before joining Pearl, Ben worked as a designer at Infosys/Wongdoody. There he worked on a variety of internal and client-facing UX/UI projects including those within the domains of telecommunications, finance, and healthcare. His primary aim is to be a staunch user advocate with the goal of creating innovative and research-backed solutions.

Ben holds a BA in Anthropology and Hispanic Studies from Bowdoin College. Outside of the office, you can find him cooking or exploring the urban fabric and marveling at 20th-century architecture.

Abby's years in the healthcare industry have been focused on improving value-based care performance and patient/employee experience. She has a passion for making connections, working collaboratively, and staying curious. As a leader at Humana, she partnered with providers to drive success within their value-based care arrangements. From there, she led company wide initiatives to scale effective provider engagement.

At Qualtrics, she was a senior Customer Success leader on the Healthcare Provider Team. She supported hospitals' patient and employee experience leaders in delivering insights that shaped executive decision-making. With expertise in both healthcare operations and customer success, Abby combines strategic vision with hands-on execution to improve outcomes and performance. 

Outside of work, you’ll find her with her dog, exploring Chicago, or traveling with friends/family.

Prior to joining Pearl, Suzanne spent four years at Foundation Medicine as an Experience Design leader; while there, she spearheaded deep qualitative investigations aimed at uncovering insights and strategic opportunities to align and better support people with late-stage cancer, their healthcare providers, and their clinical care teams. These research insights informed the design of products and services meant to equip oncologists with targeted genomic insights, enable better treatment decisions, simplify workflows, and improve overall cancer care.Suzanne brings over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of social science and design, with a particular passion for mission-driven initiatives that can affect systemic change and have a meaningful impact on people’s health, well-being, satisfaction, and overall quality of life. Her work experience extends into the evidence-based design of healthcare environments, the strategic planning of educational facilities to support 21st-century learning, and the design of accessible consumer products that consider people’s differing abilities and life stages.

She holds an M.S. in Applied Research from Cornell University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.