Noah Perin

About Noah Perin

I work with mission-driven organizations and foundations at the point where global health innovation stalls—when real-world need is clear, but adoption, demand, and execution fail to follow.Across my career, I have focused on translating technically strong innovations into scalable, sustainable systems, aligning product design, market incentives, and delivery reality. I am most effective where success depends on deciding what is truly ready to scale, what must change, and what should stop.As Founder and CEO of VIA Global Health, I exercised full responsibility for capital allocation, product direction, and execution—building and scaling a global platform operating across 90+ low- and middle-income countries reaching over 8 million patients. This included deploying digital platforms and AI-enabled tools to improve market intelligence, customer engagement, and operational performance in resource-constrained settings.Previously at PATH, I worked in a portfolio-shaping role within the Maternal Health and Digital Health Groups, closely collaborating with academic, private-sector, and delivery partners. I helped guide funding decisions, shape early-stage innovations for adoption, and terminate projects that lacked a credible path to scale—bridging innovators and operators to ensure execution matched ambition.I am often trusted as a generalist systems integrator—bringing together public health, clinical, technical, manufacturing, and delivery expertise into a single executable plan. My authority is typically conditional rather than hierarchical, tied to portfolio ownership, milestone-based funding, and shared accountability for outcomes. I am particularly interested in roles within organizations where impact is measured by adoption, scale, and sustainability, and where influence is earned through judgment, execution discipline, and alignment around shared outcomes.

Experience

1. CEO & Founder

   Via Global Health

   Jan 2015 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Founder and CEO of VIA Global Health - An impact-driven, technology-enabled organization in Nairobi, Kenya that has touched the lives of over 7 million patients through the distribution of critical medical equipment and devices in 90 countries throughout Africa, South Asia and South America.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  BA, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

  1995 — 1999

• Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy

  MPP, Public Policy - Concentration in Health Policy

  2003 — 2006

• National Institutes of Health - The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  Fellowship

  1998 — 1998

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  MBA - Certificate in Health Sector Management

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Program Management
• Strategic Planning
• Research
• Python
• Strategic Partnerships
• Market Research
• Axure
• Mobile Devices
• Public Health
• User Research
• Business Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Leadership
• Research Design
• Business Planning
• Business Development
• Competitive Analysis
• Axure Rp
• Start-Ups
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Market Analysis
• Product Management
• Product Development
• Analysis