Derek Newell, the former president of Castlight Health, will lead Virta's commercial operations as the company expands to more employers and insurers.
In interviews with Business Insider, Newell and Virta CEO Sami Inkinen described their plans for the company's future.Newell was formerly the president of healthcare navigation platform. Before that, he founded a digital health startup called Jiff that Castlight acquired.
To Sami Inkinen, the founder and CEO of a Silicon Valley startup that helps fight diabetes using the ketogenic diet, his company's latest hire is"a dream come true."in 2014. Virta encourages patients with type 2 diabetes to adopt a low-carb, high-fat diet, and pairs them with a team of trained professionals who help curb their symptoms.
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