Virta Health CEO and leadership

Sami Inkinen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health, a specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Previously, Mr. Inkinen was the co-founder of the leading online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO and president and board member until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group. He also worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. A physicist by training, Mr. Inkinen started his career as a radiochemist at a nuclear power plant and holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He thinks his greatest luxury today is a small vegetable garden at his San Francisco Bay area home.

Jeff Volek is a Chief Science Officer at Virta Health and Professor at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY and is based in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked as Professor at University of Connecticut and Assistant Professor at Ball State University.

Robert 'Bob' Ratner is a Senior Research Scientist at Medstar Health Rsch Institute, Professor:Medicine at Georgetown Univ Medical Center, and Associate Editor at Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He has worked as Study Director at US Office of Mgmt & Budget and Study Director at Inst of Med Comparative Effectiveness Rsch. Robert works or has worked as Program Examiner:Health Reform at US Office of Mgmt & Budget and Program Examiner:Health Reform at Office of Management and Budget. He studied at Baylor College of Medicine.

Sami Inkinen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health, a specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Previously, Mr. Inkinen was the co-founder of the leading online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO and president and board member until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group. He also worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. A physicist by training, Mr. Inkinen started his career as a radiochemist at a nuclear power plant and holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He thinks his greatest luxury today is a small vegetable garden at his San Francisco Bay area home.

Jeff Volek is a Chief Science Officer at Virta Health and Professor at CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY and is based in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked as Professor at University of Connecticut and Assistant Professor at Ball State University.

Robert 'Bob' Ratner is a Senior Research Scientist at Medstar Health Rsch Institute, Professor:Medicine at Georgetown Univ Medical Center, and Associate Editor at Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He has worked as Study Director at US Office of Mgmt & Budget and Study Director at Inst of Med Comparative Effectiveness Rsch. Robert works or has worked as Program Examiner:Health Reform at US Office of Mgmt & Budget and Program Examiner:Health Reform at Office of Management and Budget. He studied at Baylor College of Medicine.