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About Primary.Health

We build data-driven, human-focused software for healthcare delivery

Let us help you create simple solutions to your complex problems.

Primary.Health’s Mission

To end the spread of diseases and reduce the severity of all illnesses by providing simple and affordable diagnostics, immunizations, and preventative care at scale.

Mission-driven

We began as a volunteer effort, comprised of ordinary people who came together to protect one community in extraordinary times. We retain that mission-driven focus on protecting communities through our evolution and growth.

Science-based

Throughout our company, we begin with and build upon facts. Therefore, we are, first and foremost, data-driven.

Partnership-oriented

Our success is credited to the many organizations and businesses who share our vision and focus, and we will continue to grow through partnership – with communities, businesses, and public health.

Staff

Leadership Team

Andrew Kobylinski is passionate about bringing consumer-friendly solutions to a complex health care system. This core principle led him to create a simpler, low-barrier, more accessible way to run public health initiatives including COVID-19 testing and vaccination.


In March of 2020, Andrew co-founded Primary.Health, a software platform that helps government agencies, community-based organizations, school districts, and health systems organize, streamline, and automate their testing and vaccine programs. In less than a year, Primary’s team has grown to more than 75 employees who have managed millions of tests and vaccines administered across 15 states.

Andrew has more than 15 years of innovative experience working with digital health start-ups as a founder, leader and driver of growth. Previously he was Head of Platform at BetterDoctor, a platform that enables health care consumers, physicians, and insurers to access accurate provider directories. BetterDoctor was acquired by Quest Analytics, where Andrew led corporate development and oversaw the integration of teams and processes to create a unified provider network management system. He has also helped launch several consumer health portals including Healthline.com as well as search engines for Aetna, Genentech, and UnitedHealthGroup.

In his free time, Andrew enjoys spending time with his wife, Andrea, and toddler, Lexi.
Andrew Kobylinski

CEO & Co-Founder

Chris Zhu believes that the quicker you get something built, the sooner it can be tested and improved. His engineering and product management talents were key to Primary.Health’s blazing trajectory from inception, to an efficient and streamlined software platform during a time of critical health care need.

Before coming to Primary, Chris worked as software engineer for big tech including building algorithms for Facebook and Instagram and as a lead engineer for Airbnb where he used ML and AI to develop a chatbot platform that powered Airbnb’s customer support.

A challenge Chris would like to solve in the healthcare space is how to create a patient centric EHR that empowers people to carry their healthcare data with them and be able to transfer it seamlessly between hospitals and providers. Chris is also interested in volunteering in environments where he can teach software skills to people, as well as developing and maintaining open source software.

In his free time, Chris enjoys reading and playing multiple sports including golf, hockey, volleyball and tennis.
Chris Zhu

CTO & Co-Founder

Jessica has more than 15 years of experience working in the healthcare industry including mergers and acquisitions, financial forecasts, integrations, process improvement, leadership solutions and as a primary driver of innovation and growth. Before joining Primary.Health, she was the Senior Director for Healthline, a top ranked health publisher, “Dedicated to making health and wellness information accessible, understandable, and actionable so that readers can make the best possible decisions about their health.”

At Healthline, Jessica created and led the Center of Excellence Department which identified challenging problems and created viable solutions. She enjoys taking on challenging projects that have historically been stuck in a rut, and deemed impossible, and turning those challenges into success stories. Nothing makes her happier than demonstrating that magic is, in fact, possible.

Jessica is passionate about health care and empowering people with quality health information. She is particularly interested in solutions to manage the obesity and diabetes epidemic in the US – solutions that will help people living with those health challenges thrive and have a brighter future.

Jessica is a world traveler who spent more than two years living in Latin America. She enjoys spending time with her family, kids, and her little “Heinz 57” dog Maddie.
Jessica Perkowitz

Chief Operations Officer

Gerald (Jerry) Nardella is a seasoned finance and operations leader with a distinguished career that spans technology, education, transportation, and logistics. With a background in engineering, Jerry is passionate about constructing intricate models and defining key metrics that guide operations and deliver sustainable growth and profitability.

Prior to joining Primary.Health, Jerry spearheaded financial strategy as CFO of Digital Diagnostics, where he created a financial model pivotal in securing a $75 million in Series B funding.

In a previous role as Bennett Day School CFO, Jerry overhauled the school’s financial model, uncovering efficiencies that accelerated a $7 million capital expansion by two years.

His diverse career path has also included roles as a consultant and entrepreneur, offering his expertise to Fortune 500, mid-market, and international companies. He also has co-founded and successfully sold businesses.
Jerry Nardella

SVP of Finance

Clinical Leadership

Prior to joining Primary.Health as a Medical Director Consultant, Aditya Chandrasekhar, MD, MPH has been at Fenway Health since 2014, first as a Primary Care Physician and as a Lead Physician since 2016. Dr. Chandrasekhar earned his MD from Grant Medical College in Mumbai, India and his MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Chandrasekhar completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is a Linde Fellow in Primary Care Leadership at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chandrasekhar’s areas of clinical interest include LGBTQIA+ health and HIV care.
Aditya Chandrasekhar, MD, MPH, FACP

Medical Director

Rafid Fadul, MD, MBA is a physician and health tech executive who is passionate about leveraging technology for the benefit of the masses.

He is triple board certified (internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care). He completed his medicine training at Georgetown University while doing his MBA at Johns Hopkins, followed by training in pulmonary/critical care at the Cleveland Clinic. He has published extensively in clinical medicine, health economics, and digital health, and has presented nationally and internationally on the same. Dr. Fadul also serves on the Board of Directors for MedWish International and leads medical missions overseas.
Rafid Fadul, MD, MBA

Primary.Health Medical CEO and Clinical Advisor

Katie Kowals is a highly experienced multi-state Registered Nurse with over a decade of expertise in Emergency Room medicine and trauma services. With a deep passion for leveraging innovation and technology to provide high-quality healthcare to all, Katie transitioned from the bedside to become a pioneer in tele-health nursing. Drawing on her extensive background in Emergency medicine and community health, Katie brings a wide range of skills to the tele-health space, including patient acuity prioritization, STI testing and counseling, women’s health, and above all, patient safety practices. Through her work, Katie is committed to expanding access to healthcare and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities.
Katie Kowals, RN, BSN

Registered Nurse

Rachel Keith, Ph.D., APRN, ANP-C is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and Director of Human Subject Services at the Environment Institute. As a regulatory trained clinician scientist, Dr. Keith combines her diverse skill set in basic sciences, nursing, community participatory research and clinical studies to understand how environmental exposures impact health outcomes, targeting prevention of cardiovascular disease and novel identifiers of early disease. Though genetics plays a role in susceptibility of individuals to disease, a larger portion likely comes from the environment, which can range from lifestyle choices such as physical activity and tobacco use to inhaled compounds such as air pollution or biotics like Sars-CoV02. Her research, including oversight of numerous clinical studies, seeks to establish how the environment influences both disease and the perception of risk, which has many policy and regulatory implications.
Rachel Keith, PhD, APRN, ANP-C

Advisor

Anne Wyllie, PhD, MBioMedSci, BMedSci is a research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health at Yale University and is the principal investigator of SalivaDirect. Dr. Wyllie was the lead author of a 2020 research article which led to the development of the SalivaDirect PCR method of testing saliva for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. She has also worked on community studies to better understand pneumococcal disease.

Wyllie completed a BSc in Biomedical Science at the University of Auckland in 2007, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma, and Masters in Medical Science in 2009 at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre (University of Auckland). She also received a Ph.D. in medical microbiology in 2016 at Utrecht University.
Anne Wyllie, PhD, MBioMedSci, BMedSci

Advisor

Join our team

Ready to tackle life-changing work? We’re always on the lookout for curious, smart, and optimistic new talent to join Primary.Health.

Board Members & Advisors

Andrew Kobylinski is passionate about bringing consumer-friendly solutions to a complex health care system. This core principle led him to create a simpler, low-barrier, more accessible way to run public health initiatives including COVID-19 testing and vaccination.


In March of 2020, Andrew co-founded Primary.Health, a software platform that helps government agencies, community-based organizations, school districts, and health systems organize, streamline, and automate their testing and vaccine programs. In less than a year, Primary’s team has grown to more than 75 employees who have managed millions of tests and vaccines administered across 15 states.

Andrew has more than 15 years of innovative experience working with digital health start-ups as a founder, leader and driver of growth. Previously he was Head of Platform at BetterDoctor, a platform that enables health care consumers, physicians, and insurers to access accurate provider directories. BetterDoctor was acquired by Quest Analytics, where Andrew led corporate development and oversaw the integration of teams and processes to create a unified provider network management system. He has also helped launch several consumer health portals including Healthline.com as well as search engines for Aetna, Genentech, and UnitedHealthGroup.

In his free time, Andrew enjoys spending time with his wife, Andrea, and toddler, Lexi.
Andrew Kobylinski

CEO & Co-Founder

Chris Zhu believes that the quicker you get something built, the sooner it can be tested and improved. His engineering and product management talents were key to Primary.Health’s blazing trajectory from inception, to an efficient and streamlined software platform during a time of critical health care need.

Before coming to Primary, Chris worked as software engineer for big tech including building algorithms for Facebook and Instagram and as a lead engineer for Airbnb where he used ML and AI to develop a chatbot platform that powered Airbnb’s customer support.

A challenge Chris would like to solve in the healthcare space is how to create a patient centric EHR that empowers people to carry their healthcare data with them and be able to transfer it seamlessly between hospitals and providers. Chris is also interested in volunteering in environments where he can teach software skills to people, as well as developing and maintaining open source software.

In his free time, Chris enjoys reading and playing multiple sports including golf, hockey, volleyball and tennis.
Chris Zhu

CTO & Co-Founder

Ari Tulla is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Elo, an AI personalization engine delivering the exact nutrients to live better.

After years of family health struggles, Ari has dedicated his life to building companies that help people live better. His companies, BetterDoctor, Quest Analytics, and Elo, have helped over one hundred million people gain better access to healthcare.

As CEO of Quest Analytics, the market leader in doctor data and network management. Ari led the company through a pivotal growth stage from $15M to $40M in revenue.

And as co-founder and CEO of BetterDoctor, a doctor search engine, Ari led the effort to raise $30M from first-tier investors, including NEA and Uncork Capital. In June 2018, BetterDoctor was acquired by private equity firm Vestar Capital.

He previously served as head of Nokia’s game and application studios, and is an angel investor with a portfolio of 50 startups, including Virta Health, Verge Motorcycles, Alphasense, and Oura.

Ari is also a father, husband, and outdoorsman.
Ari Tulla

Board member

Jackie Martinez is a motivating force behind Primary.Health’s mission to increase access to quality healthcare with a platform that adapts to the needs of communities and providers. She’s also passionate about advancing knowledge through research and believes tech can be used to free up researchers to do what they do best, find answers.

Prior to Primary.Health, Jackie’s experience spans roles in research projects in East Africa, strategy and analytics at Google, and data strategy at Movii, a Columbian fintech firm focused on financial inclusion.

Jackie also serves as Director of Operations for the non-profit Returning a Promise Scholarship Fund. In this role, she helps empower students in East Los Angeles with financial scholarships so that they can pursue higher education and ultimately help their community grow.

In her free time, Jackie plays Ultimate Frisbee and a variety of musical instruments.
Jackie Martinez

Board Advisor

Dr. Rajni Aneja, MD, MBA, CPE is a 2023 Presidential Innovation Fellow and a senior physician executive at the intersection of medicine/business and technology with subject matter expertise in strategy/innovation/population health/digital health and data along with business development, ranging for various stakeholders like payors/providers/pharma/consumer digital/academia and start up organizations. She also serves on the board for many organizations and is a Senior Connection Science Fellow at MIT.
Rajni Aneja, MD, MBA, CPE

Advisor

Core Values

At Primary.Health we believe:

  • No one knows the customer’s needs better than – the customer.

  • We must eliminate barriers to healthcare.

  • Bright, passionate, creatives can change the world.

  • Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right.

  • Common sense trumps complexity.

  • Don’t just improve the process, build new solutions.

  • We must meet people where they are.

  • Technology has the power to change policy.

  • Good citizenship is foundational.