Maria Perrin is Chief Growth Officer for HMS, a healthcare technology company, where she is responsible for the company’s corporate strategy, marketing, government relations, business development, and oversight of the company’s more than 500 contracts with government and commercial clients. She has transformed HMS’ brand and furthered its industry impact through numerous thought leadership and innovation initiatives. Maria rejoined HMS in 2019, after co-founding a successful consulting practice that launched dozens of health tech startups and tech companies in emerging sectors. During her first tenure at HMS, as Chief Marketing Officer and EVP over government and commercial markets from 2007 – 2014, HMS revenue grew fivefold and the company successfully entered the federal government market, doubled their volume of state government contracts, and expanded services to commercial health plans.
Prior to HMS, Maria was Senior Vice President, Sales, Marketing, and Business Development for Performant Financial Corp. where she led Performant’s entry into the healthcare market and other business sectors. Maria has held financial and operational leadership roles for BestFoods, Nissan and other Fortune 100 companies.
Maria actively mentors start-up companies and entrepreneurs, working with programs such as the Venture Mentor Group, Springboard Enterprises, Florida Atlanta University’s Tech Runway and others. She also serves as Board Chairman for IntegirGuard, and is co-executive sponsor for HMS’ Diversity & Inclusion Council and Women’s Opportunity Network. Maria has a BA in Economics from UCLA and an MBA from the University of Miami.
