Alton Shader
Alton Shader has served as Chief Executive Officer of Sotera Health and a member of our board since May 2026. Prior to joining Sotera Health, Mr. Shader served as chief executive officer and member of the board of Viant Medical, LLC, a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider, since 2019. Mr. Shader has over 20 years of deep medical industry experience, a commercial-centric focus rooted in customer-first collaboration and innovation and a proven track record for driving growth across a range of companies. From 2011-2018, he was president of Hill-Rom’s global Front Line Care business, which included Welch Allyn. From 2001-2011, Mr. Shader held several senior positions at Baxter International Inc. in Europe and the United States including General Manager of its North America Renal business. Mr. Shader has a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his perspective as our Chief Executive Officer as well as his extensive commercial and general management experience across many healthcare companies.