Managing
Director. Mr. Tikker joined the firm in 2006 as a consultant, primarily
focused on assisting KRG with deal sourcing and organizational development
in its portfolio companies, and was brought in-house as a Managing
Director in 2007. Mr. Tikker has over 25 years of experience in the
healthcare industry, and will join the Firm’s Investment Committee
for Fund IV. Prior to joining KRG, Mr. Tikker worked for a number
of hospital systems, physician groups and managed care companies.
In 1995, he was named the CEO of Sloans Lake Managed Care (“SLMC”)
until Centura Health purchased the company in August of 1997. Thereafter,
Mr. Tikker and his partners formed the PhyLink Group to manage and
consult for physician groups, and in 2001 Mr. Tikker, along with
several others, acquired SLMC back from Centura Health. KRG acquired
SLMC in 2004, and the company became the platform for HMS Healthcare.
Mr. Tikker served as the CEO of HMS Healthcare from 2001 until its
sale to a strategic buyer in 2005. Prior to SLMC, Mr. Tikker was
President of Porter/Littleton Hospitals from 1992 to 1994, and a
corporate Senior Vice President for Rocky Mountain Adventist Healthcare
System from 1989 to 1994. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Columbine
Medical Group for two years.
Mr. Tikker serves as director of
KRG portfolio companies ATI and Risk Management Solutions. Mr. Tikker
also serves on the board of Correctional Healthcare Companies which
provides healthcare to jail inmates in over eight states, and Pacific
Union College, his Alma Mater. Mr. Tikker holds a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Business Administration from Pacific Union College.
