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 is on 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 Avizent. Mr. Tikker is the Chairman of the Board of Correctional Healthcare Companies which provides healthcare to jail inmates in over 25 states, and Centura Health, Colorado's largest hospital and health care network. Mr. Tikker holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Pacific Union College.
