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 also serves on the board
of Correctional Healthcare Companies which provides healthcare to jail
inmates in over eight 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.
