Widely recognized as a visionary in the application of innovative technology to the complex and rapidly changing healthcare industry, Jeff Margolis founded The TriZetto Group, Inc. in 1997. He has more than 30 years of experience architecting and managing information technology and services for some of the nation's largest and most innovative healthcare organizations. He is the former senior vice president and chief information officer of FHP International Corp., a $4 billion healthcare company that operated health plans, multi-specialty physician clinics and hospitals, serving more than 2 million members and patients. Margolis was named an "up and comer" by Modern Healthcare magazine and is the former chairman of the Managed Care Executive Group. In 2002, he was named Ernst & Young's Technology Entrepreneur of the Year for Orange County, California. A certified public accountant, Margolis holds certificates in Colorado and Illinois. Jeff received his bachelor's degree with high honors in business administration/ management information systems from the University of Illinois. Jeffrey H. Margolis has served as NextGen Healthcare, Inc.'s Chair of the Board since November 2015. Currently, Mr. Margolis is Chairman of Welltok, Inc., a data-driven, enterprise SaaS company that develops and delivers a consumer activation platform to the healthcare industry. Mr. Margolis served as Welltok’s CEO from April 2013 through April 2020. Mr. Margolis also served as Senior Executive Advisor to the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Center, an organization that identifies and disseminates ideas and best practices that aim to transform healthcare, during 2012 and 2013. Earlier in his career, Mr. Margolis served in various positions with Andersen Consulting including his final position as Manager, Healthcare Consulting. Mr. Margolis currently serves on the boards of Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALHC), a population health management company, where he is the Chair of the Audit Committee, TriNetX, Inc., a private, for-profit data and software-as-a-service entity that supports clinical trials, and Hydrogen Health Management Feeder, LLC. He has previously served on a variety of other for-profit boards. He also has served on a number of not-for-profit boards of directors. Mr. Margolis is currently a director of Hoag Hospital and Chair of the Hoag Clinic in Newport Beach, California. He is a member of the board of governors at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California and is on the Advisory Boards of the University of California at Irvine’s Center for Healthcare Management & Policy and Center for Digital Transformation. A published author of several books on the topics of healthcare information technology and systems, Mr. Margolis also serves as a Senior Advisor to Blackstone (NYSE: BX).