Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2002

Jeffrey Margolis – Trizetto Group Inc (tzix)

JEFFREY H. MARGOLIS is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of The TriZetto Group, Inc., which he founded in 1997. Mr. Margolis is widely recognized as a visionary in the application of innovative technology to the complex and rapidly changing healthcare industry. He has more than 15 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. Mr. Margolis was named one of 11 'up and comers' in 1994 by Modern Healthcare magazine and is the former Chairman of the Managed Care Executive Group. In June 2002, he was named Ernst and Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year for Orange County, California, and the Inland Empire. Mr. Margolis is a Certified Public Accountant with certificates in Colorado and Illinois. He received his Bachelor's degree with high honors in Business Administration/Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with an overview and history of the company?

Mr. Margolis: TriZetto offers a broad portfolio of healthcare

information technology products and services, which we deliver