Telligen's leadership team brings together a broad set of skills and experience, with a passion to make a difference in healthcare.

About Us | Leadership

About Us | Leadership

The leaders of Telligen work as a team, bringing together a broad set of skills and experience, focusing our employees on a single mission: helping our clients improve patient outcomes while lowering costs.

Jeff Chungath
Jeff Chungath
CEO

Jeff Chungath brings experience in healthcare and deploying nationwide health information technology solutions. He provides overall strategy for the company and oversight of Telligen's health management solutions. Jeff's leadership and technical direction has been instrumental in managing a variety of initiatives for clients in all our markets.

Jeff holds a masters in biomedical engineering from the University of Iowa and a masters in information technology management from Creighton University.

Peg Mason
Peg Mason
Vice President, Health Management

Peg Mason brings over 30 years of experience in quality improvement, patient safety, health management and care coordination programs, measure specifications and data validation. Her experience spans Medicaid, Medicare and commercial payers and several national organizations. Peg is recognized nationally for her leadership in healthcare quality, including her involvement with the federal QIO program and leadership in the CMS hospital public reporting program at its inception.

Peg holds designations of Registered Health Information Technician from the American Health Information Management Association and Certified Professional in Health Care Quality from the Health care Quality Certification Board. Peg also previously served on the American Health Information Management Association's Practice Council on Quality Initiatives and Secondary Data and as a member of the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission's Health Standards Committee.

Denise Sturm
Denise Sturm
Vice President, Finance and Administration

Denise Sturm brings more than 24 years of financial leadership experience working in both the public and private sector.  Denise serves as the Chief Financial Officer, leading areas of finance, accounting, contracts, compliance, purchasing, and facilities.

Denise holds a bachelor's of business administration in accounting and has a Certified Public Accountant certification.

Doug Ventling
Doug Ventling
Vice President, Human Resources

Doug Ventling brings more than 20 years of experience to Telligen, leading the human resources team. Doug oversees all areas related to the acquisition, development and retention of talent as well as organizational design and culture development.

Doug earned an MBA from the University of Iowa Tippie School of Management, as well as a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Iowa. He is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources.

Brian Barry
Brian Barry
Vice President, Information Management

Brian Barry is Telligen‘s Vice President of Information Management and is responsible for the strategic planning and delivery of Telligen's products and IT services. Brian has over 17 years of healthcare IT experience, serving customer needs in both the commercial and government sectors. His experience includes leading development and implementation of Electronic Health Records, Quality Reporting and Care Coordination enterprise systems for health systems, providers and payers.  

Brian earned his Bachelor of Business degree in Management Information Systems from Iowa State University.

Board of Directors

Dr. R. Ried Boom, MD
Family Physician
Manchester, IA    
Board President

Larry Goetz, MD
Family Physician
Des Moines, IA

Sr. Ruth Cox, RN, PhD
Long Term Care Consultant
Cedar Rapids, IA

Stephanie Altman, JD
Programs and Policy Director,
Health & Disability Advocates
Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Carlotta Rinke, MD, FACP, MBA
Interim Vice President of Medical Affairs
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare
Louisville, KY

Dr. David Swieskowski, MD, MBA
Senior VP and Chief Accountable Care Officer
Mercy Medical Center
Des Moines, Iowa

Dr. David L. Thomas, MD
Assistant Medical Director
Iowa River Hospice
Marshalltown, Iowa

Dr. Victoria Sharp, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor, Department of Urology and Family Medicine
University of Iowa Healthcare
Iowa City, Iowa