About Us - Lucerna Health

Derrick Birkes

Lead Software Engineer

Armed with 15 years of software engineering experience and a computer science degree from the University of Utah, Derrick is helping drive the Lucerna healthcare data platform to new heights. He is motivated by scaling data technology to positively impact healthcare systems. Derrick is a Lego aficionado, especially when he can combine Legos with his other love of all things sci-fi and horror.

Marco Veneziani

Director, Consumer Engagement and Insights

A MarTech leader with over 15 years of experience spanning several industries in the US and Latin America, Marco has extensive experience in understanding consumers through data. Little gets him more excited than seeing what happens when we get the right message to the right customers at the right time. When not in the office, you may find him biking or hiking with his children and occasionally strumming a few chords on his guitar.

Lynn Locke

Director, Consumer Engagement and Insights

Direct & database marketer bringing over 20 years of healthcare expertise and a unique blend of payer and provider experience that helps clients take their consumer engagement to the next level. On the weekends, you’ll find Lynn on the water, boating with her family—unless it’s football season, of course…then you’ll find her at a Gator game.

Linda Ehlen

Director, Consumer Engagement and Insights

Data-obsessed marketing professional with 20 years of direct and database experience. For the last 10 years she’s been helping healthcare payers and providers grow and retain their customers. An avid traveler in the days before kids, Linda’s current hobbies consist of singing baby shark, finger painting, playdoh, learning all about creatures and dinosaurs with her two sons.

Jake Mager

Sr Full Stack Engineer

Jake is a passionate front end engineer who is building great user experiences within the Lucerna product suite.

Outside of work, he enjoys hiking, snowboarding, health & fitness, and cooking plant based meals with an international flair.

Dan Henderson

Data Pipeline Engineer

With a Mathematics degree from Michigan Technological University under his belt, Dan first joined Lucerna Health as an intern focused on big data processing and machine learning. Now as a Data Pipeline Engineer, he works on our Lucerna data processing engine that drives analytics value to our clients. He is motivated by designing and developing scalable data solutions that ultimately support decision-making processes for value-based care organizations. Outside of work, Dan loves a good climbing adventure with his partner and they both have a passion for exploring the mountains and the desert.

Andrew Hansen

Director, Data Analytics

With nearly 15 years in healthcare analytics, Andrew is Lucerna’s secret weapon for customer value creation—helping us turn big data into actionable insights. He is passionate about using data and technology to transform health outcomes and loves being part of a team that focuses on value-based care organizations. Outside of work, Andrew enjoys fishing, rock climbing, hiking and camping with his wife and kids.

Aime Echevarria

Engagement Marketer

With over 7 years of experience in direct and digital marketing in the healthcare space, Aime creates and manages campaigns that help clients acquire and engage new patients. In her free time, Aime enjoys exploring new cities, hitting the nature trails with her dog, and spending time with family.

Juliana Rueda

Hispanic Marketer

Hispanic marketer with significant experience bringing unique approaches to in-culture and in-language engagement.

These days Juliana stays plenty busy with her two young boys—nothing like the pure joy of just watching them discover the world around them.

Austin Deckard

Software Tester

Austin enjoys delivering the best software to end users through robust software testing processes. Austin recently completed an internship in Australia and loves to play guitar and enjoy the outdoors and mountains.

Brett Fox

Full-Stack Engineer

Brett is a full-stack engineer with over 7 years of experience building user-friendly web tools that manage and present complicated datasets in a straightforward manner. Outside of work Brett can be found hiking, cycling, attending live shows, or reading with his two cats.

David Atkins

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Former Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Data and Analytic Solutions at Centene, where he led data solution development for the enterprise. David also held leadership roles in network strategy and analytics at Anthem and Highmark. He is an avid skier (and aspiring backcountry skier), passionate motorcycle guy who never rides his motorcycle, and loves spending time with his wife and young son camping across Utah.

Frank Mayo

DevOps Engineer

Frank has worked for various software companies for over 20 years in many different roles which gives him a well rounded approach to DevOps.

When not automating infrastructure he enjoys spending time with his family and enjoying the outdoors.

Meredith Niederriter

Engagement Marketer

By combining her years of experience in both direct and database marketing in various industries combined with customer success roles, Meredith helps bring and execute successful engagement strategies for our customers.

Outside of work, she enjoys getting outside and enjoying nature─biking, paddle boarding (preferably with the wind) and exploring mountain tops with her husband and two daughters.

Ray Linford

Software Engineer

Ray is a software engineer with a strong history of QA work and cloud development. He has worked with AWS as well as a custom-built cloud in the past. He has worked in Python and C#.

Ray was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, and created a program to create a statistical analysis of the puzzles on the show, in order to develop a letter selection strategy.

Carl Kibler

Head, Software Engineering

A leader and engineer with over 15 years of experience, Carl cares deeply about healthcare and reinventing the entire healthcare experience. He is Lucerna’s product engineering orchestrator, leading the design and development processes to achieve the company’s ambitious goals. Carl enjoys hiking and wood-working in his spare time. His most recent work of art is turning a 108 year old piano into a beautiful bar for his home.

Adriana Murillo

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Founder of Andes Unite, a provider practice growth and development company that helped Sanitas successfully establish their primary care business line in the USA. Adriana held market segment leadership, product development and multi-cultural marketing roles at Florida Blue. Adriana also loves cooking—creating unique twists to recipes and watching the family go for seconds makes for a perfect day.

Craig Thomas

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Former President of GuideWell Connect, a health consumer marketing, sales and engagement company, Craig also held Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer roles at GuideWell/Florida Blue and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Craig is all about the simple things in life—getting the family together in Buffalo, eating great pizza and wings and watching the Bills win.

Leading Us Forward

Customer Focused

Committed

Collaborative

Curious

Craig Thomas

David Atkins

Adriana Murillo

Carl Kibler

Andrew Hansen

Lynn Locke

Linda Ehlen

Marco Veneziani

Derrick Birkes

Austin Deckard

Aime Echevarria

Brett Fox

Dan Henderson

Ray Linford

Jake Mager

Frank Mayo

Meredith Niederriter

Juliana Rueda

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