Vera Whole Health, Inc. and Castlight Health, Inc. announced the appointment of Donald Trigg as chief executive officer and unveiled a new company brand: apree health. Effective this week, Trigg serves as chief executive officer and joins the company's board of directors. Trigg most recently served as president of Cerner Corporation.

During his tenure, the company grew from more than $800 million to almost $6 billion in revenue. As President, Trigg had full P&L responsibilities across all Cerner business groups spanning from the clinical EMR and revenue cycle to a set of strategic growth businesses beyond the EMR including provider health network strategies around value-based care. Donald Trigg most recently served as president of Cerner Corporation.

As president of Cerner, Don held general management, P&L, and operational responsibilities for the full breadth of Cerner's business groups. These groups were comprised of Cerner's foundational electronic medical record (EMR) and revenue cycle. They also included almost $1 billion in revenue of strategic growth businesses ranging from Real-Time Health Systems (RTHS) within the four walls of the hospital to the Health Network, Behavioral Health, and LTPAC and Workforce Health businesses beyond the four walls of the hospital to the Real-World Data and Clinical Trials business.

During more than a decade at Cerner, Trigg held diverse leadership roles throughout the business. His responsibilities ranged from executive vice president of Cerner's Strategic Growth businesses to managing director of the United Kingdom and Ireland operations in London, England to general manager of the Midwest region within the U.S. market to the first-ever vice president of Cerner's government practice. Outside of Cerner, Trigg has extensive experience scaling early-stage growth businesses.

From 2010-2012, he led the execution of natural language processing supplier CodeRyte's rapid growth plan, culminating in its strategic acquisition by 3M in 2012. He served on the board of referral management leader, Boston-based Kyruus, as well as on the board of the Medicare Advantage solution provider for health systems, St. Louis-based Lumeris.

Trigg also spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C. He worked four years for George W. Bush on his 2000 presidential campaign in Austin, Texas, and his presidential first term in office in Washington, D.C. He also worked in a variety of senior policy roles in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Trigg earned a bachelor's degree from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

He is the co-author of The New Health Economy: Ground Rules for Leaders (Georgetown University Press).