Leon A. Root Jr., MSBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Leon A. Root Jr., is executive vice president and chief information officer of Amerigroup. In this role, he is responsible for the information systems and strategies to meet organizational business goals.
Mr. Root joined the Company in 2002 as chief technology officer. Previously, he served as chief information officer at Medunite Inc., a private e-commerce company founded by Aetna, CIGNA, PacifiCare Health Systems and five other managed care companies. Medunite focuses on secure web-enabled administrative transactions and services for health care constituents. At Medunite, he was responsible for the information technology and operations division.
Also, he was the senior vice president and general manager at McKesson HBOC’s business systems division.
Mr. Root began his career as a systems architect at Eastman Kodak. He earned his Master of Science in Business Administration (MSBA) from Pennsylvania State University.