Leon A. Root, Jr., MSBA

Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Leon A. Root is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Amerigroup Corporation.  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 national managed care companies. Medunite focuses on secure web-enabled administrative transactions and services for healthcare constituents. At Medunite, he was responsible for the information technology and operations division.  Also, he was the Senior Vice President/General Manager at McKesson HBOC’s business systems division.  Mr. Root began his career as systems architect at Eastman Kodak.  He earned his master’s of science in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University.