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    Talpiottomb.com is being sponsored by JTERP (Jesus Tomb Education and Research Project).    The mission of
    JTERP is to help answer the following question: Is the Talpiot tomb the family tomb of Jesus?  

    This mission will be pursued in two ways.  First, using this site, JTERP will present materials for the purpose of
    educating the general public as to what is known and being debated regarding this question.  Second, JTERP will
    provide support to research and analysis efforts that attempt to expand the knowledge base related to this
    question.  As these efforts yield new information it will be reviewed on this site.

    Jerry Lutgen, the president of Applied HealthWorks Inc., will act as the site editor.  Mr. Lutgen is an established
    scientist and business executive with a long-standing interest in New Testament history.   Please see below for Mr.
    Lutgen’s biography.

    You may email Mr. Lutgen at:  jlutgen@jterp.com
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    Biography - Jerry Lutgen

    Mr. Lutgen, has extensive experience in the application of health informatics and applied
    statistics to a broad range of health care problems and opportunities. He gained this
    experience both as a business executive and as an applied information scientist.  

    Mr. Lutgen established Applied HealthWorks (AHW) in 2005, a company whose mission it is to  
    apply advanced health informatics methods in the pursuit of solutions to the health issues  
    affecting the lives of millions of people.  The current focus of AHW is to design, develop  
    and distribute products  to the health and fitness consumer market.  AHW also houses the  
    health informatics consulting activities of Mr. Lutgen.

    For the previous fifteen years Mr. Lutgen was employed by the UnitedHealth Group, primarily
    within its Ingenix subsidiary and its predecessor organizations. UHG is a leading health and
    well-being services provider, providing services to tens of millions of persons.    

    Ingenix  delivers a broad range of  “health intelligence” products and services to all of the key
    constituencies in the health care marketplace.  Ingenix is now a company with revenues
    exceeding one billion in annual sales.

    Mr. Lutgen  held a variety of executive positions at Ingenix, including VP, Information  
    Management and VP, Health Informatics.  He was a member of the team that founded Ingenix  
    and during his tenure at Ingenix he was very active in helping the company grow through  
    acquisitions as well as through new product research and development.  

    He also was part of the team that started a health and well-being services company in Europe  
    (UnitedHealth Europe)  His role was to lead the development of “health intelligence” tools that
    enabled the National Health Service of England to implement a new care management
    process for high-risk  patients,

    Previously, Mr. Lutgen worked at the Pillsbury company in consumer foods R&D, where he was
    responsible for the Human Sensory Testing, Statistics and Technical Computing Labs.  At
    Pillsbury Mr. Lutgen was also a leader in the early adoption of Total Quality Management  
    methods.

    Mr. Lutgen also worked at Medtronic, a leading developer and supplier of advanced medical  
    devices.  At Medtronic, Mr Lutgen held a variety of technical and analytic positions in new  
    product R&D, most notably in the management and analysis of large-scale clinical trials.

    Education

    Mr. Lutgen received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Research Methods and a master of  
    science degree in Health Informatics/Applied Statistics from the University of Minnesota.

    Patents

    Mr. Lutgen holds two patents in the area of health risk measurement and management.