Jeff Tangney

Background

Jeff Tangney was born in 1974 and developed an early reputation for mathematical ability, becoming a two-time Wisconsin State high-school mathematics champion. His later career combined quantitative training with healthcare technology and business development.

Education

Tangney earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Math from the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1990 to 1993. The university, founded in 1848, is a major public research institution whose programs in economics, mathematics, and business are integrated into Wisconsin's broader tradition of applied public education.

He received a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business from 1997 to 1999. Stanford's business school, established in 1925, is associated with management education, entrepreneurship, and the technology-centered business environment of Silicon Valley.

Career

Tangney began his professional career at ZS Associates, where he worked as a manager from 1993 to 1997. ZS Associates is a consulting and professional-services firm serving healthcare and other industries; Tangney's work there involved marketing strategy for pharmaceutical clients and pharmaceutical strategy consulting.

He later worked in healthcare investment banking at Goldman Sachs in 1998 and was involved in business development at the biotechnology start-up Pangene Corporation. These positions placed him at the intersection of healthcare markets, biotechnology, and corporate finance.

Tangney co-founded Epocrates in 1999 and held management positions there through 2010, including president and chief operating officer and executive vice president of sales and marketing. Epocrates developed mobile medical-reference tools for clinicians, including information used in medication-related decision-making. The company's early products helped establish mobile software as a practical channel for point-of-care medical information.

In 2010, Tangney became an entrepreneur in residence at InterWest and co-founded Doximity. Doximity is a digital platform for medical professionals that provides tools for professional communication, secure messaging, faxing, telehealth, and workflow support. Tangney has served as Doximity's chief executive officer and a member of its board of directors since the company's inception, leading the company as it expanded its physician-focused technology platform.

Achievements

• Tangney co-founded Epocrates, a mobile medical-reference company that developed tools for clinicians using handheld and smartphone platforms.

• He co-founded Doximity in 2010 and led the development of a physician-focused digital platform for professional communication, care coordination, telehealth, and medical workflow tools.

• As a high-school student, Tangney became a two-time Wisconsin State high-school mathematics champion.

Views

Tangney has emphasized a clinician-first approach to healthcare technology. His public descriptions of Doximity focus on keeping physicians' needs central to product decisions and on using digital infrastructure to reduce communication barriers in medical practice.

Connections

Tangney is married to Claudia Shweikert, and they have two children.

Wife:

Claudia Shweikert

References

• Doximity Leadership: Jeff Tangney Doximity's official leadership biography describes Tangney as co-founder and chief executive officer, summarizes his prior work at Epocrates, Goldman Sachs, and ZS Associates, and records his degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
• Doximity, Inc. 2025 Proxy Statement The company's proxy statement documents Tangney's continuing roles as chief executive officer and director and provides corporate information concerning his executive position.
  2025
• Jeff Tangney Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 Award Winner in Northern California Doximity's press release documents Tangney's 2018 EY Entrepreneur of the Year recognition in the Health category and notes his earlier EY recognition for co-founding Epocrates.
  2018