Leadership
Meet our leadership team
Brett Kleger
Chief Executive Officer
Brett Kleger is a nationally recognized executive leader with deep strengths in sales, marketing, corporate development and product management. He has extensive experience building healthcare technology and services companies and divisions, and bringing new offerings and capabilities to market. He is particularly interested in data-driven digital solutions.
Prior to Inspire, Brett was CEO of Datacubed Health, where he transitioned the company during the pandemic from early stage concepts to a major contender in the eCOA and decentralized clinical trial platform categories. Prior to Datacubed, Kleger was Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at DrugDev, where he led the company’s market success to become the leading provider of site facing technologies, resulting in an acquisition by IQVIA. He remained at IQVIA for several years post acquisition to consolidate and lead the commercialization for all of IQVIA’s clinical trial technologies.
Brett holds a business degree from the University of Maryland and a juris doctorate from the Villanova School of Law. In 2018, he was named to the PharmaVoice 100 in recognition of his considerable career achievements.
Jen Moyer
Chief Financial Officer
Jen Moyer has over 25 years of financial, operations, and leadership experience in a range of tech and media companies. As CFO, she is responsible for interfacing with investors and for the overall financial leadership and integrity of the company. Jen most recently served in leadership roles as the CFO for Curbio, CFO and COO for Upside Travel, and CFO for Alarm.com (NASDAQ: ALRM). She also served as COO for washingtonpost.com (formerly WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive) and in a variety of finance roles at The Washington Post Company (now Graham Holdings). Jen serves on the board of the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. She is a graduate of Temple University and has completed the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Cynthia Chan
Vice President, Engineering
With over three decades of software engineering experience and leadership roles, Cyndi is a proven leader in developing applications. She began her career at IBM Federal Systems Division, then transitioned to telecommunications, gaining invaluable experience managing teams and building products. Cyndi’s leadership philosophy embodies the principles of servant leadership, an approach rooted in empathy, collaboration, and a genuine commitment to the growth and well-being of each team member. Cyndi is a graduate of Texas A&M University with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science.
T Hephner
Chief Revenue Officer
T Hephner is a highly experienced business development and sales leader with a proven track record in the healthcare and clinical research industries. He currently serves as the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Inspire, where he has been instrumental in driving revenue and strategic growth. Previously, T held leadership roles including Head of Partnerships and Business Development at Crescendo Health, Chief Commercial Officer at Curebase, and Vice President of Global Business Development at THREAD Research. He has consistently demonstrated expertise in building partnerships, expanding market reach, and creating innovative solutions to enhance patient engagement and clinical research outcomes. With a diverse background spanning roles at Signant Health, Praxis Communications, and West Pharmaceutical Services, T has a deep understanding of the clinical research landscape. His entrepreneurial spirit is reflected in his co-founding of Praxis Communications and his leadership of Healthy U, LLC, a pioneer in promoting healthy snack alternatives. T Hephner’s career reflects his commitment to advancing clinical research and patient engagement through strategic innovation and effective leadership.
Jill Tygh
Chief Marketing Officer
Jillian Tygh is a seasoned marketing executive with deep expertise in life sciences. As Chief Marketing Officer at Inspire, she leads strategic initiatives that enhance brand visibility and drive revenue growth. Her experience spans leadership roles in marketing and business development at organizations like Datacubed Health, Medrio, and ERT, where she consistently delivered innovative strategies and measurable outcomes.
Jillian’s career is marked by her ability to navigate complex challenges such as rebrands, acquisitions, and divestitures, ensuring growth and alignment with organizational goals. With professional certifications from Cornell University and executive education from Harvard Business School, she combines strategic vision with operational excellence to deliver impactful results.
Rebecca Traish
Head of Member Product
Rebecca is a 21-year professional, with over 16 years of intensive healthcare product strategy, development and management experience, including overseeing the full lifecycle, cradle-to-grave product development, in both small business and large business environments. Rebecca began her career in the Health and Life Sciences Division at Accenture. She later led the product teams at several startups in the healthcare space including Revolution Health (now Everyday Health) and Pascal Metrics. Rebecca’s products have won accolades including the MM&M award for “Best Interactive Initiative for Consumers.” She studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Kansas University and Washburn University.
Teja Talluri
Vice President, Data Science, and Managing Director, Inspire India
Teja is a data science and artificial intelligence expert who is skilled at building deep learning models to understand user behavior and drive engagement. Prior to joining Inspire, Teja developed innovative data solutions across a diverse set of fields such as education, healthcare, and e-commerce. He specializes in deep learning and natural language processing. Teja is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a Masters Degree from the School of Computer Science.
Richard Tsai
Senior Vice President, Real World Evidence & health journey
Richard is a life sciences and digital health executive with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, product development and commercial strategy. In addition to overseeing Real World Evidence, Richard is responsible for developing Inspire’s HealthJourney data and engagement platform, which empowers patients and caregivers across their medical journey and accelerates gathering of real world insights of diseases or therapeutics for researchers.
Prior to joining Inspire, he held positions at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Rare Genomics Institute, and Hopkins Biotech Network. Richard completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Riverside, and a Masters Degree in Biotechnology, Business Enterprise and Regulatory Affairs from Johns Hopkins University.
