Robert
Dulak

Rob provides technology leadership based upon his astute technical and financial acumen. He effectively leads modernization, cybersecurity, data, and operational transformation initiatives. Grounded by twenty-five years in the healthcare industry, he now serves a range of clients including municipalities and nonprofit organizations. Rob is recognized for his ability to stabilize the IT environment and build systems that improve productivity. His disciplined approach supports rapid assessments, practical roadmaps, and transparent governance. He builds trusted relationships with his clients, management teams, and boards seeking to strengthen service delivery, enable data-driven decision making, and reduce risk. Rob embraces AI to customize technology for his engagements.

As a CIO, Rob has driven the alignment of applications, technology, and resources while focusing on protection of the information infrastructure and defense against cyber-attacks. In highly-regulated settings, he has built a data team and designed a governance process for on-boarding of data lakes, extracts, ELTs, and user screens to create reusable intellectual property. He also created and implemented an enterprise data analytics program focused on hybrid IT and self-service models. Rob and his IT teams have been on the frontline during the introduction of new industry standards for electronic health records and HIPPA requirements.

While leading complex system upgrades and implementations, Rob has demonstrated his deep program and project management skills. For instance, he has planned and successfully executed the launch of a data analytics platform, the migration of legacy data, and the rollout of Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, and eClinicalWorks EHR modules. In each case, he advanced the organizational impact and achieved success by aligning the project objective with his own core values – urgency, optimism, efficiency, accountability, and persistence.

Since joining Fortium Partners, Rob has delivered technology governance and modernization strategies for municipalities, healthcare systems, and nonprofits. His leadership of complex engagements includes management of application portfolio rationalization, ERP optimization, and data center transitions projects. Serving mid to large institutions as well as startups and private equity backed companies, he has delivered IT assessments, modernization plans, and cybersecurity programs to drive growth, customer satisfaction, and resiliency.

Rob graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Later, he was credentialed as a Project Management Professional (PMP). He has been an active member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) as well as a member of the healthcare IT and security committees of the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA). Outside of work, Rob enjoys spending time with his family, staying active as an avid swimmer and walker, and pursuing a lifelong interest in oil painting.

Fortium Engagements

• Chief Information Officer (Interim) – Regional Children’s Hospital

• Chief Information Officer (Fractional) –Municipality in New York

• IT Assessment and Modernization Plan – National Telehealth Platform