Robert Lord, MD, is Senior Vice President of Data & Digital Research & Development at Vizient, where he focuses on defining Vizient’s future markets, AI strategy and its approach to tackling some of healthcare’s toughest challenges for its clients.

Key areas of expertise: Oncology and service line financial planning; 10+ years of healthcare and financial advisory consulting experience including economic modeling services on complex partnership, long-range strategic planning projects, and M&A; advisor to top cancer organizations for strategic program and partnership development.

Jacob Pritikin is a Senior Vice President with Kaufman Hall’s Financial Planning & Data Analytics practice, providing financial and capital planning support for hospitals, health systems, physician practices, and other healthcare organizations across the country.

Rick has over 30 years of healthcare and performance improvement experience. In his current role with Kaufman Hall, he leads consulting engagements in the improvement of value capture through infection reduction, quality metric improvement, surgical patient process optimization, LOS reduction and surgical patient flow enhancement.

Erik Swanson is a Managing Director leading Kaufman Hall’s Data and Analytics Group where he focuses on providing cutting-edge data science tools to our clients to provide deeper and more timely insight, drive operational improvement, develop thought leadership, and produce the most meaningful outcomes.

Dan Majka is a Managing Director, Consulting Operations Leader at Kaufman Hall. His areas of expertise include integrated strategic and financial plans, capital allocation, and mergers and acquisitions.

Gavin McDermott is a Managing Director at Kaufman Hall and co-leads the firm’s Financial Planning & Data Analytics practice.