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Robert Lord

Data and Digital New Ventures at Vizient

Baltimore, Maryland

Overview 

Robert Lord is currently serving as the Senior Vice President of Data and Digital New Ventures at Vizient, Inc. He has previously co-founded and served as President of Protenus, and as a Partner at LionBird. His career highlights include leading innovative digital health ventures and serving on the board of various healthcare and technology companies.

Work Experience 

  • SVP, Data and Digital New Ventures

    2024 - Current

  • Partner

    2020

    Partnering with founders to provide the capital and expertise necessary to build the next generation of digital health technologies.

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2014

  • Co-Founder, President

    2013 - 2020

    Developing next-generation administrative, security, and compliance capabilities for hospitals and medical practices.

Protenus is a healthcare compliance analytics platform that brings artificial intelligence and automation to healthcare compliance.

Raised $57,200,000.00 from F-Prime Capital, LionBird, Transformation Capital, Arthur Ventures, Providence Ventures, Gaingels, MemorialCare Innovation Fund and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.

  • Term Member

    2023

Council on Foreign Relations operates as a non-partisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.

Raised $2,312,565.00 from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

  • Board Director

    2023

Chiefy is a hospital and health care company that specializes in zero waste and zero harm in surgery.

Raised $4,200,000.00 from LionBird, NYU Innovation Venture Fund, Emerge Ventures and Nina Capital.

  • Board Director

    2021

    Empowering teams with electronic health record (EHR) data analytics and collaborative tools that drive improved clinical quality measures and outcomes.

  • Board Director

    2022

    Phantom is creating a system that will enable lifelike control of robotic orthopedic technologies, such as prosthetic limbs and exoskeletons. Phantom's solution consists of low-risk implantable sensors, Ai, and enabling software. This solution will not only provide superior control of existing and next-generation orthopedic technologies but also grow into a platform for lifelike control of virtually any wireless compatible device.

  • Fellow

    2017

    Leading efforts on New America's Healthcare Cybersecurity Policy team, crafting a vision for how to best secure the electronic systems that diagnose, treat and manage our nation's patient population.

New America is dedicated to the renewal of American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the digital age.

Raised $1,155,244.00 from Imaginable Futures and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

  • Emergency Medicine Resident

    2022 - 2024

One of the leading health care systems in the United States.

  • Board Director

    2018 - 2021

    Working to further Maryland's technology entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) is a partnership between the State of Maryland and five Maryland academic research institutions

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