Dr. Reis leads enterprisewide digital and IT strategy for the $6.5 billion, multi-entity academic health system, aligning technology with clinical, research and educational priorities. He oversees the EHR ecosystem, including migration to hosting, and has led over 220 AI projects. He implemented a novel IT spans-and-layers organizational structure that has integrated 14 distributed IT organizations into a unified team of 880-plus, and drove operational efficiencies while managing more than $300 million in annual IT spend. Dr. Reis has completed more than 90 cybersecurity projects, strengthened governance and compliance frameworks, and established a culture of innovation, accountability and collaboration across the enterprise. Previous to his current position, Dr. Reis served as the organization’s vice president and CIO. He also previously served as executive vice president and CIO of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, where he led multi-hospital EHR implementations, cloud migration and IT governance restructuring. Among his many accolades include receiving CIO.com’s “CIO 100” award from 2021–23 for technology-enabled innovation in patient care.
