Rob Kagarise has played an integeral role in the development of Catholic Health East's (CHE) Information Technology Shared services (ITSS) organization since June of 2005. Prior to joining CHE, Rob spent ten years at Deloitte Consulting providing implementation and strategic planning services to organizations across a number of industries including healthcare. His current role as the Director of IS Strategic Planning at Catholic Health East includes responsibility for the development and implementation of key enterprise strategies including the evidenced based care clinical transformation program (CareLink) ambulatory affinity and strategy and Clarity project and portfolio management application. He also oversees the Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE) whose responsibilities include managing key initiatives, providing monthly enterprise executive reporting and managing the consolidated IS service level agreements. Based in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, CHE provides the means to ensure the continuation of the Catholic identity and operational strength of the sponsors' health ministries, which are located with 11 eastern states from Maine to Florida.