Robert Dvorak is Founder and President of KillerIT. He is responsible for KillerIT’s strategic direction and execution. Under his leadership, KillerIT has achieved its first year revenues (2012) and is now approaching record 2013 revenues.
During Bob’s 25 years at Forsythe, he has held a number of national management positions and earned numerous distinctions. Most recently, he was senior vice president, general manager, responsible for serving clients in the company’s Central Area. Prior, he was responsible for the establishment and development of the company’s Western Area, which experienced double-digit growth in product sales and professional consulting services under his leadership. Bob’s contributions include the creation of Forsythe’s annual Executive Customer Council (ECC) and Forsythe’s CIO Essentials professional services offering – a foundational element of KillerIT. His industry experience includes both software and hardware solutions at Unisys Corporation (F/K/A Burroughs Corp.), Dun & Bradstreet Software (F/K/A MSA Software), and Computer Associates, Inc. (F/K/A Cullinet Software).
Bob earned bachelor’s degrees in both physics and economics at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, and received his MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Bob also participates in the Kellogg Technology Strategy Summit program at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and The Innovative CIO program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Bob is a national advisory board member for Make-A-Wish and board member of Forsythe Technology, Inc. Bob has lectured at several universities on IT leadership including Miami University located in Oxford, Ohio, and at his alma mater, Lake Forest College.
If you want to drive the IT organization forward, start with taking inventory. What activities and assets add value, and which are valueless? Clear out the superfluous and free IT to do more than subsist. A thriving IT organization doesn't simply maintain the status quo; it innovates. And forward movement equals greater market share and more competitive advantage.
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