Rob Alger is the Senior Vice President for Health Plan Information Technology Strategy for Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente operates in eight states (Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia) and the District of Columbia. It holds the distinction of being the largest managed care organization in the United States. With 39 hospitals and over 700 medical offices, Kaiser Permanente employs more than 300,000 personnel, including 87,000 physicians and nurses.  Rob helps to define and implement the strategic technical capabilities of the National Health Plan providing architecture, thought leadership and through the management of the Health Plan technology investment portfolio.

Rob was previously the CIO of Blue Shield of California, the President of Advanced Health Technologies, Chief Technical Officer for Skylight Systems/Get Well TV and currently serves on the board of CAQH.