About
Robert Bakos is Co-Founder, CTO, and Board Member at HOPPR, where he leads the engineering team and technology stack for the company's medical imaging AI, including a de-identified DICOM data engine, vision-language model strategy, a developer fine-tuning platform, and agentic integrations with radiology reporting tools. He oversees the company's IT security, HIPAA privacy, and regulatory posture (HITRUST e1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 13485) and has participated in over $30M in fundraising. Previously, he was the first engineering hire and CTO at Higi, where he built the platform for a national fleet of FDA Class II biometric screening kiosks and served as Security and Privacy Officer, and earlier worked on RIS/PACS integrations at Merge Healthcare.
Founder at HOPPR
Intro paths
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Co-founders at HOPPR
Experience
- HOPPRCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2019 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- HigiChief Technology Officer2019 — 2023
- HigiVP of Engineering2014 — 2019
- HigiSenior Engineering Manager2011 — 2014Chicago, IL
- Merge HealthcareSenior Software Engineer - Patient Experience2010 — 2011Greater Chicago Area
- Requisite SoftwareSenior Software Engineer2005 — 2010Greater Chicago Area
- Click Commerce, Inc.Senior Software Engineer2005 — 2009Greater Chicago Area
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Robert Bakos?
- Robert Bakos is Co-Founder, CTO, and Board Member at HOPPR, where he leads the engineering team and technology stack for the company's medical imaging AI, including a de-identified DICOM data engine, vision-language model strategy, a developer fine-tuning platform, and agentic integrations with radiology reporting tools. He oversees the company's IT security, HIPAA privacy, and regulatory posture (HITRUST e1, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 13485) and has participated in over $30M in fundraising. Previously, he was the first engineering hire and CTO at Higi, where he built the platform for a national fleet of FDA Class II biometric screening kiosks and served as Security and Privacy Officer, and earlier worked on RIS/PACS integrations at Merge Healthcare.
- Where does Robert Bakos work?
- Robert Bakos is Founder of HOPPR.
- What companies did Robert Bakos found?
- Robert Bakos founded HOPPR.
- Where did Robert Bakos go to school?
- Robert Bakos studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS); DePaul University (Master of Science (MS)).
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