Carlos A. Duart is the owner and CEO of CDR Enterprises Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries CDR Maguire, Inc., CDR Bridge Systems, Inc., and CDR Health Care, Inc.  Mr. Duart’s role includes overall strategic management, partnership development, finance, and information technology. Mr. Duart has over 25 years of public sector experience in emergency management and transportation engineering.  His experience includes public sector procurement, FEMA and FHWA reimbursement for federally declared disasters, public-private partnerships and financial modeling, as well as the procurement and management of international transportation projects for The World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (BID), and European Unions.

In 2020, Mr. Duart, along with Executive Vice President and CEO of CDR Health, Ms. Tina Vidal, launched CDR’s disaster medicine division in response to the State of Florida’s COVID-19 pandemic response. Today, CDR is one of the top 3 state vendors providing over 750,000 COVID-19 tests, at over 20 locations throughout the state, to the citizens of Florida.

Ms. Vidal-Duart has 12+ years’ of experience in the healthcare industry, most recently as the Chief Executive Officer of the State of Florida COVID19 Infectious Disease Field Hospital System where she oversaw the management and deployment of the State’s field hospital system and its healthcare and administrative support personnel. In this role, she managed a system of administrative and clinical personnel, recruited and staffed clinical and support functions, managed multiple contractors, served as an interagency coordinator between multiple agencies and regulating bodies, and helped secure various medical supplies and personal protection equipment for the facilities. After the hospitals were demobilized, Vidal-Duart assisted CDR’s COVID19 test site logistics team to deploy a call center, launch a patient portal, and develop a turnkey software solution from patient registration through result delivery.

In her prior experience in healthcare, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Business Development with Pacer Health Corporation, a hospital conglomerate focused on acquiring and turning around financial distressed hospitals. She has experience in operating and managing an acute care hospital system, medical treatment centers, a skilled nursing facility, and psychiatric care facilities.  Additionally, she ran a transportation and logistics subsidiary of Pacer, providing trucking/air freight, warehousing and distribution, and logistics services throughout the United States. Serving as interim Chief Executive Officer of acquired financially distressed acute care hospitals that were near bankruptcy or closure, she has a keen insight into the rapid response and decision making required in a field environment where time is of the essence. She oversaw the management and turnaround of multiple healthcare facilities; ensured seamless transition and integration of acquisitions into overall system structure; developed and implemented processes for their financial turnaround and positive financial performance; negotiated all contracts to achieve overall cost savings; and provided oversight of hospital and doctor services. During her tenure, she recruited physicians and nursing management staff, expanded healthcare service lines throughout the system, as well as acquiring new managed care contracts and payer sources; revamped hospital policy and procedures and quality improvement and control; and JCAHO certification and inspection.

Ms. Vidal-Duart currently serves as the Executive Vice President of CDR Maguire, Inc., providing administrative and operational oversight and leadership to the 80-year old engineering and emergency management consulting firm which serves multiple state and local governments. She has a Master’s in International Business, summa cum laude, and a Bachelor’s of International Business and Marketing, magna cum laude.

Matthew Macey, P.E., CDR Maguire’s Chief Operating Officer for Engineering, has over 25 years of experience in the design, management, oversight, and QA/QC of PennDOT, PA Turnpike Commission, MassDOT, CTDOT, FDOT and municipal bridge and roadway projects.

He is responsible for the company-wide planning, management, financial analyses, and budgeting for the Civil, Construction Management/Construction Inspection, Transportation Design, and Program Management organizations.

His experience includes the design and analysis of numerous structures ranging from simple to complex designs, straight and curved steel multi-girders, Folded Steel Plate Girders™, prestressed adjacent and spread box beams, and prestressed I-beams, as well as reinforced concrete box and arch culverts. He has been responsible for the analysis and design of railroad and highway bridges, retaining walls, and foundations.

He is licensed as a Professional Engineer in PA, NJ, CO, CT, FL, and MA.

Mr. Macey has presented at the following events:

He has a B.A. in Mathematics/Engineering from Saint Vincent College and B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Roy Dunn is the Chief Operating Officer for our Emergency Management Division. Prior to joining CDR Maguire, Roy served as the Senior Emergency Manager at FEMA, since 2011, starting as Director of the National Disaster Housing Task Force. He advanced during his time within the agency as a key advisor for directing the implementation of the National Disaster Recovery Framework, establishing the Recovery Support Function Leadership Group, as well as leading disaster field operations with innovative housing solutions and technology tools.

Prior to that, he served in senior leadership roles within’ the Florida Division of Emergency Management to include Deputy Bureau Chief of Response, Regional Coordination Team Leader, Team Leader of a deployed State Management Team, and Disaster Housing Chief for the 2004-05 hurricanes impacting the gulf coast.

With an industry-wide reputation for integrity and professionalism, we look forward to his leadership of the Emergency Management Division, as well as the guidance he will provide our clients. Among his extensive list of qualifications, some of the most impactful are:

• 16+ years in project management and public affairs leadership nationwide
• Vast experience dealing with communities and survivors since 2004 in multiple areas of response to include housing, debris, damage assessment and impact analysis as well state and federal response
• Active deployments during multiple disasters to include 2004-05 FL hurricanes, Sandy, Irma, Katrina, Deep Water Horizon, Haiti earthquake, and more
• Development of efficiencies and cost savings in multiple areas of states’ emergency management organizations in terms of time and money
• Success in collaborating with federal, state, and local government agencies, public officials, and diverse media contacts
• Extensive coordination with NGO and private sector organizations
• Innovation in developing technology solutions for disaster, response, and recovery
• Recognized national expert in disaster housing solutions
• Proven track record in developing highly effective teams

• Nationally Certified EMS Educator
• Critical Care EMT Program (CCEMT-P)
• Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Transport Program (PNCCTP)
• Certified Intensive Care Provider (CICP)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Mr. Michael Kushner is the Chief Operating Officer for CDR Health. He has over 30 years of operational and human resource experience, in several industries, with a proven track record of developing and successfully implementing revenue generating and expense reduction initiatives.

Prior to joining CDR Health, Mr. Kushner served for 10 years as the Senior Vice President and Chief Talent Officer for Nicklaus Children’s Health System. During his tenure, he was responsible for marketing, patient relations, the central scheduling call center, physician liaisons, employee health, and volunteer services for the global pediatric institution, with 15 outpatient centers and 4,000 employees. Before joining Nicklaus Children’s, Mr. Kushner served for five years as Vice President of Human Resources at Catholic Healthcare Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr. Kushner has an Advanced Organizational Development and Human Resource Management Certificate from Columbia University, an M.B.A. from Florida Atlantic University and a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York.

Mr. Kushner possesses a strong customer service focus— a top priority at CDR Maguire. His ability to recruit, develop and motivate teams offers our clients the results-driven management approach needed for quality service and unrivaled results.

Dr. Kini has more than 25 years’ experience as a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and an ER and Trauma doctor. Dr. Kini most recently has served as the Chief Medical Officer of the State of Florida COVID19 Infectious Disease Field Hospital System where he oversaw all clinical personnel for the 9-hospital system. In that role, Dr. Kini provided training and in-servicing, ran drills with clinical staff, ensured quality patient care, and provided guidance regarding necessary equipment and supplies to treat COVID19 patients. Prior that that, Dr. Kini served as the Chief Executive Officer for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital (f.k.a. Miami Children’s Hospital), providing management to the 26 facilities in the system and a 309-bed hospital with 3,000 employees and 700 plus physicians. He provided ancillary and clinical operations leadership as the Chief Medical Officer for Trinity Health, a 45-hospital, $5 billion system. He is seen as a national leader in innovation with several firsts in people, process, and culture, developing an integrated enterprise platform. A graduate from University of Alabama and Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Kini has a Master of Science in health management to complement his Medical Doctorate degree.

Mr. Edward Martinez joins the CDR Maguire team as Corporate Chief Information Officer and Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Health & Medical Division and will be leading our efforts in disaster healthcare with technology, innovation, and leadership. He is a nationally recognized Senior Executive Leader with a demonstrated history of successful transformations and measurable organizational improvements. Most recently, Mr. Martinez served as Executive Consult for an Artificial Intelligence startup company, developing an advanced machine learning system for a personalized treatment protocol system. He is also an Associate Professor of Health Administration and Informatics at Florida International University Graduate School of Business and Graduate School of Nursing & Medicine.

Prior to joining CDR Maguire, Mr. Martinez served for ten years as the Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Innovation Officer for Nicklaus Children’s Health System. During his time there, he steered their strategic digital transformation to a statewide health system with international outreach locations. He oversaw Health IT, HIM, Biomedical Engineering, Business Intelligence, and all development, including AI and Innovation Development, defined corporate patient engagement strategy, corporate AI Strategy, and commercialization of ventures. His leadership repositioned Nicklaus Children’s Health System as a national leader in innovation/emerging technologies and the nation’s first fully digitized children’s hospital, in partnership with Cerner Corporation.

Mr. Martinez’s experience in technology and healthcare, with FORTUNE 500 corporations, also includes Moffitt Cancer Center, as Vice President and CIO, and Hackensack University Medical Center, as CTO. A proven leader, strategist, and innovation-driven visionary, Mr. Martinez has experience with successful strategic system implementations for clinical and business environments, including EMR, EHR, ERP, HIE, ACO, and business intelligence, as well as advanced hospital digital experience design and construction, physician services, process engineering, and cloud computing.

Ensuring growth as both an advisory board member and C-level executive, Mr. Martinez helped to grow revenues from $250M to over $1B, enabling innovation that led to multiple M&A’s, bringing to market several innovations, interacting with industry experts, and developing first-in-kind digitization strategies that are now industry standards.

National achievements include, but are not limited to HIMSS EMRAM℠ Stage 7, Davies Award Winner, Most Wired and Computerworld’s 100 Best Places to Work in IT, CHIME Global CIO of the Year.