He founded in 1991 SOCRATES, INC., which provided claims recovery outsourcing, technology and consulting services and solutions to the health payor industry which he sold in 2007. During his tenure, SOCRATES, INC. was selected an AHIP Solutions Partner and an A.M. Best rated recommended subrogation firm. Mr. Gitnik stewarded the development of SOCRATES, INC.'s proprietary Subrogation Outsourcing Case Review And Tracking Empowerment System ("SOCRATES") and the MY SOCRATES family of proprietary software programs.

Mr. Gitnik was on the adjunct faculty of Duquesne University School of Law, where he taught Business Planning, Mercyhurst College, where he taught Estate Planning and Penn State Continuing Education for Accountants, where he taught, Choice of Business Entities.

He is or has been a member of nonprofit boards, including the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Mercy Foundation, Catholic Foundation Advisory Board, Hamot Health Foundation, St. Vincent Health Center, Preservation Pennsylvania, Erie Art Museum and Jefferson Health System.