Todd Park Takes Federal CTO Post

Bernie Monegain | Government Health IT | March 9, 2012

Todd Park will take over as assistant to the President and U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO), filling a vacancy created by last month's departure of Aneesh Chopra, the nation's first CTO.

Park has served as CTO of the Department of Health and Human Services since August 2009, where he gained a reputation as an energetic agent for change. Hired as the department’s “entrepreneur-in-residence,” Park has been helping HHS harness the power of data, technology and innovation to improve the health of all Americans, the announcement from the White House said.

The President has asked him to bring that same approach to a broader mission – helping to replicate those and other best practices across government and bring them to scale...“Todd Park has demonstrated a remarkable talent for enlisting innovative technologies to modernize government, reduce waste and make government information more accessible to the public,” said President Obama. “In his new position he will bring those skills to the entire Federal enterprise, ensuring that government will serve all Americans fairly, effectively, and efficiently.”...