Sivak leaving post as HHS CTO
Bryan Sivak, chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will leave his position in April.
HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced Sivak's impending departure in an email to staff.
"Since joining us in 2012, Bryan has been a force for promoting innovation across the department, designing and deploying initiatives that improve the performance of the department for those we serve, and for our employees," HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell wrote in a March 27 email to staff. "Bryan has championed some of the department’s most innovative projects."
Those projects include the development of a "Buyer's Club" to share institutional wisdom on procurement, and the ongoing administration of the Entrepreneurs in Residence program, which taps private sector developers to work inside HHS for a year on high-profile technology goals. Sivak also was a leader in the HHS IDEA Lab, which has empowered tech employees at the department to experiment with new ideas and collaborate with the private sector on data applications.
He joined HHS in June 2012, succeeding Todd Park, who became White House CTO.
Before starting in public service, Sivak founded InQuira, a Silicon Valley knowledge management and self-service software company, which was later acquired by Oracle. He served as chief innovation officer for the state of Maryland before joining HHS.
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