Aneesh Chopra

Aneesh Chopra

Aneesh Chopra is the co-founder of Hunch Analytics, an open data and analytics company serving the healthcare and education sectors. Chopra was appointed as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer by President Obama in 2009. In this role, he was charged with promoting innovation to address urgent national priorities. In 2012 he left the White House and ran for lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2013. Chopra is the author of Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government. At the Shorenstein Center, he was periodically in residence and worked in partnership with Nick Sinai to drive an ambitious program on data as public infrastructure.

Time Cover: Code Red

Will Geeks Save The World?

March 5, 2015 — A famous TIME magazine article in the 1990’s featured a cover with Bob Rubin, Alan Greenspan, and Larry Summers as “the committee to save the world” and inspired the next generation of economists to pursue public service as a means to solve big problems. More recently, a TIME article in 2014 has

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Doctor with tablet

Transforming Healthcare Delivery through More Open Data

March 5, 2015 — Last week at Harvard Kennedy School, we hosted a roundtable of several dozen healthcare leaders to discuss how better use of data can lead to improved care, smarter spending, and healthier people. By conversation’s end, leaders from a dozen public and private sector organizations pledged a number of tangible steps to make

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Entrepreneur Roundtable

Panel discussion of how entrepreneurs can build great products and companies through the use of open data. Featuring: Aaron Chatterji, Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School Alyssa Ravasio, CEO, Hipcamp Racquel Russell, Director of Government Relations, Zillow Yaron Samid, CEO, Bill Guard Vincent Yang, CEO, EverString Gil Zimmermann, Founder & CEO, CloudLock Aneesh Chopra, Walter Shorenstein

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Data & Technology in Government Panel Discussion

With Aneesh Chopra, Todd Park, Lynn Overmann, DJ Patil, and Nick Sinai. February 26, 2015, 6:00 p.m. If the story below doesn’t load correctly, view it on Storify. [View the story “Data & Technology in Government Panel Discussion” on Storify]

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Nick Sinai

Marketing U.S. Data: Data jams, Datapaloozas, Hackathons, Prizes, & CDOs Seminar

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space.  Guest: Aneesh Chopra, co-founder Hunch Analytics and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Description: The federal open data strategy includes efforts to spur

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Tech and Public Service, Event Series with Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai, February 23-27, 2015

Tech & Public Service Events

As part of HKS’s public service week,  the Shorenstein Center will hold a series of special events focusing on technology, governance, and innovation. Why Are Technology & Open Innovation Important for Public Policy Students? With Aneesh Chopra, Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, co-founder of Hunch Analytics and former U.S. CTO, and Nick Sinai, Walter

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Experts examine how technology can promote democracy

March 10, 2010 — Laptops, personal digital assistants, and iPhones were a ubiquitous and fitting presence at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at “Digital Governance: From the State House to the White House.” As audience members tapped away on their myriad electronic devices, Jerry Mechling, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) lecturer in public policy and

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Time Cover: Code Red

Will Geeks Save The World?

March 5, 2015 — A famous TIME magazine article in the 1990’s featured a cover with Bob Rubin, Alan Greenspan, and Larry Summers as “the committee to save the world” and inspired the next generation of economists to pursue public service as a means to solve big problems. More recently, a TIME article in 2014 has

Read More »
Doctor with tablet

Transforming Healthcare Delivery through More Open Data

March 5, 2015 — Last week at Harvard Kennedy School, we hosted a roundtable of several dozen healthcare leaders to discuss how better use of data can lead to improved care, smarter spending, and healthier people. By conversation’s end, leaders from a dozen public and private sector organizations pledged a number of tangible steps to make

Read More »

Entrepreneur Roundtable

Panel discussion of how entrepreneurs can build great products and companies through the use of open data. Featuring: Aaron Chatterji, Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School Alyssa Ravasio, CEO, Hipcamp Racquel Russell, Director of Government Relations, Zillow Yaron Samid, CEO, Bill Guard Vincent Yang, CEO, EverString Gil Zimmermann, Founder & CEO, CloudLock Aneesh Chopra, Walter Shorenstein

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Data & Technology in Government Panel Discussion

With Aneesh Chopra, Todd Park, Lynn Overmann, DJ Patil, and Nick Sinai. February 26, 2015, 6:00 p.m. If the story below doesn’t load correctly, view it on Storify. [View the story “Data & Technology in Government Panel Discussion” on Storify]

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Nick Sinai

Marketing U.S. Data: Data jams, Datapaloozas, Hackathons, Prizes, & CDOs Seminar

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space.  Guest: Aneesh Chopra, co-founder Hunch Analytics and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Description: The federal open data strategy includes efforts to spur

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Tech and Public Service, Event Series with Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai, February 23-27, 2015

Tech & Public Service Events

As part of HKS’s public service week,  the Shorenstein Center will hold a series of special events focusing on technology, governance, and innovation. Why Are Technology & Open Innovation Important for Public Policy Students? With Aneesh Chopra, Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, co-founder of Hunch Analytics and former U.S. CTO, and Nick Sinai, Walter

Read More »

Experts examine how technology can promote democracy

March 10, 2010 — Laptops, personal digital assistants, and iPhones were a ubiquitous and fitting presence at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at “Digital Governance: From the State House to the White House.” As audience members tapped away on their myriad electronic devices, Jerry Mechling, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) lecturer in public policy and

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