Aneesh

Associate Director and Chief Technology Officer

Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

Aneesh Chopra was Virginia's Fourth Secretary of Technology serving Governor Tim Kaine. In this capacity, he lead the Commonwealth's strategy to effectively leverage technology in government reform, promoted Virginia's innovation agenda, and fostered technology-related economic development with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship.

For the Governor, Secretary Chopra chaired the Solutions Committee of the IT Investment Board, the Effectiveness and Efficiency Committee of the Council on Virginia's Future, and co-chaired the Healthcare IT Council with Health Secretary Marilyn Tavenner.

Secretary Chopra was awarded the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) 2007 State Leadership Advocacy Award, and was also recently named to Government Technology magazine's Top 25 in their Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers issue, which recognizes the 25 individuals they believe help set the standard for using technology to improve government.

Prior to joining Governor Kaine's cabinet, Aneesh served as Managing Director with the Advisory Board Company, a publicly-traded health care think tank serving nearly 2,500 hospitals and health systems. He led the firm's Financial Leadership Council and the Working Council for Health Plan Executives, as well as assisted the launch of the firm's first business intelligence software solution, Compass.

Aneesh graduated with a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. He graduated with a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.