I take a lean-startup approach: creating agile, interdisciplinary teams that get the minimum viable product to market as soon as possible. It's my job to be entrepreneur-in-residence, an internal change agent.
There's a project that I started at HHS called the Health Data Initiative. The whole idea was to take a page from what the government had done to make weather data and GPS available back in the day.
I'm an appointee of President Obama.
How do you deliver the best possible and affordable health care to maximize health?
It turns out that in the federal government, there are a lot of innovators.
Not only is it possible to do lean startup in federal government, but it's the most effective way to drive change in the federal government.
We know there is real interest from the American public in having easy access to the new, affordable choices in the Health Insurance Marketplace.
I believe that as public servants, we have a shared goal - to deliver to Americans the service they deserve and expect.
