I am delighted at the appointment of Aneesh Chopra by President Obama as the first Chief Technology Officer of the US-- and the report by the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Tech Industry Cheers as Obama Taps AneeshChopra for CTO, saying that "Silicon Valley execs and tech bloggers sounded genuinely excited about Obama’s choice..."
I have known both Vivek Kundra, the first Federal CIO and Aneesh Chopra only since I came to the DC area a few years ago. Both are in their early 30s and have a long career ahead of them. I was hoping Aneesh will run for Lt Governor of VA next but this is indeed a great opportunity for him to blaze a new trail. Its a huge opportunity for both of them to keep the US competitive. I sincerely hope they also consider spreading their messages across the developing world in how to gain from the advances in information technologies in overcoming poverty, achieving universal literacy and making healthcare affordable -- Satish Jha President & CEO OLPC India One Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 T: 301 841 7422 F:301560 4909 www.laptop.org __________________ http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=tab_pro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish_Jha _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-requ...@digitaldivide.net with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
