Jonathan Bakke

Government and industry experts alike joined together this month at the 2016 Data Innovation Summit in Washington D.C. to discuss open data, dark data, project leadership, and the need for simplified data integration to discover and share information at mission speed.

Today’s Healthcare.gov has come a long way from the cost sinkhole many predicted it would become. Running on some of the most modern database technology in government, the federal health insurance marketplace has enabled 11.7 million Americans to choose coverage options that fit their budgets and lifestyles. But getting there was anything but easy. Innovative thinking and a willingness to adopt new technology were crucial to its success.