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Query #10 · full-name query comparison · Business & technology
Todd Park.
Bringing startup methods into public technology
Todd Park is an entrepreneur who co-founded health technology companies and served as a U.S. government technology leader.
AthenahealthCastlight HealthU.S. Chief Technology Officer
Entrepreneurship in health technology
Todd Park co-founded Athenahealth and Castlight Health, companies that used technology to address problems in health care administration and consumer access. A White House biography describes him as helping build Athenahealth and co-founding Castlight, a health-care shopping service. Those experiences informed his public-sector work: after joining the Obama administration in 2009, he served as chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services and worked on ways to use data and technology in government. [2][1]
Technology leadership in government
Park later served as U.S. Chief Technology Officer in the Executive Office of the President, advising on technology policy and innovation. The archived White House biography describes his work as connecting entrepreneurial practice with public problems, including the use of open government data and technology to improve health services. His path across startups and federal service made him a prominent advocate for practical, multidisciplinary teams working on public technology challenges. This profile uses historical roles and does not imply a current government appointment. [3][1]
From startups to a federal technology role
Park’s public-service timeline began in 2009, when he joined the Obama administration as HHS chief technology officer. He later served as U.S. chief technology officer, with a portfolio that included technology policy and innovation across agencies. The archived White House biography specifically identifies his earlier co-founding work at Athenahealth and Castlight, making his government service an extension of a career already focused on health information and digital systems. [2]
The conversation starter
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A question we’d love to put to Todd Park.
QUESTION FOR THE GREEN ROOM
What’s the thing people get completely wrong about your work?
Search interest over time
Following the curiosity.
Annual values for the full name query on one calculated comparison scale. These can combine people, brands or other meanings; they are not isolated-person rankings or search counts.
Read the methodology ↗| Period | Relative scale | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.54 | |
| 2022 | 6.18 | |
| 2023 | 6.21 | |
| 2024 | 5.92 | |
| 2025 | 8.77 | |
| Jan–Sep2026 | 18.70 |
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