The CDC Technology R&D Team is in the Technology Modernization Office in CDC’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).
Since 2007, we have been a resource for CDC and the public health community to study, prototype, and test new and innovative technologies to maximize public health impact.
Better, faster, cost-effective technology solutions to improve public health…
The CDC Technology R&D Team began as an informal technology collaboration space and off-network R&D Cloud created in the National Center for Public Health Informatics. In 2010, we became a formally designated agency-wide technology R&D unit named Informatics Research & Development Activity, created within the Office of Surveillance Epidemiology and Laboratory Services. After organizational changes in 2013, we became the Informatics Innovation Unit (UII); then in 2019, UII transitioned to OCIO and merged with the IT Services Office R&D Team and the Enterprise IT Portfolio Office staff to become the Emerging Technology and Design Acceleration Branch in the Customer Engagement Office. The CDC Technology R&D Team has worked with numerous public health and industry partners, helping to overcome a variety of technology roadblocks in support of their public health missions.
Our Team
Tom Savel, MD
Branch Chief
Peter White, BS
DevOps/Computer Scientist
KB Xiong
UI/UX Designer
Earl Baum
IT Specialist
Binny Thomas, MS, PhD, CEA
Project Manager / Enterprise Architect
Christopher Lynberg
Computer Scientist
Ricky Freyre
IT Specialist
Charles Martin
IT Specialist
Sanjith David, MS (CTR)
Scrum Master/Product Manger
Eddie Kirkland (CTR)
Senior Data Scientist
Curtis Bowman (CTR)
Technology Engineer
John McCullough (CTR)
Software Architect
Paul Dawson (CTR)
Software Architect
Jay Kienzle (CTR)
Data Scientist
Mary Gretchen Johnson (CTR)
Communications Specialist
Kate Stanford (CTR)
Data Scientist