Obama Names Technology Adviser - NYTimes.com March 9, 2012, 3:26 pm President Obama has appointed Todd Park to be his top technology adviser, the White House announced on Friday. Mr. Park will become the chief technology officer for the executive branch, filling one of two vacancies left in the Office of Science and Technology Policy by Aneesh Chopra, who returned to the Advisory Board Company in February. Mr. Park has been the chief technology officer in the Department of Health and Human Services since the position was created in August 2009. He was responsible for modernizing the department's data infrastructure, and led the development of Health.gov, an online directory of public and private health insurance plans, and Health.Data.gov, an public inventory of the agency's data sets. "Todd Park has demonstrated a remarkable talent for enlisting innovative technologies to modernize government, reduce waste, and make government information more accessible to the public," President Obama said in a statement. In his new position he will bring those skills to the entire Federal enterprise, ensuring that government will serve all Americans fairly, effectively, and efficiently. According to his official biography, Mr. Park holds an economics degree from Yale University. He was a health care consultant for Booz Allen & Hamilton before he co-founded the health technology firm Athenahealth in 1997. He was also a volunteer fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based think tank, where he focused on health care policy. The White House said President Obama was still looking for someone to fill Mr. Chopra's former role as associate director for technology. He has temporarily appointed Tom Power, the deputy technology adviser for telecommunications, the White House said.