It's the best time to be an innovator: Obama's CTO, Aneesh Chopra
By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 07 June 2011, 01:26 IST
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It's the best time to be an innovator: Obama's CTO, Aneesh Chopra
Bangalore: Obama's Chief Technology Officer, the first American to hold such a position, Aneesh Chopra believes in advancement of technology and innovation to boost the economic growth and prosperity and feels that it's the best time to be an innovator in the U.S. He is a strong evangelist of Barack Obama's innovative initiative called 'Startup America' a public-private partnership that eyes to strengthen the economy by improving the conditions for entrepreneurs. He focuses on attracting the entrepreneurs who can leverage the big data to provide commercial solutions. In a talk with Xconomy's Curt Woodward, Chopra defined the 'Startup America' program as 'the national call to arms, so to speak, around the opportunities to promote high-growth entrepreneurship.' According to Chopra, there has never been a better time to be an innovator than today given America's systems for healthcare, education, and energy. The way society pays for health services, the healthcare innovations, boosting entrepreneurship in healthcare and the boosting entrepreneurship in healthcare - he feels these three forces will act as the rocket fuel for innovators. USA's first-ever Chief Technology Officer feels that liberating the huge database opens up millions of business opportunity and he said "An entrepreneur now is well-positioned to launch the businesses that will help the healthcare system deliver on these efficiencies, as expected." Chopra highlighted that the energy and education system offers a great platform for entrepreneurs to work together to tackle big problems and he feels this is the best time to do so. And when it comes to startups and investors, Chopra says, "The administration's role is focused on supplying R&D money and acting as a convener, bringing business leaders together to encourage more infrastructures for new companies." Speaking on the Churchill Club's annual technology forecast, Chopra said 'networking technologies and advances in robotics are reducing development times. The technology is moving to small and medium manufacturers and trends empowered by new tools and more research investment." As the focus on personal information increases, Chopra bats for liberalizing data access, so more information can flow to the user. However, though appreciates the value of social networking, he says doctors cannot e-mail medical records. Most of the doctors adopted trusted communications for their professional work.