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Jim Daniel is the Public Health leader for Amazon Web Services’ state and local government team. As the Public Health Leader, Jim helps state and local health departments as well as government owned providers and Health Information Exchanges modernize their Health IT infrastructure to help these customers improve health outcomes. Prior to joining AWS, Jim served for almost a decade with the United States Department of Health and Human Services where he promoted public health innovation including development of the Immunization Gateway and consumer access to immunization information systems. He also led the efforts for state and local health departments to receive data from electronic health records as part of the HITECH program and the massive transition of healthcare providers from paper records to electronic records. Before joining the federal government, Jim was the Chief Information Officer for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Jim also holds an adjunct position in Drug Regulatory Affairs with the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services.