Maria Persaud-Thompson, a 14-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention veteran, has been named chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, according to a recently published LinkedIn post.
Before joining the HHS OIG, Persaud-Thompson was director and technology solutions branch chief within CDC’s Digital Services Office, where she oversaw the development and implementation of agile applications, cloud products and services, advanced data analytics and visualization capabilities across the enterprise.
“My time at CDC has been nothing short of remarkable. I have had the privilege of working alongside some of the brightest minds in the field of public health and technology, contributing to critical initiatives and witnessing the impact of our collective efforts on the mission,” she wrote in the LinkedIn post.
She previously served as a technical monitor and contracting officer representative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a Medicare provider relations specialist at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.
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