Aneesh Chopra, Former CTO of the U.S. on “The Valley Girl Show” with Jesse Draper

Aneesh Chopra, Former CTO of the U.S. on “The Valley Girl Show” with Jesse Draper



Aneesh Chopra, who announced his resignation as the first Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the United States on February 17, 2012, will “neither confirm nor deny” that he is now preparing to run for public office. We caught up with Chopra at the South by Southwest (SxSW) Interactive Conference in Austin, Texas where he was supporting the Startup America Partnership, Obama’s national initiative that has raised over a billion dollars to support startups across the country. See for yourself, but in our interview with Chopra (embedded below), it sure seems like he might be planning on running for a public office soon, and I’m going to go out on a limb and say I think it’s in his home state of Virginia.

In the interview, we also discuss the recent announcement of Todd Park as Chopra’s replacement as CTO for the Obama Administration, making him now the second person to hold the job in American history. Chopra jokingly calls Park his “brother from another mother,” and uses quotes from the 1984 film “Spinal Tap” to describe why Park is the perfect man for the job. If you don’t believe me, watch the video.

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