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Former US CTO Aneesh Chopra Joins Apigee Advisory Board

By TechTaffy Desk

Aneesh Chopra, the former chief technology officer of the United States, has joined Apigee’s advisory board.

Mr. Chopra was selected by President Barack Obama to be the nation’s first CTO in 2009. He served in this role until 2012.

Apigee works on Apigee Enterprise, a platform for creating, managing and measuring digital initiatives built on apps, data and APIs. The company also offers Apigee Insights, a big data analytics platform, and the Apigee API Exchange, an API interoperability platform.

 

 

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