Monday, June 23, 2014
A
Waterloo
software
engineering
student
and
grad
were
part
of
the
team
that
repaired
HealthCare.gov,
the
web
site
used
for
uninsured
Americans
to
sign
up
for
what's
known
as Obamacare.
David
Hu
took
part
in
the
project
during
his final
software
engineering
term.
Pictured
right,
Hu
graduated
from
Waterloo
Engineering
this
month.
Ben
Komalo,
a
2007
Waterloo
software engineering
graduate,
was
working
as
a
software
engineer
at
Khan
Academy
in
Vancouver
when
he
got
the
call
to
work
on
the
HealthCare.gov
site.
In
all,
there
were
as
many
as
50
people
on
the
team
working
with
U.S.
Chief
Technology
Officer
Todd
Park
to
fix
HealthCare.gov
to
try
and
hit
the
Obama
administration’s
target
of
seven
million
enrolments by
March
31.
The
Financial
Post
published
an
article
about
the
contributions
of Hu, Komalo
and
another
Canadian to
the
project.
Komalo
has
since
returned
to
Khan
Academy
and
Hu will
soon
move
to
Silicon
Valley
to
join
Khan
Academy
there.