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Rick Hawes is a digital service expert at the United States Digital Service assigned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the CDC, Rick worked on the COVID-19 response and many of the CDC's data modernization efforts. Before joining the USDS, Rick worked as a software architect for many companies, including, most recently, Yahoo and Microsoft.
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