Software engineers helped fix Obamacare website

Monday, June 23, 2014
A À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ 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 asÌýObamacare. Ìý
David Hu took part in the project during hisÌýfinal software engineering term. Pictured right, Hu graduated from À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering this month. Ben Komalo, a 2007Ìý
David Hu
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ softwareÌýengineering 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 enrolmentsÌýby March 31.
The Financial Post published an article about the contributions ofÌýHu,ÌýKomalo and another CanadianÌýto the project. Ìý
Komalo has since returned to Khan Academy and HuÌýwill soon move to Silicon Valley to join Khan Academy there.