{"365761":{"#nid":"365761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech grad among White House guests for State of the Union","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKathy Pham\u2019s Georgia Tech degrees took her to high-profile places, such as IBM and Google. Tonight the computer scientist finds herself in another enviable spot \u2013 a seat near first lady Michelle Obama at the 2015 State of the Union address.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPham is among the 22 people the White House invited to hear President Obama\u2019s speech from the first lady\u2019s box.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPham graduated from Tech with a computer science degree in 2007 and completed her master\u2019s degree in 2009, focusing on human-computer interaction.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe currently works for the administration\u2019s new U.S. Digital Service, which aims to make the federal government more tech-savvy. Her duties include improving digital healthcare for veterans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe job is a personal one. Pham\u2019s brother, David, is also a Georgia Tech graduate who earned a Purple Heart for his service with the United States Marine Corps in Afghanistan.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKathy Pham is known for using her tech skills to solve problems. She helped her mother battle leukemia and blogged about their experiences at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.teammamapham.org\u0022\u003ETeam Mama Pham\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, the White House singled out Pham for her ability to merge tech know-how with a passion for public service.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cKathy, a computer scientist, has used technology throughout her career to tackle pressing challenges,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2015\/01\/18\/meet-kathy-pham-guest-first-lady-state-union\u0022\u003Eaccording to the White House\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cFrom Google to IBM to Harris Healthcare Solutions, she\u0027s designed health care interoperability software, studied disease trends with data analytics, and built data warehouses for hospitals.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile studying at Tech, Pham won Microsoft\u2019s Imagine Cup, a premier global student technology competition. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe also received the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship from Google and in 2006 was named the College of Computing\u2019s most outstanding junior student.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Kathy Pham graduated from Tech with a computer science degree in 2007 and completed her master\u2019s degree in 2009"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKathy Pham\u0026nbsp;currently works for the administration\u2019s new U.S. Digital Service, which aims to make the federal government more tech-savvy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kathy Pham is among the 22 people the White House invited to hear President Obama\u2019s speech from the first lady\u2019s box."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2015-01-20 15:19:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:54","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"365781":{"id":"365781","type":"image","title":"Kathy Pham","body":null,"created":"1449245805","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:45","changed":"1475895103","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:43","alt":"Kathy Pham","file":{"fid":"201685","name":"009005b.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/009005b_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/009005b_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":41476,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/009005b_0.jpg?itok=gC4Jh6vC"}}},"media_ids":["365781"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1051","name":"Computer Science"},{"id":"469","name":"federal government"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"115131","name":"kathy pham"},{"id":"169706","name":"State of the Union address"},{"id":"817","name":"White House"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}