Two Guys in a Garage

COVID-19 impacted many things in a bad way but also had some beneficial impacts on Public Health infrastructure and adjoining technologies. This long overdue post recognizes a small team whose impact on Public Health data has been tremendous. In my work on IZ Gateway, I was first introduced to these two entrepreneurs, almost literally two guys in a garage, who had developed a wicked cool application. While I cannot personally benefit from this application today, my brother and his family live in a state where, because of this application, they can access their immunization data directly from the New Jersey IIS. 

 I got to work with this team a couple of years ago at a demonstration of the IZ Gateway and their application, and on the last day of the Interoperability Showcase, I got to be the demonstrator pitching what this application does to the showcase audience. The application they have built is truly an engine for change. This Ad Hoc Harley goes to two guys, Michael Perretta and Nathan Scott, founders of Docket, who have truly shown what can be done with the right vision and skills.

This Certifies that

Michael Perretta and Nathan Scott

Have been hereby recognized for being engines of change in Public Health

Imagine riding with this engine under your seat.