David Whitten (8CV)
Treasurer, WorldVistA <http://www.worldvista.org> (8CW)
David Whitten is a senior computer specialist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He holds a masters degree in computer science and is a recognized expert on knowledge bases and artificial intelligence. Whitten has worked with VistA and its predecessors for more than twenty years while programming for such employers as Houston's Methodist Hospital, the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as well as the VA. In the artificial intelligence field, he has contributed to the IEEE Standard Upper Ontology working group, written the unofficial FAQ on the Cyc system, and founded the Public Domain Knowledge Bank. Whitten is a longstanding member of the MUMPS Development Committee and was one of the founders of the OpenVistA project and WorldVistA. (8CX)
(source: http://www.worldvista.org/worldvista/executive-team/) (8CY)
Works with ChrisRichardson. (8CZ)