Colorado Digital Service (CDS)
CDS is a cross-functional team of senior product managers, human-centered designers, engineers, and procurement and contracting specialists within the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT).
We use a community-centered and outcomes-based approach to partner with agencies to design, build, and buy sustainable technologies that help Coloradans thrive.
The Latest from CDS
Welcome CDS's new director!
On July 29, the Colorado Digital Service welcomed Sarah Tuneberg as our new Director. Sarah is a driven entrepreneur and technology leader with roots in emergency management and public health. She is passionate about enabling high-performing teams, solving big problems, and delivering joy to customers. Sarah led the COVID-19 Innovation Response Team and was a Senior Advisor for COVID-19 Testing, Containment, & Technology at the State of Colorado. In addition to public service, she has built and scaled three startups in both the CEO and CTO roles.
Catch CDS at the Colorado Innovation Conference
CDS Product Manager Debra Alban will speak at the Colorado Innovation Conference about using product roadmapping to help CDEC prepare for year 2 of UPK. Hub Team Lead Ploy will be leading a session on handling challenging user feedback and making it work for you. Click here to sign up!
BHA Launches Performance Hub
In early July, BHA launched the Performance Hub with their embedded CDS team. The first version of the Performance Hub sets a baseline for metrics related to service usage, capacity, and complaints. Over time, more data will launch to support improvements and address inequalities to healthcare in Colorado. Visit BHA Performance Hub now >>
Our Values
Find the truth, tell the truth
We examine opportunities with humility, integrity and bravery. We have the courage to find a different path forward.
Give credit and absorb risk
We share our wins with our partners and provide cover for them when facing challenges together.
Champion equity
We advocate for diverse perspectives and act on these insights to build toward a more just, equitable world.
Move at the speed of trust
We prioritize relationship building and bringing team members along above the speed of deliverables.
Lead with curiosity, not judgment
We use empathy and curiosity to find positive outcomes in challenging situations.
Build momentum
We are here to break analysis paralysis and are focused on progress, not perfection.
Our Work
How to Partner with CDS
The Colorado Digital Service operates in a hub-and-spoke model. Our Hub Team manages inbound and outbound requests, scopes high-impact short engagements with agency partners, and deploys a small cross-functional team to complete work.
When agencies want to widen or lengthen the scope of our partnership, the Hub Team can establish an embedded team. After agreeing on a new scope of partnership, CDS hires high-quality tech talent dedicated entirely to your agency's mission. Embedded teams are paid for by agency partners through OIT's 3005 Agency Teams service line.
Ready to see what CDS can do for your agency's mission?
CDS maintains a robust inbound process to deeply understand your agency or office's mandate, customers, and challenges before assembling and deploying a cross-functional team to work with you.
Current CDS Engagements
Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) Embedded Team
A CDS team made up of Product, Service Design, and Engineering specialists is embedded with DPA through 2026 to provide strategic direction of the state's new payroll system and digital service delivery coaching to the agency's payroll product team. The embedded team was created after a short engagement with our Hub Team to complete a user-centered procurement of a new payroll vendor. This team is billed through OIT's 3005 Agency Teams service line.
Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) Embedded Team
CDS's Product, Design, and Procurement specialists have been embedded with Colorado's Behavioral Health Administration since the office's inception in 2022. Our team has been working with the Administration's technical leadership to deliver legislatively-mandated services as well as provide office-wide product strategy. This team is billed through OIT's 3005 Agency Teams service line.
Department of Human Services (CDHS) Short Term Engagement
From our Hub Team, a cross-functional team of Product, Design, and Engineering specialists is working with multiple agencies and offices to support CDHS meeting its goal of 95% timeliness for SNAP applications across the state. For this initiative, CDS is conducting design research with counties and residents, providing product roadmapping assistance, and facilitating greater understanding of the CBMS/PEAK ecosystem.
Read more about our work and approach.
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