Meet the Team

Sarah Tuneberg, Director

Sarah Tuneberg, MPH, is an entrepreneur, technologist, and seasoned startup executive who has worked across government and the private sector, leveraging data and technology to solve complex climate change, national security, and emergency response challenges.

Sarah has extensive experience assisting the US Federal government, states, municipalities, large corporations, and educational institutions in enhancing their preparedness and response and recovery capabilities.

Sarah is an expert on issues related to equity and inclusion in emergency management and disaster response. Sarah spearheaded policy and practice changes within the field, including moving from a diagnostic to a functions-based approach to vulnerability and the widespread utilization of equity lens theory. She is a thought leader in the space of climate risk assessment, mitigation, and adaptation. Together with her Geospiza team, she pioneered adaptation pathway modeling, a climate risk mitigation strategy, within enterprise business settings.

Sarah was tapped by Colorado’s Governor, Jared Polis, to lead the COVID Innovation Response Team in March 2020. Her portfolio was then expanded to include responsibility for statewide COVID-19 testing, containment, and technology. In this role, she built a team from 4 to more than 450, expanded daily testing from 50 to more than 50,000, built a service corp-based contact tracing program that saved taxpayers $30 million, and procured innovative technology that will drive health in Colorado for decades.

Sarah is driven by continuous learning and meeting the needs of those disenfranchised or marginalized by traditional systems. Sarah has been recognized as the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year, Downtown Denver Partnership; 2018 US Representative, Global Entrepreneur Summit; 2019 Denver Business Journal’s 40 under 40; 2020 Cartier Women’s Initiative Fellow; 2x TedxMileHigh presenter; 2020 Inc. Magazines Female Founders 100.

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Erin Elzi (she/her)

Erin is the Manager for the Design discipline team, which drives user-centered design and research efforts across CDS projects.

Prior to joining CDS, Erin spent time the federal government and higher education, often building HCD culture and practices from the ground up. She loves learning what motivates people and is passionate about creating simple and straightforward experiences for those that benefit most from government services. In a previous life she was a librarian.

Outside of work, her elderly dog and cat are her favorite things. Erin is a serial hobby-ist and right now the list includes competitive pinball, cycling, rock/ice climbing, gardening, and she’s dipping her toe into birdwatching. You might catch her around Denver delivering food via bicycle for Denver Food Rescue or leading community workshops as a Colorado Master Gardener.

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Janell Cody (she/her)

Janell is the manager for the Capacity Building Team at CDS. At CDS, she supports procurement innovation and employee experience initiatives, deploys communities of practice, and partners with state agencies to create sustainable digital practices.

Janell is a people-centered leader with 15+ years of experience driving organizational growth in the public sector. She specializes in scaling teams, budgets, and systems with intention, clarity, and empathy. Janell was a founding member of CDS and led local and statewide technology initiatives in health and human services, where she scaled new digital teams, oversaw $400M+ in publicly funded budgets, and secured tens of millions in grants to support data modernization and digital access initiatives in government.

She likes reading a lot (for real!) and has a special soft spot for gothic and postmodern literature. Beaches over mountains and she never loses two truths and a lie.

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Shashank Sundareshan (he/him)

Shashank is a team lead on the Colorado Digital Service team, focused on supporting DPA with the Payroll Modernization project and setting up a Payroll Product team.

Before joining CDS, Shashank led teams across Operations, Strategy, and Analytics functions at health / tech companies like Virta Health, Uber, Instacart and Angi. He loves thinking about big and complex problems, and how to solve them.

Outside of work, Shashank runs, reads and spends time with his wife, daughter and dog.

Steve Kurtz (he/him)

Steve is an Engineering Lead at the Colorado Digital Service.

At CDS, Steve hopes to help define what good technical ownership looks like through understanding the goals, needs and constraints of Colorado agencies, programs and technical teams.

Before joining CDS, Steve was lucky to work with some amazing dev teams as a software engineer and technical lead. He focused on supporting positive developer experiences, promoting good design processes and communication, code reuse and community building.

Outside of work, he loves watching episodes of PBS Spacetime, learning about the history of discoveries and creating light field holograms from family vacation photos.

AJ is the Strategic Sourcing and Relationship Manager at the Colorado Digital Service

Ajanae Cannady (she/her)

Ajanae is a procurement specialist supporting the Behavioral Health Administration’s (BHA) technology and data team.

At CDS, Ajanae works across all BHA tech domains to strategically secure the products and services they need to effectively serve the public. She is also involved in several initiatives aimed towards building more process, maturity, and equity across BHA.

Before joining CDS, Ajanae worked in procurement, contracting, continuous improvement and change management roles in state and local government. She has dedicated 8+ years to public service and hopes to use her expertise to help people achieve equitable, sustainable outcomes.

Outside of work, Ajanae finds joy in competitive games, fun activities, adventure, and being around loved ones. She also loves a good brunch and happy hour.

Alex Orlov (she/her)

Alex is a Human-Centered Design Specialist at the Colorado Digital Service.

At CDS, she leads design work on the Public domain at Colorado's Behavioral Health Administration. This includes improving how people seeking care find a mental health or substance use treatment provider that best fits their needs.

Before joining CDS, she worked as a product and UX designer for several Denver technology companies. And before THAT, she worked as a digital journalist writing about food, travel, and news. Being relentlessly curious and asking good questions are her superpowers, and she believes creating effective design is a team sport.

Outside of work, Alex loves exploring Colorado’s many trails with her dog.

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Alexander Schneider (he/him)

Alexander Schneider is a CX analytics specialist and focused on implementing the Governor’s Operational Agenda.

Before joining CDS, I spent several years working as a consultant to Federal Agencies on their CX analytics, Contact Center modernization, and digital transformation policy implementation.

I’ve worked in Shanghai, San Francisco, London, DC, and now sunny Fort Collins, Colorado!
Outside of work, love to cook (mostly savory) and read up on an endless supply of spy fiction. I’m often out hiking in the foothills and biking around town with my wife Karmah.

Ana Bel Campos (she/her)

Ana Bel is a Human-Centered Design specialist at the Colorado Digital Service.

At CDS, Ana Bel is part of the team and works to understand and map residents’ life experiences, and to improve their overall journey when interacting with different government services.

Before joining CDS, Ana Bel spent the last 8 years designing digital products for the civic, health, education, and philanthropy sectors at a digital agency focused on social impact clients. For the last 2, she led the design team to create and implement a more equitable design process.

Outside of work, her curiosity about human behavior and emotions had led her to pursuit an M.S. in Psychology. She’s graduating in the summer of 2024, when she will hopefully have more time to travel, read something not psychology-related, try a new sport, and enjoy the beautiful Colorado nature with her partner and two dogs.

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Andrew Kemp (he/him)

Andrew is a Product Manager at the Colorado Digital Service.

As part of the embedded BHA team, he led the implementation of the OwnPath Learning Hub platform, providing free training to behavioral health professionals across Colorado.

His technology background evolved through support, systems analysis, and project manager roles and he joined BHA after spending many years in the financial industry in both the US and UK.

Hailing from Scotland, he is happy to answer any questions around culture and language, but recommends leaving Irvine Welsh to the natives (or watch the movies!) He hopes to one day become as impressive as his profile picture - credit to his professional photographer wife.

Debra Alban (she/her)

Debra is a product manager at the Colorado Digital Service.

At CDS, Debra has supported product management for Colorado’s benefits application (PEAK) and the Universal Preschool team at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood.

Before joining CDS, she worked as a product manager in the health, media and real estate spaces.

Outside of work, Debra enjoys playing arcade skeeball with her family, playing Wordle, and snuggling with her dog and two cats.

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Greg Knaddison (he/him)

Greg, an engineer with CDS, focuses on web applications, security, open-source software, and all things related to software engineering.

Before joining CDS, Greg worked at a wide variety of different sizes and types of companies, from The Economist to his own security consultancy, which he grew before it was acquired.

Outside of work, Greg spends time biking, hiking, and gardening. He is influenced by his partner and 2 daughters, who love traveling, especially to Spanish-speaking parts of the world.

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Jordan White (he/him)

Jordan is a product manager with CDS, working on web products as well as building product capacity throughout the state.

Prior to joining CDS, Jordan worked in product and innovation at Southwest Airlines and MO Studio. He has an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Jordan spent the better part of a decade as a journalist, and while he doesn’t write professionally anymore, he still has several creative outlets, including music and improv comedy.

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Levi Boscardin (he/him)

Levi is a product manager at the Colorado Digital Service.

At CDS, his goal is to be a customer advocate that helps drive digital government solutions that are easy and intuitive to use.

Before joining CDS, he worked in product management at DISH, supporting broadband services as well as mobile and set-top-box applications. He also worked in software engineering for aircraft radio and satellite communication.

Outside of work, enjoys triathlon, hiking, and snowshoeing outdoors, or video games, LEGO, and electronics at home.

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Long Tran (he/him)

Long is product manager for the BeHealth domain within the Behavioral Health Administration.

At CDS, Long hopes to bring data interoperability and set standards for how data can be shared.

Before joining CDS, Long worked in the private sector, bringing value and over 15 years of software experience to users in the insurance, finance and broadcast media industries.

Outside of work, Long enjoys working out, playing ultimate frisbee, bicycling and cooking!

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Miguel Pérez (he/him)

Miguel is a designer.

At CDS, he supports the DPA with creating a program of continuous improvement of its service delivery. His role is to help the team ground themselves in stakeholder needs and work through the risks and complexities of payroll modernization.

Before joining CDS, Miguel worked as a lead designer and researcher for companies like Mars, Autodesk, and Arrow.

Outside of work, he loves to make art and play with code.

Mina Farzad (she/her)

Mina is an interdisciplinary designer, technologist, culture steward, and musician based in Denver.

At CDS, Mina uses service design, deep research, and relational facilitation to help agencies solve sticky service delivery problems. She also leads CDS’s communications, employee engagement, and recruitment and hiring efforts.

Before joining CDS, she spent seven years as a designer, researcher, and product manager on projects like VA.gov, developer.va.gov, and the federal student visa program.

Outside of work, you can find Mina at the nearest jazz show or mosh pit. If she’s not there, she’s probably got her hands in the dirt working on a permaculture project or her nose in a book. Mina is passionate about literacy and volunteers across the city as a tutor and mentor to learners of all ages. Tell your dog she says hi!

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Sam Gao (she/her)

Sam is a designer and researcher partnering with many state agencies to improve how Coloradans find, understand, and use state services.

Before joining CDS, I helped operationalize design at a regional health insurance company, conducted research for a personalized direct-to-consumer skincare company, and informed modernization strategies for the Medicare Payment Ecosystem.

Outside of work, I enjoy birding, dancing, roller skating, eating fruit, and taking pictures of my cat Mochi.

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Rose Barcklow (She/her)

Rose is a designer and researcher in Pod 4 for CDS, which is focused on customer experience across different state agencies.

Before joining CDS, I have had many careers! My favorite chapters are my work in Adolescent Health and Prevention Services at CDPHE, my role as Experience Design Consultant at Propeller Consulting, and doing co-design work at Denver Public Schools

Outside of work, you will most likely find me in my camper van, with my gravel bike, my wife, and a good book to read.

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Zach Alcorn (he/him)

Zach is a product manager with CDS.

At CDS, he’s focused on improving the web experience for the state, including a radical redesign of colorado.gov that works better for agencies and Coloradans. Watch this space!

Before joining CDS, Zach spent 8 years as a product manager at Google, primarily on user-facing features for Chromebooks. He also worked 2 years at Denver Public Library running an ideaLAB Makerspace (see minion photo, right).

Outside of work, Zach enjoys woodworking, going to the movies, cycling, silly comedy podcasts, and elaborate Halloween costumes. Most nights you’ll find him on the couch with his wife, Nora, and dog, Pal, watching Jeopardy. Pal never wins.

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Joshua Arnold (he/him)

Josh is a Digital Services Expert, primarily focused on backend development for the myColorado platform.

He works on the server-side codebase and databases that power myColorado. A great deal of focus on connections between myColorado and other state systems and identity verification systems. Before joining CDS Josh was a backend developer at BusyBusy, building tools that helped construction teams track time and manage projects.

Outside of work, Josh is a powerlifter with over a decade of training under his belt, an avid gamer that puts unhealthy hours into a variety of games, and tinkers with game development using both Unreal and Unity engines. Most evenings you’ll find him experimenting in the kitchen and hanging out with two corgis. His wife and he are expecting first kid very soon, so maximizing couch potato time while it lasts.

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