Former VA adviser Levin joins Poliwogg

Poliwogg Holdings, which facilitates accredited investor crowdfunding for the healthcare industry through social media and online tools, has named Peter Levin vice chairman of its board and managing director of the New York-based company.

Levin, 51, brings leadership experience from government, technology and venture capital roles. He is founder and CEO of Amida Technology Solutions, a Washington, D.C.-based technology consulting firm, as well as a consulting professor in the department of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University.

Between May 2009 and March 2013, Levin served the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as its senior adviser to the secretary and chief technology officer, overseeing health record modernization, the Blue Button Personal Health Record project, and the open-source software custodian project.

“Peter has set a new standard of achievement with his work at the Veterans Administration to make button-simple access to personal health data a reality,” Poliwogg CEO Greg Simon said in a news release (PDF). “He is a true innovator and brings technological expertise to our objective at Poliwogg to connect investors with private companies in healthcare, the life sciences and community-based commerce.”

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