DIGI at University of Washington
The Digital Initiatives Group (DIGI) at the University of Washington serves as the steward for OpenELIS Global, providing product direction, core development, and community support.
Leadership
Jan Flowers, MS
Director & Faculty Lead
DIGI’s Director, founder of the OpenHIE LIS Community of Practice, board member for OpenMRS and OpenELIS Foundations.
Casey Iiams-Hauser, MIA
Director of Product
Product owner for OpenELIS Global, co-lead of OpenHIE LIS Community of Practice. Lead architect for national LIS deployments in Côte d’Ivoire and Mauritius.
Beth Dunbar, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director
Health tech design researcher and epidemiologist with 15+ years optimizing global health technologies across Africa and the US.
Technical Team
Ian Bacher, PhD
Engineering Lead & Technical Architect
Healthcare interoperability, OpenMRS, FHIR
Piotr Mankowski
Lead Architect & Interoperability Expert
FHIR standards, health system architecture
Moses Mutesasira
Community Development Lead
Senior Software Engineer, QA frameworks
Reagan Makoba, MB ChB
Full-stack Software Engineer
OpenCR, OpenMRS, FHIR
Herbert Yiga
Full-stack Software Engineer
HIE systems, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Côte d’Ivoire
Program & Research
Jen Antilla, MPH
Senior Informatics Instructional Designer
Training programs, capacity building
Taib Ali
Technical Writer & QA Specialist
Documentation, training content
Yao He, PhD, MPH
HIS Evaluation Specialist
Impact evaluation, M&E frameworks
Sonora Stampfly, MPH
Senior Program Manager
CDC TAP portfolio, budget management
Developer Community
OpenELIS Global thrives thanks to passionate developers from around the world. We recognize contributors through our Developer Stages program.
Advanced Contributors
— Top-tier community developers
Muhereza Herman
@mherman22
GSoC 2024 alumnus (FHIR Client Registry integration). Active reviewer and mentor.
Aditya Deshlahre
@adityadeshlahre
2x GSoC contributor (2024, 2025). JSP to React migration lead. Volunteer of the Month Oct 2024.
Established Contributors
— Active community developers
Agaba Derrick Junior
@Agaba-derrick
Isabirye Ellijah
@Isabirye1515
Segujja Joseph
@segujja_joseph
Vishal Sharma
@vsvishalsharma · GSoC 2025
Bahati Brian
@Bahati308 · GSoC 2025
Peach
@peach280
Lemeri
@Lemeri123
Huthaifa Omar
@Huthaifa_Omar
Atul Yadav
@atulyadav745
Top GitHub Contributors
— By commit count
68+ contributors have helped build OpenELIS Global. Here are some of our most active:
GSoC Alumni
OpenELIS Global has been a proud GSoC mentoring organization since 2024. Our GSoC contributors have made significant improvements to the platform.
GSoC 2025 Contributors
Aditya Deshlahre
Rewrite Test Management Pages (JSP → React)
2nd year with OpenELIS GSoC
Vishal Sharma
OCL Integration for Test Population
Vickabire
Integrate OpenELIS with Odoo (OpenERP)
Brian Patrick Bahati
Improving E2E QA Tests
GSoC 2024 Contributors
Rahul Pamnani
Enhanced Search Functionality
Muhereza Herman
FHIR-Based Open Client Registry Integration
Manish Jha
Improving E2E Test Coverage
Vivek
User UI Notifications Support
Aditya Deshlahre
Rewrite Admin Pages (JSP → React)
DIGI Alumni
We’re grateful for the contributions of former DIGI team members who helped build OpenELIS Global.
Nancy Puttkammer
Co-founder
Caleb Steele-Lane
Software Developer & Security
Cliff Gita
Software Engineer
Christina White
Digital Health Specialist
Carli Rogosin
Digital Health Specialist
Albert Namanya
Software Developer
Patric Prado
Senior Data Scientist
Anne Njoroge
Public Health Specialist
Many More Have Contributed
OpenELIS Global has been built by countless contributors over 15+ years. We’re not trying to leave anyone out! If you’ve contributed and don’t see yourself here, please let us know and we’ll add you.
Want to Join the Team?
OpenELIS Global welcomes contributors of all skill levels. Start your journey today!
OpenELIS Global is stewarded by DIGI at the University of Washington