Office of Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Health Information, Georgia Department of Community Health
Health Information Systems Section
2 Peachtree St., Suite 12-207
Atlanta,
GA
USA
30303
Biographical Sketch:
2002-present – SendSS Technical Lead- Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Public Health, Atlanta, GA Karl Soetebier is the Technical Lead for the Georgia Division of Public Health's electronic disease surveillance system (SENDSS). In this capacity, since 2002, he has been responsible for all technical aspects of the development, implementation, and operation of the system
including the development of the Perinatal Hepatitis B Surveillance Module's technical infrastructure. Additionally, in support of Georgia's public health preparedness activities, Karl has overseen the development and implementation of several other modules of the SENDSS system including Syndromic Surveillance, Outbreak Management, Electronic Laboratory Reporting, Tuberculosis Patient Management, Emergency Medical Services, and General Notifiable Disease Reporting. Karl is an active member of the International Society of Disease Surveillance where he served as the conference's technical track chair for the 2007 and 2010 conferences and is co-chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the 2011 conference. Karl has 7 years of experience in developing disease surveillance systems and brings nearly 13 years of professional software, web and database development expertise to the effort. Karl holds a Master's degree in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State University.