Adam Preston

Adam Preston is an Informatics Application Advisor within the Global Health Division at RTI International. He has more than 20 years of experience in information and communication technologies (ICT) consulting, software engineering, and international development work on projects in the Philippines, Ethiopia, Guinea, Tanzania, Jordan, and the West Bank. Mr. Preston is a listed member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Digital Health Technical Advisory Group Roster of Experts and actively participates in other workgroups, such as OpenHIE, Digital Solutions for Malaria Elimination, and the Community Health Toolkit User Group. His career focus has been on leading software development projects in disease surveillance through the software development life cycle to completion using agile methodologies. He holds an Master’s in Business Administration from University of Saint Thomas.

Tech-savvy innovator with hands-on experience in emerging technologies and passion for continuous improvement. Skilled in identifying opportunities for technological enhancements and implementing effective solutions. Adept at leveraging new tools and methods to solve problems and enhance productivity. Excels in adapting to fast-paced environments and driving technological advancements.

• WHO Digital Health Technical Advisory Group and Roster of Experts on Digital Health
• Fellow, International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011
• Fellow, Kiva, Cabanatuan City, Republic of the Philippines, 2010

• The digital transformation of the HIV care and treatment program at Juba Military Hospital in South Sudan, Minallah B., Changjowk A., Lasu A., Grimes, K., Preston, A., 2021, DHIS2 Annual Conference, Virtual
• Operationalizing routine HMIS data for a disease bulletin in Guinea, Mamadou B., Thierno D., Kaman K., Camara A., Diakite N., Bisanzio D., Fitch E., Preston A., 2019, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD
• The effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the operational programming context of Guinea, Bisanzio, D., Fofana, A., Guilavogui, T., Lama, E., Fitch, E., Preston, A., 2019, ASTMH Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD
• Advancing global health security: Lessons learned in health information systems and disease surveillance strengthening internationally, Cressman, G., Nelson, A., Darcy, N., Sembajwe, R., Reynolds, E., Chidawanyika, H., Kelley, C., McKay, M., Preston, A., MacDonald, P., 2017, CDC Division of Global Health Protection annual meeting, Atlanta, GA
• Advancing GHSA: Lessons learned about strengthening HIS and disease surveillance, MacDonald, P., Darcy, N., Sembajwe, R., Chidawanyika, H., Kelley, C., McKay, M., Preston, A., Cressman, G., 2016, 10th annual conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, Atlanta, GA
• Reporting crime and violence in Central America through the use of smartphones, Thissen, M. R., Cressman, G. M., Preston, A. M., 2014, International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC), Anaheim, CA
• Overcoming offline data synchronization challenges with open source software, Preston, A. M., 2014, IFD&TC, Anaheim, CA
• Deploying to the Cloud: Infrastructure automation with Chef and Vagrant, Preston, A. M., 2014, IFD&TC, Anaheim, CA