Certainly.
I was an epidemiologist, data scientist and manager of data engineering teams at the agency for years. In the context of the pandemic, I worked in the emergency operations centre, building and refining data systems used for more traditional public health data. I was aware of BlueDot and had worked with BlueDot's software in a previous role, but at that time had no interaction or involvement with BlueDot's work. I was working in a completely different part of the agency.
I will say, if the question is why I joined BlueDot, I was persuaded by the mission and excited about the technology and the possibility of really making a difference in public health. That informs my work and our interaction with the Public Health Agency of Canada, but I had no direct involvement in contracting or the agency's decision to work with BlueDot.