Barney Gomez has been named CIO of the Department of Health Care Services after working in the position in an acting capacity the past three months.
Gomez confirmed that he is officially replacing Chris Cruz, who was named chief deputy director of operations at the Department of Technology.
Gomez was appointed chief technology officer of DHCS in April 2013. He started his career in state service in 1999 at the Legislative Data Center. Among his assignments, he served as manager of operations at the California Office of Systems Integration (OSI). More recently, Gomez worked on the CalHEERS project in his role at OSI. He has also worked in the private sector, where he was a systems engineer and network manager.
Gomez was named CIO of the FI$Cal project in fall 2011 before joining DHCS.
The Department of Health Care Services project portfolio, estimated to be $1 billion, includes the Medicaid Management Information System (CA-MMIS) service contract and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) II compliance project.
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