Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday appointed Jon Eichten, the state’s deputy IT commissioner, as the new statewide chief information officer and commissioner of Minnesota IT Services, the state’s technology agency.
Eichten succeeds Tarek Tomes, who served as commissioner and state CIO for more than seven years and oversaw a range of statewide technology initiatives, including cybersecurity improvements and enterprise IT modernization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tomes’ last day was Sunday.
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