Jobs Angel?

David Perez, CEO of Santa Fe-based Seamless Medical Systems, attributes the New Mexico Economic Development Department's Angel Investment Tax Credit to helping his medical-technology company raise $2 million in capital.

The company, founded here in 2011, appears to be just the type of firm that local and state political leaders say will help diversify the New Mexico's economy, which is heavily reliant on tourism revenue and government jobs.

Gov. Susana Martinez held an event at the company's Lena Street office on Tuesday to announce that the startup is creating 30 new "well-paying" jobs, with an average salary of $90,000. She says it's an example of why the state should expand use of the particular tax credit.

Meanwhile, separately, the same tax credit program is at the center of an ongoing whistleblower lawsuit in which former Economic Development Department employees allege that the agency steered tax credits to a now-closed company co-founded by the agency cabinet secretary, Jon Barela. The state denies the allegations as the case plays out in Santa Fe District Court.

Seamless Medical's products replace paper registration forms at pharmacies and medical practices with iPad registration application, allowing patients and doctors to track medical records and communicate more efficiently.

Santa Fe Reporter