.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This appointment happens after much more than a year where the post was held through a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' elderly region account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the provider, Barreras was actually associated with protecting a contract to conduct a primary radio device upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' profession features more than 20 years in technological purchases, advertising and marketing administration and also public associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Management in marketing coming from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome forerunner along with a tried and tested track record in driving innovative answers and supplying crucial interaction devices for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a declaration. "His significant knowledge as well as deeper understanding of the problems encountering state as well as neighborhood agencies make him the excellent individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually confident that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to progress our technology commercial infrastructure to better provide our areas." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has actually switched hands a couple of attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private main reasons. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the article in an interim ability. Sambandam came back to his CISO role in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand-new role in the guv's office, "managing IT-related special tasks for governor-led projects," every the state. Sambandam once again intervened as acting CIO observing Mantos departure, a post he kept until this latest session.