.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This visit follows greater than a year where the blog post was actually stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras previously worked as Motorola Solutions' senior area account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the company, Barreras was actually associated with getting a contract to conduct a major radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' job consists of much more than twenty years in technical purchases, marketing monitoring as well as social relationships. He has a Bachelor of Organization Administration in advertising from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually an extraordinary forerunner with an effective performance history in driving innovative solutions and also delivering essential interaction devices for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a claim. "His considerable knowledge and deep understanding of the difficulties dealing with condition and also regional firms create him the optimal individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am positive that under his management, New Mexico will definitely remain to evolve our innovation commercial infrastructure to better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has actually changed hands a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual main reasons. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the blog post in an interim capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO role in June 2022, when the state generated Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a new part in the guv's workplace, "supervising IT-related exclusive ventures for governor-led projects," per the condition. Sambandam once more stepped in as behaving CIO observing Mantos parting, an article he held till this recent consultation.