.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This session happens after greater than a year where the article was kept through an acting CIO. Barreras formerly acted as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile supervisor for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in safeguarding an agreement to perform a significant radio device upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' career includes more than twenty years in technical sales, advertising and marketing management as well as social relations. He has a Bachelor of Service Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an extraordinary forerunner along with a tried and tested performance history in steering cutting-edge answers and also providing crucial communication bodies for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a claim. "His extensive experience and also deep-seated understanding of the problems experiencing condition and also local area organizations make him the perfect person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am actually self-assured that under his management, New Mexico are going to continue to progress our modern technology infrastructure to much better provide our communities." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has actually moved hands a handful of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual factors. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam used up the post in an interim capacity. Sambandam went back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a brand new function in the guv's workplace, "managing IT-related special ventures for governor-led campaigns," every the state. Sambandam again stepped in as functioning CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, a post he kept till this recent appointment.