.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit follows greater than a year where the message was kept by an acting CIO. Barreras formerly worked as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in getting a contract to conduct a significant radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' occupation features much more than twenty years in technological sales, advertising monitoring as well as social relationships. He possesses a Bachelor of Business Management in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is a remarkable innovator along with an established record in steering innovative remedies and also providing important interaction devices for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a declaration. "His comprehensive adventure and also deep-seated understanding of the difficulties experiencing condition as well as neighborhood companies create him the perfect person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am positive that under his management, New Mexico are going to remain to accelerate our technology framework to better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has moved hands a handful of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual main reasons. A couple of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a new duty in the guv's workplace, "overseeing IT-related unique projects for governor-led efforts," every the condition. Sambandam once more actioned in as functioning CIO observing Mantos parting, a post he carried until this recent consultation.