.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This session follows much more than a year where the blog post was held through a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier worked as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was associated with getting an arrangement to conduct a significant radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll currently helm.Barreras' job includes more than 20 years in technological purchases, marketing monitoring and also social associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually a remarkable leader with a proven record in steering cutting-edge remedies as well as providing crucial interaction units for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His extensive experience as well as deep understanding of the challenges dealing with state as well as local organizations make him the suitable individual to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will remain to accelerate our innovation structure to far better serve our areas." Barreras officially came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has shifted hands a couple of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal causes. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an acting capacity. Sambandam came back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand-new task in the governor's office, "supervising IT-related unique tasks for governor-led projects," every the state. Sambandam once more actioned in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos departure, an article he kept till this latest visit.