.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This session happens after much more than a year where the post was kept by a behaving CIO. Barreras formerly functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior region account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was actually associated with securing a contract to execute a significant broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' job includes greater than twenty years in specialized purchases, advertising and marketing control as well as social relations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in marketing from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome innovator with a tried and tested performance history in driving impressive solutions and also delivering vital interaction units for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a declaration. "His comprehensive adventure and deeper understanding of the obstacles encountering condition and local agencies make him the best person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am positive that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to accelerate our innovation framework to far better offer our areas." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has actually switched hands a couple of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private causes. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an acting capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand-new task in the guv's workplace, "overseeing IT-related special tasks for governor-led campaigns," per the state. Sambandam once more came in as functioning CIO observing Mantos retirement, a post he supported till this latest appointment.