.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This session follows more than a year where the article was actually kept by an acting CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile supervisor for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in protecting an arrangement to perform a primary radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' job includes greater than twenty years in specialized sales, advertising monitoring and also public relations. He possesses a Bachelor of Company Management in marketing coming from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an outstanding innovator along with a proven record in driving cutting-edge services and also delivering important communication units for public safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a declaration. "His comprehensive knowledge as well as deep understanding of the problems encountering state and also neighborhood companies make him the best individual to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will remain to advance our technology framework to better provide our areas." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually moved palms a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual factors. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an interim capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO part in June 2022, when the state generated Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a new duty in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related special ventures for governor-led projects," per the state. Sambandam once again actioned in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos parting, a post he carried up until this recent session.