.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This visit comes after greater than a year where the blog post was actually stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' senior area profile manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was actually associated with securing a deal to carry out a primary broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the division he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation consists of greater than twenty years in technological sales, advertising and marketing control as well as social relations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in advertising from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is actually an exceptional innovator with an effective performance history in driving cutting-edge answers as well as delivering crucial interaction units for public safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a declaration. "His considerable experience and deep understanding of the difficulties encountering state as well as local area firms make him the optimal individual to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am positive that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to remain to progress our innovation commercial infrastructure to better provide our communities." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has moved palms a handful of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual explanations. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an interim capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new duty in the guv's workplace, "looking after IT-related exclusive ventures for governor-led initiatives," per the condition. Sambandam again intervened as functioning CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, an article he supported till this most recent visit.