.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session comes after greater than a year where the message was stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier acted as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was actually associated with securing an agreement to perform a significant broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' career includes much more than two decades in technological purchases, advertising control and public relationships. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually a phenomenal innovator with a proven performance history in steering ingenious options as well as supplying crucial interaction units for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a statement. "His considerable knowledge as well as deep understanding of the obstacles facing state and also nearby agencies create him the best person to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am actually positive that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to progress our innovation facilities to better offer our communities." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually moved palms a couple of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private main reasons. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an interim capability. Sambandam returned to his CISO role in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new part in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related special jobs for governor-led efforts," every the state. Sambandam again intervened as acting CIO observing Mantos departure, a post he supported until this most recent appointment.