.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This appointment happens after much more than a year where the post was actually stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras recently worked as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was actually associated with getting a contract to conduct a significant broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation features more than two decades in technical sales, advertising control and social relations. He has an Undergraduate of Service Management in advertising and marketing from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually an extraordinary leader along with a tested track record in steering innovative answers and also providing essential communication systems for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a statement. "His comprehensive expertise as well as deeper understanding of the problems experiencing state and local agencies create him the perfect person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am confident that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to accelerate our modern technology facilities to far better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras officially came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has switched palms a couple of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private reasons. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the article in an interim ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new task in the governor's office, "looking after IT-related unique ventures for governor-led initiatives," per the state. Sambandam again came in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos departure, a post he carried until this newest appointment.