.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This appointment happens after greater than a year where the message was kept by a behaving CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory profile supervisor for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was actually involved in safeguarding a deal to perform a significant broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' profession features more than twenty years in specialized sales, advertising and marketing administration and also social connections. He has an Undergraduate of Organization Management in advertising from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an extraordinary forerunner along with an established track record in driving cutting-edge answers and supplying crucial communication systems for public security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His comprehensive knowledge as well as deep understanding of the obstacles facing condition as well as local area companies create him the excellent individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually certain that under his leadership, New Mexico will remain to evolve our technology framework to better offer our areas." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually moved palms a few attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual factors. A couple of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the blog post in an acting capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO role in June 2022, when the condition generated Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new job in the guv's workplace, "looking after IT-related special jobs for governor-led campaigns," every the state. Sambandam again intervened as behaving CIO complying with Mantos parting, an article he carried till this latest session.