.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This consultation happens after much more than a year where the article was stored through a functioning CIO. Barreras formerly served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was actually associated with getting an arrangement to perform a major broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Infotech-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' profession includes more than twenty years in technical sales, marketing administration and public connections. He has an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in marketing from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is an outstanding leader with an effective performance history in steering ingenious services and also supplying crucial communication systems for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a declaration. "His substantial expertise as well as deeper understanding of the obstacles encountering state and neighborhood organizations create him the excellent person to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am actually self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will remain to progress our modern technology facilities to much better offer our communities." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually switched hands a couple of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual main reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a new job in the guv's office, "looking after IT-related exclusive jobs for governor-led initiatives," per the condition. Sambandam once more actioned in as acting CIO observing Mantos departure, a post he supported till this latest appointment.