.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This consultation happens after much more than a year where the post was stored through an acting CIO. Barreras recently served as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was involved in securing a deal to conduct a major broadcast system upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the team he'll now helm.Barreras' job features greater than 20 years in specialized sales, marketing control as well as public relationships. He possesses an Undergraduate of Service Management in marketing from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an exceptional leader with a tested performance history in driving ingenious services and also supplying important communication devices for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "His significant knowledge and also deeper understanding of the challenges experiencing condition and local area companies make him the ideal person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will definitely continue to evolve our modern technology structure to much better provide our areas." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually switched palms a couple of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal causes. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an interim capacity. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand-new part in the governor's workplace, "managing IT-related exclusive jobs for governor-led projects," per the state. Sambandam once again came in as behaving CIO observing Mantos separation, an article he supported till this most recent visit.