.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This appointment follows much more than a year where the message was actually stored through a functioning CIO. Barreras previously worked as Motorola Solutions' elderly area account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was involved in safeguarding a deal to conduct a significant broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' career consists of much more than twenty years in technological purchases, marketing administration and also social relationships. He possesses an Undergraduate of Business Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is an outstanding innovator with a proven record in steering impressive remedies and also delivering vital communication systems for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a claim. "His significant knowledge and deep understanding of the difficulties encountering condition as well as regional companies make him the ideal individual to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am positive that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to progress our technology framework to far better serve our communities." Barreras officially came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has shifted palms a handful of attend latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal causes. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the message in an interim capacity. Sambandam went back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new task in the governor's office, "looking after IT-related special tasks for governor-led projects," every the state. Sambandam again intervened as functioning CIO following Mantos departure, an article he carried till this recent appointment.