.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's office announced.This visit comes after greater than a year where the article was kept through an acting CIO. Barreras formerly served as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was associated with getting a deal to do a primary radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' profession features more than two decades in technical sales, marketing administration and social connections. He has a Bachelor of Service Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually a remarkable forerunner with a tried and tested performance history in steering cutting-edge solutions and supplying crucial communication bodies for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a declaration. "His comprehensive experience as well as deep-seated understanding of the obstacles experiencing state and neighborhood agencies create him the perfect person to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am confident that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to progress our innovation framework to better provide our areas." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has changed hands a handful of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual explanations. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an interim capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state produced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a new role in the governor's workplace, "supervising IT-related exclusive ventures for governor-led efforts," per the state. Sambandam again came in as behaving CIO observing Mantos departure, a post he kept up until this recent appointment.