.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit happens after greater than a year where the blog post was actually kept through a behaving CIO. Barreras recently worked as Motorola Solutions' senior area account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the provider, Barreras was actually associated with safeguarding a contract to perform a significant broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll now helm.Barreras' occupation includes more than two decades in technological purchases, advertising management and also public relationships. He has an Undergraduate of Business Administration in advertising coming from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome innovator with an established performance history in steering innovative solutions as well as delivering important interaction units for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a declaration. "His comprehensive knowledge and deep-seated understanding of the challenges experiencing state and also regional agencies create him the excellent person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually self-assured that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to continue to advance our technology facilities to much better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has actually shifted palms a couple of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual explanations. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam used up the post in an interim capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO role in June 2022, when the state generated Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand-new part in the governor's workplace, "overseeing IT-related unique jobs for governor-led efforts," per the state. Sambandam once again intervened as acting CIO following Mantos retirement, a post he supported up until this most recent appointment.