.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session happens after greater than a year where the message was actually stored by a behaving CIO. Barreras formerly served as Motorola Solutions' elderly region account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in protecting an arrangement to execute a primary broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' career includes much more than 20 years in technical purchases, advertising and marketing monitoring as well as public relations. He possesses a Bachelor of Business Management in advertising from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is actually an extraordinary innovator with an established track record in steering impressive options and providing essential communication units for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a declaration. "His substantial experience and also deeper understanding of the challenges experiencing state and also regional companies make him the ideal person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am actually confident that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to accelerate our innovation infrastructure to much better provide our communities." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has actually switched palms a handful of attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal causes. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the article in an interim capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO task in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a new part in the guv's workplace, "managing IT-related exclusive jobs for governor-led projects," per the state. Sambandam once more stepped in as acting CIO following Mantos departure, a post he held up until this newest session.