.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit follows more than a year where the article was actually kept through an acting CIO. Barreras formerly functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory account supervisor for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in getting an arrangement to perform a major broadcast system upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' occupation includes much more than 20 years in specialized purchases, advertising management as well as social relationships. He possesses a Bachelor of Company Management in marketing coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually a phenomenal leader with an established track record in steering innovative answers as well as providing essential communication bodies for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a declaration. "His significant experience and also deep understanding of the challenges experiencing condition as well as nearby agencies make him the best person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am actually self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to evolve our innovation framework to much better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has switched palms a few attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal factors. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the post in an interim capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state produced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new job in the governor's workplace, "supervising IT-related special tasks for governor-led efforts," every the condition. Sambandam again stepped in as functioning CIO following Mantos parting, an article he held up until this most recent visit.