.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit happens after greater than a year where the blog post was actually stored through an acting CIO. Barreras formerly functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was involved in getting a deal to execute a primary radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the team he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation consists of much more than twenty years in technical purchases, advertising and marketing management and social associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Business Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an extraordinary forerunner with a tried and tested track record in steering ingenious remedies as well as providing crucial interaction units for public security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His substantial experience and also deep understanding of the problems facing condition and nearby organizations make him the ideal person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am confident that under his management, New Mexico will definitely remain to evolve our technology framework to far better provide our communities." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually moved palms a handful of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private explanations. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an interim ability. Sambandam returned to his CISO task in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand-new duty in the guv's office, "supervising IT-related exclusive projects for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam again actioned in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos separation, a post he carried up until this most recent session.