.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This session happens after more than a year where the blog post was held through a behaving CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' elderly area account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was actually involved in getting a deal to perform a significant broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the division he'll currently helm.Barreras' profession consists of greater than two decades in technical purchases, advertising monitoring and public associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is actually a phenomenal forerunner along with a tested track record in steering cutting-edge services and also supplying essential interaction devices for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a claim. "His extensive adventure and also deep-seated understanding of the problems experiencing state and neighborhood companies create him the excellent individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am certain that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to advance our modern technology facilities to better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually switched palms a couple of attend latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual explanations. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an acting capability. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand-new function in the guv's workplace, "supervising IT-related special tasks for governor-led efforts," every the state. Sambandam again intervened as acting CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, a post he supported until this newest session.