.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This consultation happens after greater than a year where the blog post was held by a behaving CIO. Barreras formerly functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was actually involved in getting an arrangement to execute a major radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Infotech-- the division he'll now helm.Barreras' career consists of greater than two decades in technological sales, advertising and marketing management as well as public relationships. He has a Bachelor of Company Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal leader along with a proven performance history in steering cutting-edge services and delivering essential communication units for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a declaration. "His comprehensive adventure and also deep-seated understanding of the obstacles facing state and neighborhood companies make him the best person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually certain that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to remain to progress our technology facilities to much better serve our areas." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has actually shifted hands a handful of attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal main reasons. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam used up the blog post in an interim capability. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new task in the guv's workplace, "supervising IT-related special jobs for governor-led projects," per the condition. Sambandam once again came in as acting CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, an article he carried till this newest visit.