.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the guv's office announced.This session comes after greater than a year where the article was actually kept by an acting CIO. Barreras previously functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly region profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was involved in getting an agreement to perform a significant radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Infotech-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' occupation includes more than two decades in technological sales, advertising monitoring and also social associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Business Administration in marketing from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is an exceptional leader with a tried and tested record in steering cutting-edge options and delivering critical communication units for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "His extensive experience as well as deep understanding of the challenges facing condition and local area companies create him the suitable individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually certain that under his management, New Mexico will continue to progress our technology framework to much better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually changed hands a handful of attend latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private explanations. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an interim capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO role in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a brand new function in the guv's workplace, "supervising IT-related exclusive jobs for governor-led campaigns," per the state. Sambandam once more came in as acting CIO observing Mantos departure, an article he carried up until this recent consultation.