.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This session happens after much more than a year where the article was held through a behaving CIO. Barreras recently served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was involved in protecting a contract to carry out a primary broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation includes greater than two decades in specialized sales, advertising and marketing monitoring and public connections. He has an Undergraduate of Company Management in advertising from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually a remarkable forerunner with a tested record in driving ingenious remedies and also providing crucial interaction systems for social protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His substantial knowledge as well as deeper understanding of the obstacles dealing with condition as well as local area agencies create him the suitable individual to lead the Department of Infotech. I am confident that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely remain to accelerate our technology framework to far better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually shifted palms a couple of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal explanations. A few months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam used up the article in an acting capacity. Sambandam came back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a new part in the guv's office, "looking after IT-related unique jobs for governor-led projects," per the state. Sambandam again came in as acting CIO following Mantos separation, a post he supported till this most recent session.