.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This session comes after greater than a year where the blog post was held through a functioning CIO. Barreras previously acted as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account supervisor for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was actually associated with protecting an arrangement to do a primary broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' profession consists of greater than two decades in specialized purchases, marketing management as well as public relationships. He possesses an Undergraduate of Organization Management in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an exceptional leader along with a tested record in steering ingenious services as well as delivering crucial interaction units for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a declaration. "His considerable experience and also deeper understanding of the problems experiencing state as well as regional organizations make him the optimal individual to lead the Department of Infotech. I am actually positive that under his management, New Mexico will continue to evolve our technology framework to much better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has actually moved palms a handful of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal causes. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the post in an acting ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a new function in the guv's office, "overseeing IT-related special tasks for governor-led efforts," every the state. Sambandam once more stepped in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, an article he supported up until this most recent session.