.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's office announced.This consultation follows much more than a year where the blog post was stored by a behaving CIO. Barreras recently acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly region profile manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was associated with safeguarding an arrangement to perform a major radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' career consists of greater than two decades in technological sales, advertising monitoring as well as public associations. He possesses a Bachelor of Company Administration in advertising from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an awesome leader with an established record in driving ingenious solutions as well as providing crucial communication units for public security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a claim. "His comprehensive experience and also deep understanding of the problems facing condition as well as neighborhood companies make him the excellent person to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will definitely remain to progress our modern technology commercial infrastructure to far better provide our communities." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually switched palms a few attend latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private causes. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an acting ability. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand-new function in the governor's office, "looking after IT-related exclusive ventures for governor-led campaigns," per the condition. Sambandam once again actioned in as acting CIO following Mantos retirement, an article he carried up until this recent session.