.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session follows greater than a year where the blog post was actually held through an acting CIO. Barreras formerly worked as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory account manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was actually associated with getting a deal to execute a primary radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the team he'll now helm.Barreras' career includes greater than two decades in technological purchases, advertising administration as well as social associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an exceptional forerunner along with an effective performance history in steering impressive options and also delivering vital communication devices for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "His considerable experience and also deep understanding of the challenges facing state and also nearby firms make him the optimal person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually positive that under his management, New Mexico will remain to progress our innovation framework to far better offer our communities." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually shifted palms a few attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private main reasons. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam used up the message in an interim capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new task in the guv's office, "supervising IT-related exclusive projects for governor-led efforts," every the state. Sambandam again intervened as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos separation, an article he kept till this most recent appointment.