.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This consultation happens after more than a year where the post was actually held through a functioning CIO. Barreras previously functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior area account supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was involved in protecting a contract to execute a major broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' job features much more than 20 years in technological purchases, advertising and marketing monitoring as well as public relationships. He has an Undergraduate of Company Management in marketing from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is an exceptional innovator with a tried and tested performance history in driving impressive services and also supplying critical interaction bodies for social protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "His comprehensive expertise as well as deep-seated understanding of the difficulties facing condition as well as nearby companies make him the optimal person to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his leadership, New Mexico will continue to evolve our technology infrastructure to far better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually shifted hands a handful of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal explanations. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an acting capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a brand new duty in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related special projects for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam once again came in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos parting, a post he held up until this recent appointment.