.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This visit follows more than a year where the article was kept by a functioning CIO. Barreras recently worked as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the provider, Barreras was actually involved in securing a contract to conduct a major broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the team he'll now helm.Barreras' job features greater than 20 years in specialized sales, advertising monitoring as well as social connections. He has a Bachelor of Company Administration in advertising from New Mexico Condition University." Manny Barreras is actually an outstanding forerunner with a proven record in driving innovative services and also delivering critical interaction devices for public security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a claim. "His considerable expertise and also deep-seated understanding of the problems experiencing condition as well as local area companies make him the excellent person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually certain that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to remain to advance our modern technology infrastructure to better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually changed hands a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private factors. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the article in an acting capability. Sambandam returned to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state produced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a new part in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related unique jobs for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam again came in as behaving CIO complying with Mantos departure, an article he kept up until this most recent visit.