.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This session comes after greater than a year where the article was stored through an acting CIO. Barreras recently served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was actually associated with getting a deal to conduct a significant radio device upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the division he'll right now helm.Barreras' career features much more than 20 years in specialized purchases, advertising and marketing control and also public connections. He has an Undergraduate of Business Management in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is an extraordinary innovator along with an established track record in steering cutting-edge services and providing important communication systems for public safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His extensive adventure and deep understanding of the challenges dealing with condition as well as neighborhood firms make him the suitable individual to lead the Department of Infotech. I am actually confident that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly continue to accelerate our innovation commercial infrastructure to better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually switched hands a couple of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual reasons. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an acting ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand-new part in the governor's office, "managing IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led efforts," per the state. Sambandam once again actioned in as functioning CIO complying with Mantos parting, a post he supported up until this latest visit.