.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session follows much more than a year where the blog post was kept by a functioning CIO. Barreras previously served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was actually associated with securing an arrangement to carry out a significant radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' occupation includes more than twenty years in technical sales, marketing control and social associations. He has a Bachelor of Organization Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico Condition University." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal innovator with an established track record in steering ingenious remedies and supplying crucial communication devices for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a declaration. "His considerable expertise and also deep-seated understanding of the obstacles facing condition and nearby companies make him the best person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually certain that under his management, New Mexico are going to remain to advance our modern technology commercial infrastructure to much better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has moved hands a few attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal causes. A few months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an interim ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a new duty in the governor's office, "overseeing IT-related special tasks for governor-led campaigns," every the condition. Sambandam once again intervened as functioning CIO adhering to Mantos separation, an article he held till this latest visit.