.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session happens after greater than a year where the message was held by an acting CIO. Barreras formerly served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was actually associated with getting an agreement to carry out a primary broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' occupation features more than two decades in specialized purchases, marketing administration and social associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in advertising coming from New Mexico Condition University." Manny Barreras is actually an outstanding innovator with an established performance history in steering ingenious answers and delivering crucial communication systems for public safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a claim. "His substantial expertise and also deep-seated understanding of the difficulties facing state as well as local area agencies make him the ideal person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am actually certain that under his management, New Mexico will definitely remain to advance our innovation framework to much better serve our areas." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has actually shifted hands a couple of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual main reasons. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an acting ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the state generated Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a brand-new task in the governor's workplace, "supervising IT-related special tasks for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam again actioned in as acting CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, an article he carried until this most recent session.