.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit follows greater than a year where the post was held by a functioning CIO. Barreras formerly acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly area account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was actually associated with getting a contract to execute a significant radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' career consists of much more than twenty years in specialized sales, marketing control and also public connections. He has a Bachelor of Business Management in advertising from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an outstanding forerunner along with an effective record in steering ingenious options and also providing essential interaction systems for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a claim. "His considerable adventure and deep understanding of the challenges dealing with condition and neighborhood organizations make him the excellent individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am positive that under his management, New Mexico will remain to evolve our innovation commercial infrastructure to much better serve our areas." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually switched hands a few times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an acting ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO role in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand-new task in the guv's office, "managing IT-related unique tasks for governor-led initiatives," per the state. Sambandam again actioned in as functioning CIO following Mantos separation, an article he carried until this latest appointment.