.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This visit comes after greater than a year where the article was held by an acting CIO. Barreras recently functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior region account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was actually involved in getting a deal to conduct a major radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation consists of more than twenty years in technical purchases, advertising control and also public connections. He possesses a Bachelor of Company Management in advertising coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal innovator along with a proven performance history in driving innovative options and supplying critical communication systems for public safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His significant knowledge and also deep-seated understanding of the difficulties experiencing state and also nearby agencies make him the optimal person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am actually positive that under his leadership, New Mexico will remain to evolve our modern technology structure to much better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has actually changed palms a couple of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal reasons. A few months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an acting ability. Sambandam came back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the condition generated Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a new job in the guv's workplace, "looking after IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led efforts," every the state. Sambandam once more stepped in as acting CIO complying with Mantos retirement, an article he kept up until this recent appointment.