.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the guv's office announced.This consultation happens after greater than a year where the article was actually kept by a behaving CIO. Barreras previously acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was involved in getting a deal to do a major broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the division he'll currently helm.Barreras' career features much more than two decades in technological purchases, advertising monitoring and also social associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in marketing coming from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome leader with a tried and tested performance history in driving cutting-edge services and also supplying important interaction systems for social protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His significant experience and also deep understanding of the obstacles dealing with condition and also local firms create him the optimal person to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am actually positive that under his management, New Mexico are going to remain to advance our innovation facilities to far better provide our areas." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually moved hands a few attend latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual reasons. A few months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an interim ability. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state generated Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new task in the governor's office, "managing IT-related unique ventures for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam once more came in as behaving CIO following Mantos retirement, an article he carried until this recent visit.