.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit comes after greater than a year where the post was held by a functioning CIO. Barreras formerly acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was associated with getting a deal to do a major broadcast system upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Infotech-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' job features much more than twenty years in technological purchases, marketing management and also social associations. He has an Undergraduate of Service Management in marketing from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually a remarkable innovator with a tested track record in driving cutting-edge remedies and supplying crucial communication systems for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a claim. "His substantial experience and deeper understanding of the challenges dealing with state and also neighborhood organizations create him the perfect person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually certain that under his leadership, New Mexico will continue to advance our technology commercial infrastructure to far better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has shifted hands a few attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private causes. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an interim ability. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new part in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related special ventures for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam once again stepped in as acting CIO following Mantos separation, an article he supported till this latest consultation.