.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This session happens after more than a year where the message was actually stored by an acting CIO. Barreras recently worked as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory profile manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was actually associated with securing an arrangement to execute a major radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the division he'll currently helm.Barreras' profession includes much more than twenty years in specialized sales, marketing management and public connections. He has a Bachelor of Business Management in advertising coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an outstanding innovator along with a tried and tested record in steering impressive services and also supplying critical communication units for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "His comprehensive knowledge and deep understanding of the difficulties encountering state and nearby agencies make him the perfect person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will definitely continue to evolve our innovation commercial infrastructure to better offer our communities." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has actually switched hands a few times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private causes. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the post in an interim capacity. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a brand new task in the guv's workplace, "managing IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led initiatives," per the state. Sambandam again came in as acting CIO following Mantos retirement, an article he carried until this most recent consultation.