.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This appointment follows much more than a year where the message was stored by an acting CIO. Barreras recently functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory account supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was actually associated with protecting a deal to do a primary broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' job features much more than 20 years in technological sales, advertising and marketing control as well as social relationships. He possesses a Bachelor of Service Management in advertising from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an outstanding leader with a tested performance history in steering ingenious options and also providing critical communication systems for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a declaration. "His significant knowledge and deep-seated understanding of the obstacles encountering condition and also neighborhood organizations create him the suitable individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am certain that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly continue to progress our technology framework to far better serve our areas." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has changed hands a couple of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private main reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the blog post in an acting capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new job in the governor's office, "looking after IT-related special jobs for governor-led campaigns," per the state. Sambandam once again stepped in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos parting, a post he carried until this latest consultation.