.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This appointment follows much more than a year where the post was kept by an acting CIO. Barreras recently served as Motorola Solutions' senior area account manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the company, Barreras was involved in securing a contract to do a significant radio device upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the division he'll right now helm.Barreras' profession features greater than twenty years in specialized sales, marketing management and also public associations. He has an Undergraduate of Company Management in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is actually an exceptional innovator along with a tested track record in steering ingenious answers and delivering important communication units for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a declaration. "His considerable experience and also deeper understanding of the problems facing condition and also neighborhood companies create him the ideal person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually certain that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely remain to evolve our technology structure to much better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has moved palms a handful of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private reasons. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an interim capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a brand new function in the governor's office, "overseeing IT-related special projects for governor-led projects," per the condition. Sambandam once more came in as functioning CIO following Mantos separation, a post he kept up until this recent visit.