.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session follows greater than a year where the post was stored through a behaving CIO. Barreras previously served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While along with the provider, Barreras was actually associated with securing a deal to perform a significant radio device upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the division he'll right now helm.Barreras' job features greater than 20 years in technical sales, advertising and marketing administration and also public associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in marketing from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is an extraordinary forerunner along with an effective track record in steering cutting-edge options and supplying important communication devices for public safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His extensive adventure and also deep understanding of the challenges encountering state and also local organizations create him the perfect individual to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am actually confident that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to remain to accelerate our innovation commercial infrastructure to much better provide our areas." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has changed palms a handful of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private causes. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam used up the blog post in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state produced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new job in the governor's office, "looking after IT-related special ventures for governor-led projects," every the condition. Sambandam again stepped in as behaving CIO following Mantos departure, an article he carried till this recent session.