.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This appointment happens after more than a year where the message was actually stored through a behaving CIO. Barreras recently worked as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was involved in safeguarding an arrangement to carry out a primary broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the team he'll currently helm.Barreras' job features more than 20 years in specialized purchases, advertising and marketing management and public relationships. He possesses an Undergraduate of Service Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is a remarkable innovator with a tested track record in driving cutting-edge answers and also supplying crucial communication units for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a statement. "His substantial knowledge and deeper understanding of the difficulties encountering condition and neighborhood firms create him the perfect individual to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am positive that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to continue to accelerate our innovation framework to far better provide our areas." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually switched palms a few attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual explanations. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an interim ability. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a new part in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related exclusive jobs for governor-led initiatives," per the condition. Sambandam again stepped in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos separation, a post he held up until this most recent consultation.