.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This appointment follows much more than a year where the post was actually stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras recently acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was associated with protecting an agreement to do a primary radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' career consists of much more than twenty years in specialized sales, advertising management and public connections. He has a Bachelor of Service Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal forerunner with a proven performance history in driving ingenious options as well as delivering vital communication devices for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a declaration. "His significant adventure and deeper understanding of the obstacles facing condition and local area firms create him the optimal individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually positive that under his management, New Mexico will continue to accelerate our modern technology framework to much better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has shifted palms a few attend latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual main reasons. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the post in an interim capacity. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new duty in the guv's workplace, "overseeing IT-related unique jobs for governor-led projects," every the condition. Sambandam again intervened as functioning CIO complying with Mantos departure, a post he kept up until this newest consultation.