.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session happens after more than a year where the post was kept by a behaving CIO. Barreras earlier worked as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was actually associated with protecting an agreement to conduct a primary broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' occupation includes more than 20 years in technological sales, marketing management as well as public relations. He has an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal innovator with an established track record in driving cutting-edge remedies and delivering critical interaction systems for public safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a claim. "His significant experience and also deep understanding of the difficulties encountering state and local companies create him the optimal individual to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am positive that under his management, New Mexico will definitely remain to evolve our technology infrastructure to better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially came to be CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has changed palms a couple of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private reasons. A couple of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam used up the blog post in an interim capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new role in the guv's office, "looking after IT-related unique tasks for governor-led campaigns," per the state. Sambandam once again stepped in as acting CIO observing Mantos departure, an article he held until this most recent visit.