.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This session comes after more than a year where the article was kept by an acting CIO. Barreras formerly worked as Motorola Solutions' senior region account supervisor for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was actually involved in securing an agreement to perform a major radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the division he'll now helm.Barreras' job consists of greater than two decades in technical purchases, advertising administration and public relations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Business Management in marketing from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is an outstanding forerunner along with a tested track record in driving cutting-edge remedies and also delivering crucial interaction bodies for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a declaration. "His substantial experience and deeper understanding of the difficulties experiencing condition and also local agencies create him the excellent individual to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am actually self-assured that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely continue to evolve our modern technology facilities to much better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually changed palms a couple of attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private causes. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an interim capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a new function in the governor's workplace, "supervising IT-related special jobs for governor-led projects," every the condition. Sambandam once again came in as acting CIO adhering to Mantos parting, an article he kept up until this latest consultation.