.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This session comes after more than a year where the article was actually kept by a behaving CIO. Barreras recently functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior area account manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the provider, Barreras was actually involved in securing a contract to do a major radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' career features much more than twenty years in specialized purchases, marketing monitoring as well as public connections. He has an Undergraduate of Service Administration in marketing coming from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal forerunner with an established performance history in steering impressive remedies and also delivering essential communication systems for public safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a claim. "His considerable experience as well as deeper understanding of the problems experiencing state and also nearby companies create him the suitable individual to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will continue to evolve our modern technology commercial infrastructure to much better serve our areas." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has shifted palms a handful of attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual main reasons. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the article in an interim ability. Sambandam came back to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand new job in the guv's workplace, "looking after IT-related exclusive projects for governor-led campaigns," per the condition. Sambandam once again intervened as functioning CIO adhering to Mantos separation, a post he held till this latest appointment.