.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the state's new CIO, the guv's office announced.This consultation happens after more than a year where the post was actually stored by an acting CIO. Barreras previously acted as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was associated with protecting an agreement to execute a major radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the team he'll now helm.Barreras' job features much more than two decades in technological sales, advertising management as well as social associations. He possesses a Bachelor of Service Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an awesome leader along with a proven track record in steering cutting-edge solutions as well as supplying critical communication systems for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His comprehensive expertise and deep-seated understanding of the obstacles dealing with state as well as regional agencies create him the best person to lead the Department of Infotech. I am positive that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to progress our modern technology framework to much better serve our communities." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has moved hands a couple of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private reasons. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam used up the article in an interim capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand-new duty in the governor's office, "supervising IT-related unique tasks for governor-led initiatives," every the state. Sambandam once again intervened as behaving CIO complying with Mantos retirement, a post he kept until this latest appointment.