.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the state's new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This visit follows much more than a year where the blog post was held by a functioning CIO. Barreras previously acted as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was involved in protecting an arrangement to do a significant broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the team he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation consists of more than two decades in specialized purchases, marketing management and also public connections. He has a Bachelor of Service Administration in advertising from New Mexico State College." Manny Barreras is an awesome forerunner along with a tried and tested record in steering cutting-edge answers and also delivering crucial communication devices for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a claim. "His substantial expertise and also deep understanding of the obstacles encountering state as well as neighborhood firms create him the best person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually confident that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly continue to advance our modern technology commercial infrastructure to better serve our areas." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has actually switched palms a couple of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the post in an acting capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand new part in the governor's office, "overseeing IT-related unique ventures for governor-led efforts," every the state. Sambandam once more stepped in as behaving CIO adhering to Mantos departure, a post he held till this recent session.