.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the state's new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This session follows more than a year where the message was actually stored through a behaving CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in protecting an agreement to carry out a primary radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' profession features greater than 20 years in specialized sales, marketing management and also public associations. He possesses a Bachelor of Organization Administration in advertising coming from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an awesome innovator with a tried and tested track record in driving ingenious options as well as providing essential communication bodies for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His comprehensive knowledge and deep understanding of the problems dealing with state and neighborhood firms make him the perfect individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am certain that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely continue to evolve our innovation framework to much better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has changed hands a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal causes. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an interim ability. Sambandam returned to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the condition generated Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a new role in the guv's workplace, "looking after IT-related unique tasks for governor-led initiatives," every the condition. Sambandam again stepped in as acting CIO complying with Mantos retirement, a post he carried till this newest appointment.