.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit comes after much more than a year where the message was actually held by a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the company, Barreras was actually involved in securing an agreement to conduct a significant broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the division he'll right now helm.Barreras' career includes greater than twenty years in technological sales, marketing administration as well as social relationships. He has a Bachelor of Service Management in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an outstanding leader along with a tested record in steering innovative services as well as delivering critical interaction units for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a declaration. "His comprehensive knowledge as well as deep understanding of the difficulties dealing with condition and neighborhood firms create him the suitable individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico are going to continue to evolve our innovation structure to far better offer our areas." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has switched hands a few attend current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private causes. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the blog post in an acting capacity. Sambandam went back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand-new function in the governor's office, "managing IT-related unique tasks for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam once again intervened as acting CIO adhering to Mantos parting, a post he supported till this latest consultation.