.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This visit follows more than a year where the message was actually stored through a functioning CIO. Barreras recently functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory profile manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was involved in securing a deal to conduct a major radio device upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Infotech-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' profession consists of more than twenty years in specialized purchases, advertising and marketing monitoring as well as public connections. He possesses a Bachelor of Business Management in advertising and marketing from New Mexico Condition Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an outstanding forerunner along with an established performance history in driving innovative services and also delivering vital interaction units for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a statement. "His extensive knowledge as well as deep-seated understanding of the obstacles dealing with state as well as local area agencies make him the best person to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am positive that under his leadership, New Mexico will continue to evolve our modern technology facilities to better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has switched palms a few times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal main reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO function in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later for a brand new task in the governor's workplace, "overseeing IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led campaigns," every the state. Sambandam once more actioned in as behaving CIO complying with Mantos retirement, an article he kept up until this recent consultation.