.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This appointment comes after more than a year where the message was actually held through an acting CIO. Barreras recently acted as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was actually involved in securing an arrangement to conduct a major broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the division he'll currently helm.Barreras' profession includes more than twenty years in technical sales, advertising and marketing monitoring and public associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Service Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico Condition University." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome leader along with an established track record in steering impressive answers as well as supplying crucial interaction devices for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham claimed in a statement. "His substantial adventure as well as deeper understanding of the difficulties encountering state and also local firms make him the excellent person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am certain that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to continue to evolve our technology infrastructure to better offer our areas." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has moved hands a couple of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for private factors. A few months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the article in an acting capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new role in the guv's office, "supervising IT-related special tasks for governor-led initiatives," per the condition. Sambandam once again intervened as acting CIO adhering to Mantos departure, a post he held up until this latest consultation.