.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This consultation follows greater than a year where the blog post was actually stored by an acting CIO. Barreras previously acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was associated with securing a deal to perform a significant radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' profession features more than 20 years in technical purchases, advertising monitoring and also public associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Administration in advertising coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is a phenomenal innovator with a tested track record in steering ingenious remedies and providing critical communication units for public safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His substantial knowledge and deep understanding of the obstacles dealing with condition and also local organizations make him the ideal person to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am actually self-assured that under his management, New Mexico will certainly continue to accelerate our technology facilities to far better offer our communities." Barreras officially came to be CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has changed hands a few attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual causes. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the blog post in an interim capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new duty in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led initiatives," per the condition. Sambandam again came in as acting CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, an article he carried till this most recent appointment.