.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This appointment comes after much more than a year where the message was actually held by a functioning CIO. Barreras previously served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was actually involved in securing a contract to carry out a significant radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation includes more than two decades in technological sales, marketing administration and social relationships. He has an Undergraduate of Organization Management in advertising from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually a phenomenal leader along with a tried and tested performance history in steering cutting-edge options as well as supplying critical interaction units for public security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a claim. "His considerable experience and also deep understanding of the difficulties encountering condition and neighborhood agencies make him the excellent person to lead the Team of Infotech. I am positive that under his management, New Mexico will remain to progress our innovation framework to much better offer our areas." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has shifted hands a couple of times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal reasons. A couple of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an interim capacity. Sambandam went back to his CISO job in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a new job in the governor's office, "overseeing IT-related special jobs for governor-led efforts," per the state. Sambandam once again intervened as acting CIO adhering to Mantos departure, an article he carried till this recent session.