.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the guv's workplace announced.This appointment happens after much more than a year where the blog post was actually stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly region account supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was involved in safeguarding an agreement to perform a significant radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' career features more than two decades in technological purchases, advertising monitoring as well as public relations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Service Administration in advertising coming from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is actually an outstanding innovator along with a tested track record in driving impressive solutions and delivering vital communication units for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a statement. "His extensive knowledge and also deep understanding of the obstacles encountering condition and also regional agencies make him the best individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am actually confident that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely remain to accelerate our modern technology infrastructure to much better serve our communities." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has actually switched palms a few times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual main reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an acting capability. Sambandam came back to his CISO role in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand-new role in the governor's office, "overseeing IT-related special jobs for governor-led initiatives," per the state. Sambandam again stepped in as functioning CIO observing Mantos parting, a post he kept till this latest visit.