.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the guv's office announced.This session happens after more than a year where the message was actually stored through a behaving CIO. Barreras earlier acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly region account manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was associated with securing an agreement to conduct a primary radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the team he'll currently helm.Barreras' career consists of much more than two decades in technical purchases, advertising and marketing management and public associations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Management in advertising from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually a phenomenal leader with an effective performance history in driving cutting-edge options as well as supplying crucial communication bodies for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a declaration. "His substantial knowledge and deeper understanding of the obstacles facing state as well as local companies make him the best person to lead the Division of Infotech. I am self-assured that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely continue to accelerate our technology framework to better serve our communities." Barreras officially came to be CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has moved hands a couple of attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal causes. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the post in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new part in the guv's workplace, "managing IT-related exclusive projects for governor-led initiatives," every the state. Sambandam again intervened as functioning CIO complying with Mantos departure, an article he carried until this recent visit.