.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the guv's office announced.This consultation comes after greater than a year where the blog post was actually kept through a behaving CIO. Barreras recently acted as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the business, Barreras was involved in securing an arrangement to do a major radio body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Infotech-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' career features much more than 20 years in technological purchases, marketing monitoring and also social relations. He has an Undergraduate of Service Administration in advertising from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is actually an exceptional innovator with an effective record in driving impressive remedies and also delivering critical communication bodies for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His significant adventure and also deeper understanding of the problems dealing with state and also nearby firms make him the best person to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually confident that under his management, New Mexico will certainly continue to evolve our innovation commercial infrastructure to much better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras officially became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO part has moved palms a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal causes. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the post in an interim capacity. Sambandam went back to his CISO function in June 2022, when the state produced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand-new function in the governor's office, "managing IT-related special ventures for governor-led initiatives," every the condition. Sambandam again intervened as functioning CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, a post he carried till this newest consultation.