.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the state's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This consultation comes after more than a year where the article was stored through an acting CIO. Barreras earlier functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly area account manager for New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was involved in securing an agreement to execute a primary broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the department he'll right now helm.Barreras' occupation features much more than 20 years in technological purchases, advertising and marketing control and public connections. He possesses an Undergraduate of Organization Management in advertising coming from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an outstanding leader along with an established record in steering cutting-edge solutions and supplying crucial communication bodies for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham stated in a statement. "His comprehensive knowledge and deep understanding of the difficulties experiencing state and local companies make him the ideal individual to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am actually certain that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to evolve our modern technology structure to far better serve our communities." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO role has actually changed hands a handful of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private causes. A handful of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an interim ability. Sambandam came back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the state brought in Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a brand-new role in the governor's office, "managing IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led projects," every the state. Sambandam once more intervened as acting CIO complying with Mantos retirement, an article he kept until this recent consultation.