.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This appointment comes after much more than a year where the message was stored through a functioning CIO. Barreras earlier served as Motorola Solutions' elderly territory profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was actually associated with safeguarding an agreement to execute a major broadcast system upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology-- the department he'll currently helm.Barreras' occupation features greater than two decades in specialized sales, advertising control and public relationships. He has an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome innovator along with a proven performance history in steering innovative answers and also supplying vital communication bodies for public protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His substantial knowledge and also deep understanding of the problems encountering state and also local area companies create him the optimal individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am confident that under his leadership, New Mexico are going to remain to evolve our innovation infrastructure to far better serve our neighborhoods." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has changed hands a few times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual causes. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO task in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to act as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a brand new task in the guv's workplace, "overseeing IT-related exclusive jobs for governor-led projects," per the condition. Sambandam once again came in as functioning CIO adhering to Mantos departure, a post he carried until this newest visit.