.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the state's brand new CIO, the governor's office announced.This appointment happens after much more than a year where the message was stored by a behaving CIO. Barreras recently served as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account manager for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the business, Barreras was involved in safeguarding a contract to conduct a primary broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the division he'll now helm.Barreras' job features much more than two decades in specialized sales, advertising and marketing monitoring and social relations. He has an Undergraduate of Business Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is an outstanding leader along with a proven track record in steering innovative answers and also providing essential communication units for social safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a statement. "His significant adventure and also deeper understanding of the obstacles experiencing state and local organizations make him the ideal individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to progress our modern technology commercial infrastructure to better offer our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has actually moved hands a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual causes. A handful of months eventually, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the article in an interim capability. Sambandam went back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the state generated Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later on for a brand new job in the guv's workplace, "managing IT-related unique tasks for governor-led campaigns," per the condition. Sambandam again intervened as acting CIO observing Mantos retirement, an article he carried till this newest appointment.