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New Mexico Appoints Manny Barreras as Next CIO

.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the state's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This appointment happens after more than a year where the article was actually stored through an acting CIO. Barreras recently acted as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While along with the company, Barreras was involved in safeguarding a contract to perform a primary radio system upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Infotech-- the division he'll right now helm.Barreras' occupation features more than two decades in specialized sales, advertising and marketing management and social relationships. He has a Bachelor of Company Administration in marketing from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is an awesome forerunner along with a proven performance history in driving cutting-edge answers as well as providing crucial interaction devices for social protection," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a declaration. "His significant adventure as well as deeper understanding of the difficulties encountering state and local area organizations create him the best individual to lead the Team of Information Technology. I am actually confident that under his management, New Mexico will certainly remain to accelerate our technology commercial infrastructure to better offer our communities." Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has actually shifted hands a couple of attend recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for personal factors. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the message in an interim ability. Sambandam came back to his CISO duty in June 2022, when the state introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a new job in the guv's office, "looking after IT-related special ventures for governor-led projects," every the condition. Sambandam again stepped in as behaving CIO following Mantos departure, a post he kept until this most recent session.