Govtech

New Mexico Designates Manny Barreras as Following CIO

.New Mexico has actually named Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the governor's workplace announced.This appointment comes after more than a year where the article was kept by an acting CIO. Barreras earlier worked as Motorola Solutions' senior area account supervisor for New Mexico as well as El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was involved in securing a contract to conduct a major radio unit upgrade for the New Mexico Department of Information Technology-- the department he'll now helm.Barreras' profession consists of more than twenty years in specialized sales, advertising control and public relations. He possesses an Undergraduate of Company Management in advertising from New Mexico State University." Manny Barreras is actually an extraordinary forerunner with a proven record in driving innovative remedies and also supplying important communication units for social security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a statement. "His significant experience and deep-seated understanding of the challenges encountering condition as well as local area companies make him the best individual to lead the Team of Infotech. I am actually positive that under his leadership, New Mexico will certainly remain to accelerate our technology facilities to better offer our areas." Barreras formally ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO task has switched palms a few times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for private reasons. A few months later on, then-CISO Sambandam took up the article in an acting ability. Sambandam went back to his CISO task in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to serve as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new part in the governor's office, "managing IT-related exclusive projects for governor-led projects," per the condition. Sambandam once again intervened as behaving CIO following Mantos parting, a post he held up until this newest visit.