Govtech

New Mexico Designates Manny Barreras as Next CIO

.New Mexico has named Manny Barreras as the state's new CIO, the governor's office announced.This visit follows greater than a year where the article was actually stored by a functioning CIO. Barreras formerly functioned as Motorola Solutions' senior region profile supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the firm, Barreras was associated with protecting an agreement to do a significant broadcast device upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the team he'll now helm.Barreras' occupation features much more than two decades in technological purchases, marketing monitoring and also public connections. He possesses a Bachelor of Organization Management in advertising and marketing coming from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is actually an extraordinary innovator along with a proven record in steering impressive remedies as well as providing essential interaction bodies for public safety and security," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham said in a claim. "His comprehensive experience and also deeper understanding of the obstacles encountering condition and local agencies make him the suitable individual to lead the Division of Infotech. I am certain that under his management, New Mexico are going to continue to accelerate our technology structure to far better serve our areas." Barreras formally came to be CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO function has actually shifted hands a handful of times in current years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar resigned for individual main reasons. A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam used up the message in an interim capacity. Sambandam came back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition produced Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left behind a year later on for a brand-new job in the governor's office, "overseeing IT-related unique ventures for governor-led efforts," per the condition. Sambandam once more intervened as acting CIO observing Mantos parting, an article he held till this newest session.