Govtech

New Mexico Assigns Manny Barreras as Next CIO

.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the condition's brand-new CIO, the guv's office announced.This visit follows greater than a year where the post was held through a functioning CIO. Barreras formerly worked as Motorola Solutions' senior territory account supervisor for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in safeguarding an arrangement to perform a major broadcast unit upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Infotech-- the division he'll right now helm.Barreras' career features greater than twenty years in technological purchases, marketing monitoring as well as social connections. He possesses a Bachelor of Company Administration in advertising from New Mexico Condition College." Manny Barreras is a remarkable leader along with a proven record in driving impressive solutions and delivering essential communication bodies for social safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a claim. "His comprehensive expertise and also deeper understanding of the obstacles experiencing state as well as regional firms make him the excellent person to lead the Department of Information Technology. I am actually self-assured that under his leadership, New Mexico will definitely remain to advance our innovation facilities to far better provide our communities." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, replacing Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO duty has shifted hands a couple of times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for individual factors. A handful of months later, then-CISO Sambandam took up the message in an interim capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO job in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left a year eventually for a new part in the governor's workplace, "looking after IT-related exclusive tasks for governor-led efforts," every the condition. Sambandam once more intervened as acting CIO following Mantos departure, an article he supported till this recent visit.