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New Mexico Designates Manny Barreras as Upcoming CIO

.New Mexico has called Manny Barreras as the state's new CIO, the guv's office announced.This session happens after much more than a year where the article was held by a behaving CIO. Barreras previously functioned as Motorola Solutions' elderly area profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While with the provider, Barreras was involved in safeguarding a deal to do a major broadcast system upgrade for the New Mexico Team of Information Technology-- the team he'll right now helm.Barreras' job includes much more than 20 years in technical sales, advertising control and also social relations. He has a Bachelor of Organization Administration in marketing from New Mexico State Educational Institution." Manny Barreras is actually an awesome innovator along with an effective record in driving impressive services and delivering essential interaction systems for public safety," New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham pointed out in a claim. "His substantial knowledge and also deep understanding of the challenges experiencing state and also local agencies make him the excellent person to lead the Division of Information Technology. I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico are going to remain to evolve our innovation framework to far better provide our neighborhoods." Barreras officially ended up being CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico's CIO job has actually changed palms a few times in recent years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal main reasons. A couple of months later on, then-CISO Sambandam used up the message in an acting capacity. Sambandam went back to his CISO part in June 2022, when the condition brought in Peter Mantos to function as CIO. Mantos left a year later for a brand new job in the guv's workplace, "looking after IT-related unique ventures for governor-led initiatives," per the state. Sambandam once again stepped in as acting CIO adhering to Mantos retirement, an article he kept till this newest visit.