.New Mexico has actually called Manny Barreras as the condition’s brand-new CIO, the guv’s workplace announced.This visit follows much more than a year where the message was held through a behaving CIO. Barreras previously acted as Motorola Solutions’ elderly region profile manager for New Mexico and also El Paso, Texas. While along with the firm, Barreras was actually involved in securing a contract to conduct a major broadcast body upgrade for the New Mexico Division of Information Technology– the team he’ll currently helm.Barreras’ career features more than twenty years in technological sales, advertising monitoring as well as public relations.
He possesses an Undergraduate of Organization Administration in advertising and marketing from New Mexico State Educational Institution.” Manny Barreras is actually an outstanding forerunner along with a proven performance history in driving innovative solutions and providing important communication devices for social protection,” New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham mentioned in a declaration. “His extensive experience as well as deep understanding of the obstacles experiencing state and also local area agencies create him the excellent individual to lead the Division of Infotech.
I am self-assured that under his management, New Mexico are going to remain to evolve our modern technology infrastructure to better serve our neighborhoods.” Barreras formally became CIO on Sept. 9, taking over from Raja Sambandam.New Mexico’s CIO job has actually changed hands a few times in latest years. In 2021, then-CIO John Salazar surrendered for personal main reasons.
A couple of months later, then-CISO Sambandam occupied the message in an acting capacity. Sambandam returned to his CISO role in June 2022, when the condition introduced Peter Mantos to work as CIO. Mantos left behind a year eventually for a brand new job in the governor’s office, “managing IT-related unique tasks for governor-led projects,” per the condition.
Sambandam again came in as acting CIO adhering to Mantos separation, a post he carried till this newest visit.