Duane Arruti, CIO

Duane Arruti has 25+ years of broad administrative experience at the University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico’s flagship, R1 institution, in the areas of finance, human resources, and information technology, and currently serves in the capacity of Chief Information Officer (CIO). Duane obtained his BBA from James Madison University, MBA from the University of New Mexico, and is an active licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Duane has worked at both the UNM Main Campus and the UNM Health Sciences Center, and has served as Associate Controller for Financial Services, Associate Vice President for Human Resources, and Director of UNM IT Applications. Duane assumed the role of CIO in 2016.

In his capacity as CIO, Duane provides institution-wide leadership, strategy, and direction in the management and operation of shared information and technology services to support the teaching, research and service missions of UNM, including oversight of UNM’s Albuquerque Gigapop, an aggregation point of networks providing high-bandwidth access and peering services through the Western Regional Network and Internet 2. He serves as guide and counsel to the University President's executive cabinet in the examination and definition of strategies and objectives for existing and proposed information systems and the design of improved systems and services. Additionally, Duane serves as a professional faculty member instructing undergraduate business students in information technology foundations at UNM’s Anderson School of Management. Duane has taken a leadership role in a number of cross-campus technology initiatives, to include UNM’s Banner Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) implementation and UNM’s Effectiveness and Efficiencies (E&E) effort to transform, streamline, and align IT services with the direction of the institution.

As past president and current member of New Mexico Consortium for Higher Education Computing / Communication Services (CHECS), an affinity association of New Mexico Higher-Education IT professionals, Duane has spearheaded major cross-sector collaborative initiatives in cybersecurity, networking, software licensing and implementation, and online/remote education. Duane also serves on the Microsoft Education Customer Advisory Board and the Adobe Higher Education CIO Customer Advisory Board.

Brian Pietrewicz, Deputy CIO

Brian Pietrewicz obtained his BA from Western Maryland College in 1996 and his MBA from Mount St Mary's University in 2008. He has 20 years of IT experience spanning public, private, and academic sectors. He has served in roles ranging from System Engineer of a private liberal arts college to Chief Information Officer of a state institution with a budget of over $5.5B.

Brian has served as the Director of Computing Platforms for the University of New Mexico and was named Deputy Chief Information Officer in 2016.