Events Calendar

The annual PMIRGC Career Night event provides an evening of opportunities networking with organizations and professionals in the Albuquerque Metro area, including: 

Sandia National Labs

Presbyterian Health Services

Sabio Systems

RESPEC

Albuquerque Business First

UNM Information Technology

SAIC

The event features a panel presentation looking at the 2020 marketplace, IT projects at UNM and the demand of skill sets and a special look at the dynamic field of Aerospace Engineering.  The event serves all levels of project management from student to established professionals.

Duane Arruti serves as the Chief Information Officer for the University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico’s flagship higher education institution. He obtained his BBA from James Madison University in 1995 and his MBA from UNM in 2008. He joined the University of New Mexico as a staff member in 1996 where he has worked both on the Main Campus and at the Health Sciences Center. Duane has taken a leadership role in a number of cross-campus technology and business initiatives, not the least of which was UNM’s Banner enterprise resource planning system implementation from 2002 to 2008. In his broad 20+ years at the University, Duane has also served as Associate Controller for Financial Services, Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Director of Enterprise Applications for Information Technologies.  Duane is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and serves as a professional faculty member at the UNM Anderson School of Management, teaching information systems foundations to upper-level, undergraduate business students. Duane currently serves as a board member on both the New Mexico Technology in Education (NMTIE) board and the New Mexico Technology Council (NMTC), and is also a board member and past president of the New Mexico Council for Higher Education Computing/Communication Services (CHECS). Duane's presentation will explore how we are breaking down silos and leveraging people, process and technology at an organization founded in 1889. Through reinventing and recreating our IT business model, we will forge a new position for UNM, both in our delivery of service to the UNM campus and surrounding community, and in preparing our students with the new, high-demand digital skills they need to be successful.  We will focus on several project-oriented initiatives and strategies that are reinventing and reenergizing our community through the power of collaboration.  http://cio.unm.edu/; https://www.linkedin.com/in/duane-arruti-ba6b5230/ 

Karla Mondragon, Applications and Healthcare IT Recruiter from TEKSystems.  Provider of IT staffing, talent management and services across North America, Europe and Asia.

Pilot and Aerospace Engineer Jill Meyers takes the audience on a ride through history, celebrating trailblazing women in the fields of aviation and aerospace around the world, sharing their stories, challenges and triumphs.  She also includes a snapshot of the field today and touches on the many dynamic career paths that are possible through a solid STEM education, from flying airplanes to designing spacecraft, to building and fixing fighter jets, to managing a commercial aviation company. The presentation is designed more broadly to inspire the audience to connect with their dreams, to believe what’s possible, and to light the path forward, on any career path.Jill Meyers has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of aviation and aerospace, including serving eight years in the United States Air Force.  She is a licensed private pilot, Aerospace Engineer, Program Manager and Business Owner.  During her career, Jill worked for companies ranging from big defense contractors like Boeing to aviation startups like Eclipse Aviation.  She supported platforms including the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft, the Eclipse 500 very light jet, the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter jet. In 2017, Jill managed the ground support team for Shaesta Waiz, who flew solo around the world in a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft, inspiring over 3,000 young girls and boys to follow their dreams through 32 Outreach events in 14 countries.  Jill handled logistics for the Global Flight and also led the planning of the Outreach events around the globe. In 2018, Jill started a consulting business to provide her expertise to aviation organizations and companies around the world.  She is also a professional public speaker with an inspirational presentation called "Shifting the Balance: Women in Aviation". Jill holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.  In 2019, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.  Jill is on the Advisory Board of the International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, OH, and is also a member of the Board of Directors for The Betty Flies Foundation in Aspen, CO. https://www.meyersaero.biz/