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January 11, 2007

Associate Vice President for Human Resources Named at UNM

Duane Arruti has been named as associate vice president for Human Resources at the University of New Mexico. He will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, integration and coordination of the Human Resources information technology and finance functions.

He will also provide oversight of the HR/Payroll Banner module integration into the University's operations and will lead the planning for future optimization of processes and technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of human resources administration services across campus.

Arruti, who will begin his new duties Feb. 1, has been at UNM since 1995. He has served in a variety of roles across campus including the School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center Financial Services and Main Campus Financial Services. Most recently, he served as associate controller and finance project director where he was actively involved in critical business analysis efforts to improve business and technical processes in the areas of Finance, Payroll, Budget and Human Resources.

He has been actively involved in both department specific and institution wide reporting initiatives. During the Banner implementation, he served in various capacities on the Finance, Budget and HR/Payroll implementations. Additionally, he serves on the Banner Leadership Team and is co-chair of the Report Steering Committee.

A licensed certified public accountant, Arruti has a BBA in accounting from James Madison University. He is currently completing work on his MBA at UNM.

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