Gavin Lujan

Executive technology leadership for water administration, water rights, engineering, hydrology, GIS, field operations and critical public services.

• Direct enterprise IT governance, cybersecurity, applications, infrastructure, architecture, budgeting, procurement, vendors and modernization strategy.
• Executive sponsor for WATERS modernization, establishing governance, stakeholder alignment, acquisition strategy, architecture direction and decision structures.
• Lead modernization and funding initiatives spanning document intelligence, records digitization, workflow transformation, cloud integration, APIs, identity, mobility and disaster recovery.
• Align security and technology risk management with NIST CSF, RMF, Zero Trust, continuity planning and continuous monitoring.
• Advance responsible AI adoption through human accountability, secure data practices, auditability, transparency and bounded authorization.

Led Applications, Operations and Security supporting statewide conservation, licensing, enforcement, grants, field operations and public digital services.

• Directed mission-critical online and vendor sales platforms processing 600,000+ annual transactions and supporting $115M+ in annual revenue.
• Led modernization discovery, funding strategy, procurement, Agile delivery, cloud architecture evaluation, resilience planning and executive technology governance.
• Strengthened PCI compliance, vulnerability management, penetration testing, continuity and risk-based decision making across high-availability public services.
• Integrated Applications, Operations and Security into a coordinated portfolio with clear accountability for service, risk, delivery and staff development.

• Directed statewide networking, systems, security, telecommunications, enterprise infrastructure, vendors and operational services for a distributed transportation mission.
• Led the NMDOT broadband initiative, promoted Dig Once policy, and advanced fiber infrastructure and Smart Highway strategy through interagency and industry partnerships.

• Implemented and administered VMware Horizon VDI, vSphere, ESXi, vCenter and enterprise systems supporting secure statewide human-services operations.

• Delivered global support for mission-critical Linux computing clusters and high-speed network interconnects, applying ITIL practices to complex incident and service coordination.