Office of the CIO

Carlos Lobato

Carlos Lobato . 
Interim Chief Information Officer 

Carlos attended NMSU and received a Bachelors in accounting, a Bachelors Business Computer Systems, and a Masters in Business Administration. Carlos has been working for NMSU since January 2012.

Trust, but verify.
--- Ronald Reagan

In 2012, Lobato became NMSU’s first IT compliance officer for the NMSU system to ensure information technology compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. In 2017, he was appointed by Chancellor Dan Arvizu to the position of chief privacy officer for the NMSU system, where he implemented a privacy program, conducting IT risk assessments, promoting IT and data security-related training and awareness programs and monitoring NMSU systems via auditing and compliance activities in support of the university’s mission and goals.

With more than 20 years of professional experience in the corporate and banking industry, higher education and local government entities, Lobato is among participants in the NACUBO Emerging Leaders Program representing 58 institutions in 27 states, ranging from roles in academic or auxiliary business units to officers in central administrative roles.

Lobato was raised in Mexico with Spanish as his first language. He emigrated to New Mexico as a teenager and graduated from Deming High School, going on earn two bachelor’s degrees from NMSU in 2000 in business computer systems and accounting. He also earned his master’s degree in business administration at NMSU. He is a current licensed certified public accountant (CPA) in New Mexico and holds various professional auditing and information security certifications.