[1] Prior to his position, he served as the commander of the Air Force Education, Training and Doctrine Command, the Chief of Academy Staff, Philippine Military Academy, the 505th Search and Rescue Group, and the 5051st Search and Rescue Squadron.

[4] Cartujano was born at San Miguel, Bulacan on 26 June 1966, and grew up at Roxas City in Capiz.

[4] On 16 November 2020, he took command as the 82nd Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy, replacing Vice Admiral Allan Ferdinand V. Cusi, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 56.

As PMA Superintendent, he vowed to continue creating reforms from his predecessor to completely remove hazing and maltreatment within the academy.

[8][9][10] During his term as Superintendent of the PMA, Cartujano also oversaw a total of 1,270 cadets for school year 2021- 2022 and regularized all contractual employees.

During his assumption speech, Cartujano noted his three thrusts in his term: institutionalization, expansion, and self-development, which is aimed in enhancing the NDCP's goals.