Full Name
Gabriel Youtsey
Job Title
Chief Innovation Officer
Company
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Company Website
Speaker Bio
Gabriel (Gabe) Youtsey serves as the Chief Information Officer for UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. He provides leadership to UC ANR’s information technology unit to support programmatic, educational, administrative and marketing-oriented projects. Collaborating with colleagues across disciplines and UC locations he implements technology to provide innovative enhancements to support UC ANR’s mission and administration. Prior to joining UC ANR, he served as the Assistant CIO at UC Davis, where he gained extensive experience working with UC Davis faculty, students and staff. He was instrumental in assessing and introducing new technologies, including cloud-based, mobile-friendly and modern tools and services.

As a member of the UC Information Technology Leadership Council, consisting of the Chief Information Officers of all 10 campuses and UCOP, Mr. Youtsey led UC-wide initiatives and partnered with other campuses to introduce new service offerings. He has been active for many years in EDUCAUSE and Internet2, and speaks regularly on cloud computing, big data, collaboration technologies, the role of technology in academia and cyber-security. Before coming to the University of California, he was an information technology advisor at KPMG, where he led regional and national information technology and security advisory projects in food, agriculture, retail, banking, software and other sectors.
Gabriel Youtsey