Angela A. Gibson is the chief information officer at the UT Institute of Agriculture, where she provides strategic leadership, vision, and direction for IT projects throughout the Institute. Gibson joined the Institute in January of 2019, bringing over twenty years of experience in the IT industry to her current role.

Prior to joining UTIA, Gibson served as the IT team leader for the Division of Enrollment Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for fourteen years. There she managed the division’s technology team, implemented campus-wide imaging systems, served on the Banner student information system (SIS) implementation team, and was also the Division’s technical lead during the creation and opening of the One Stop Office.

Gibson began her career at UT Knoxville as a research associate for the Center for Transportation Research, working on transportation- and energy-related research projects for Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 2000, she became a systems analyst in the Bursar’s Office where she designed and created database systems.

Gibson earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She earned her project management professional (PMP) certification in 2019.