Nicola Gabancho
Rsrch Application & Sys Lead
Info Tech Services
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Nicola Gabancho is the Lead for the Biospecimen Informatics Program, and Product Owner of the MBioLIMS and BioCatalyst products. She has a focus on product management, operational team process maturity and project management as needed. She has been at UCSF for 9 years, previously working across software, nonprofit and legal industries, focusing on enterprise software implementation. Outside of work, Nicola is an avid fiber artist, and enjoys dance, reading, tabletop games and cooking.

Education & Training

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  • UC Systemwide People Management Series Certificate University of California 04/2026
  • Tech Leadership Development Program University of California 10/2025
  • MBA Business Administration San Francisco State University 05/2010
  • Certificates in C++, VB and SQL Database Programming City College of San Francisco 05/2004
  • BS Industrial/Organizational Psychology St. Mary's College of CA 05/1997

Interests

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  • functional design
  • textile design
  • fiber arts
  • Enterprise Resource Programs
  • UX
  • Laboratory Information Systems
  • usability
  • requirements analysis
  • product design