Brandon Gatke is the Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Security Officer for Portland Community College. He previously served as Chief Information Officer and CISO at Pacific University (2019-2024). Prior to joining higher education Brandon led Information Technology teams for both large scale and small operations, with industry experience in Healthcare, Financial Services, Real Estate, and Ecommerce Software. Brandon is passionate about delivering value by developing people and leveraging technology in innovative and sustainable ways.
Brandon has an Executive MBA from Pepperdine University, an MS in Applied Information Management from the University of Oregon, and BS in Speech Communications from Portland State University. He has served on the NWACC Board of Directors 2023-24.