David Raymond

Virginia Tech named David Raymond associate vice president and chief information security officer in July 2026. Per the university's announcement, the appointment aligns with an administrative policy update establishing a clear point of coordination for security-related compliance work.

Higher-education CISO seats are being redefined by exactly this pressure: research universities now carry CMMC, export-control, and federal research-security obligations that demand a single accountable executive.

According to the Virginia Tech announcement, David Raymond (Ph.D. '08) was named associate vice president and chief information security officer effective July 1. The announcement says he follows Randy Marchany, who retired and had served as the university IT security officer since 2010. Sharon P. Pitt, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, said the title change "formalizes David's current responsibilities."

The announcement says Raymond has served Virginia Tech for more than a decade. He joined the IT Security Office in 2015 as deputy director of the IT Security Lab. He then served as founding director of the Virginia Cyber Range and later the U.S. Cyber Range, as interim vice president for information technology and CIO, and as interim associate vice president for research computing. Before joining the university, he was a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

The announcement says the appointment aligns with an administrative policy update. That update will designate the role as the university's contact point for organizing institutional reporting related to Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act compliance. Raymond holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the United States Military Academy, a master's degree in computer science from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a retired Army officer with 26 years of active duty service.