The secretary of technology is a former member of the

Virginia Governor's Cabinet The Virginia Governor's Cabinet is a body of the most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the government of Virginia. The Cabinet is responsible for advising the Governor of Virginia. Cabinet officers are nominated by the Governor ...

. The office was last held by Karen Jackson. The secretary oversees the

Virginia Information Technologies Agency The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) is an executive department that provides information technology services to other Virginia state agencies. It is headed by Virginia's Chief Information Officer (CIO) who currently is Robert 'Bob' ...

and

Virginia Center for Innovative Technology Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

. It was absorbed into the Secretariat of Commerce and Trade in 2018 under Governor Ralph Northam.

List of secretaries of technology

* Donald Upson (1998–2002) * George Newstrom (2002–2004) * Eugene Huang (2004–2006) * Aneesh Chopra (2006–2009) * Leonard Pomata (2009–2010) * Jim Duffey (2010–2014) * Karen Jackson (2014–2018)

References

Government agencies established in 1998 1998 establishments in Virginia

Technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

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