Senior Administrator Search Information
Information on current searches, candidates, and campus and community participation in the search process for searches for senior level academic leaders.
Virginia Tech has named the committee tasked with overseeing a national search for the inaugural executive director of the Institute for Advanced Computing.
Located in Alexandria, the institute unites top innovators in computing technologies to integrate faculty and students into the technology ecosystem of the nation’s capital and beyond.
The executive director will serve as the visionary and strategic leader responsible for launching, shaping, and growing the institute. Working collaboratively with senior university leadership and reporting to the vice president of the greater Washington, D.C., area, the executive director will lead the institute in becoming a national leader in advanced computing research and education.
The search committee membership was announced through VT News; the committee will be chaired by Mike Friedlander, vice president for health sciences and technology and executive director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC. Virginia Tech has engaged Isaacson, Miller to assist with this search and welcomes nominations for the position. To view the position profile, and for confidential inquiries or to nominate an individual for this position, visit the Isaacson, Miller search webpage
Search Timeline
Note: these dates are subject to change based on weather and candidate availability
September 2025: Search Launch
Late October: Position Closes
November: Semi-Finalist Interviews with Search Committee
Early December: Finalists interviews (at Innovation Campus)
Early 2026: Announcement of inaugural IAC Executive Director