Chris Hughes serves as the Vice President of Information Technology at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, where he oversees the IT needs of VEDP, including strategic planning and long-term direction of technology capabilities and improvements and compliance with cybersecurity standards and policies.
Experience
Prior to this role in 2022, Hughes served as Network Manager at VEDP. Hughes started his career with VEDP in April 2013 as a Senior Support Technician and was later promoted to Associate Network Manager. Prior to VEDP, Hughes started his IT career at just 16, providing IT administration for a family-owned business and seeing them through significant growth and increasingly complex technology requirements.
Education
B.S., Business Information Systems — Virginia Commonwealth University