The National Science Foundation has appointed Clyde Richards, a U.S. Army veteran, as chief information officer.
Richards announced his new position at NSF in a LinkedIn post.
Before this position, Richards was NSF’s acting CIO, a position he took on in March following Terry Carpenter’s retirement.
Who Is Clyde Richards?
Richards joined NSF in March 2024 as deputy CIO.
He has over three decades of experience in programs and operations management, business leadership, defense acquisitions, technology, logistics and contract management.
Prior to NSF, he spent more than three years at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, where he served as deputy program executive officer responsible for the development, implementation and sustainment of the IT systems portfolio.
He held various leadership roles within the Department of Defense, including director of the Army Mission Command portfolio within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army; director of the Army and Marine Corps portfolio at the Defense Contract Management Agency; and senior program manager at the Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, now known as PEO Enterprise.
The Rutgers University mathematics and computer science graduate has a master’s degree in information technology management from the Naval Postgraduate School.
