The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) is a non-profit headquartered in Northern Virginia with a mission is to accelerate technology development in the Commonwealth of Virginia. CIT reports to the Secretary of Technology and the Governor of Virginia via the Virginia Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority (IEIA).
Since 1985 CIT has been creating technology-based companies and strategies for innovation. From its original mission to enhance the research and technology transfer activities of Virginia universities, CIT has moved its focus toward the new technologies, entrepreneurs, and technology companies that make innovation happen.
Today, CIT’s operating structure consists of service lines that enable it to respond quickly and efficiently to new opportunities with government and private sector clients. The service lines – CIT Entrepreneur, CIT R&D, CIT Broadband, and CIT Connect –allow CIT to meet its goals and close innovation gaps.
As an independent non-profit corporation, CIT can serve as an impartial third party with no conflict of interest with respect to any technologies that may be brought to customers for consideration. The organization maintains excellent, established relationships with companies, universities, federal laboratories, technology incubators, and other sources of innovative intellectual property.
On September 1, 2011, inQbation LLC moved its headquarters into the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) building. inQbation’s neighbors at the CIT include:
- Analytic Strategies, LLC
- Axios Systems Inc
- Better Engineering Services
- Center for Innovative Technology
- George Mason University
- iNEMI
- inQbation
- Northern Virginia Technology Council
- Equal Footing Foundation
- State of Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade
- State of Virginia Secretary of Technology
- Secure Strategy Group
- NSM Surveillance
- Edge 360
- WebMD
- Xceedium Inc
The CIT building is located at 2214 Rock Hill Road, Herndon, VA on the corner of Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport and Route 28.





