The Office of Research Security (ORS) was established in 2024 as a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research. The ORS is in the process of staffing up. Currently, USC’s Chief Research Security Officer (CRSO), Steve Schrimpf, oversees the ORS and works closely with colleagues and functional partners across the university.

 

Steve Schrimpf, USC Chief Research Security Officer

Email Address: steveashley@sc.edu
Phone Number: 803-544-1208
Steve Schrimpf joined the university as CRSO in fall 2024, coming to us from Lockheed Martin, where he served as the Senior Industrial Security Manager and Facility Security Officer for five years, managing classified security operations and programs. His extensive background as a security professional stretches back 38 years, beginning with 25 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired honorably as a decorated Security Forces Manager. Since leaving the Air Force, Mr. Schrimpf has held multiple executive-level security positions in both the public and private sectors and earned a master’s degree in business from Colorado State University. Schrimpf also serves as the university's Insider Threat Program Senior Official (ITPSO).