Volt Information Sciences Names Bob Houghton as Chief Information Officer
August 20 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. (“Volt” or the
“Company”) (NYSE-AMERICAN: VISI), an international provider
of staffing services and managed service programs, today announced
Bob Houghton will serve as Chief Information Officer, based out of
the Company’s headquarters in Orange, California.
Mr. Houghton joins Volt with over 25 years of experience in
information technology, spending the past eight years at NetApp,
Inc., a Fortune 500 hybrid cloud data services and data management
company, where he most recently served as Chief Information Officer
- West. Over his career, Mr. Houghton has successfully designed,
implementated and operationalized mission-critical strategies and
IT systems for global enterprises.
Mr. Houghton is a hands-on executive with a deep foundation in
technology and software development, as well as infrastructure
redesign & optimization. Having effectively implemented ERP
projects for other companies, he has pertinent experience to
maximize the efficiencies and functionality of Volt’s recently
upgraded enterprise technology systems.
Linda Perneau, Volt’s President and CEO, said, “As we move
forward with our growth and profitability strategies, few decisions
are as pivotal as the senior executives we appoint. I am confident
Bob will bring strong leadership to our IT department and align
business objectives and IT strategies in a manner to enhance the
value of our technology investments.”
Previously, Mr. Houghton served as Chief Information Officer
& VP of Information Technology at Smith Micro, where he led a
team of technology professionals and managed all aspects of the
company’s IT infrastructure and operations. His prior experience
also includes the roles of CIO and CTO at RealtyTrac, Inc. and DDi
Global, Inc., as well as being promoted to CIO and Vice President
during his eight year tenure at Western Digital Corporation.
Mr. Houghton holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Criminal
Science from the University of Maryland. Since 2004, he has been a
member of University of California, Irvine’s Center for Digital
Transformation and its CIO roundtable.
About Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
Volt Information Sciences, Inc. is a global provider of staffing
services (traditional time and materials-based as well as
project-based). Our staffing services consist of workforce
solutions that include providing contingent workers, personnel
recruitment services, and managed staffing services programs
supporting primarily administrative, technical, information
technology, light-industrial and engineering positions. Our managed
staffing programs involve managing the procurement and on-boarding
of contingent workers from multiple providers. Volt services global
industries including aerospace, automotive, banking and finance,
consumer electronics, information technology, insurance, life
sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, pharmaceutical,
software, telecommunications, transportation, and utilities. For
more information, visit www.volt.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are
subject to a number of known and unknown risks, including, among
others, general economic, competitive and other business
conditions, the degree and timing of customer utilization and rate
of renewals of contracts with the Company, and the degree of
success of business improvement initiatives that could cause actual
results, performance and achievements to differ materially from
those described or implied in the forward-looking statements.
Information concerning these and other factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements are contained in company reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Copies of the
Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the SEC, are
available without charge upon request to Volt Information Sciences,
Inc., 50 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Suite 206, Uniondale NY 11553,
Attention: Shareholder Relations. These and other SEC filings by
the Company are also available to the public over the Internet at
the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and at the Company’s
website at http://www.volt.com in the Investor & Governance
section.
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