PICS Appoints Mark DuVall as Chief Technology Officer

Irvine, CA (PRWEB) February 18, 2014

PICS Auditing, LLC, the global leader in supply chain risk management and compliance, announced today that Mark DuVall has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. Mr. DuVall will lead product development, architecture execution and technology expansion.

Mark DuVall is a 31 year industry veteran with 21 years’ experience managing software development teams. Mr. DuVall holds a B.S. in computer science and offers an extensive background in data center and cloud hosting; having started his career as a software engineer at TRW Space and Defense.

Mark is a strong proponent of Agile software development and a guest lecturer at USC, where he lectures on Agile development using Scrum. He comes to PICS with more than 18 years in SaaS and Enterprise software products and holds 3 technical patents in streaming media.

“The PICS platform helps the world’s largest companies to maintain a world-class compliance system,” said PICS Founder and CEO John Moreland. “Mark plays an instrumental role in the growth of our technology platform. He is a remarkable asset to the management team.”
PICS supports clients in 36 countries with 13 offices, worldwide. Clients like BP, BASF, and hundreds more, depend on PICS to support their sustainable business practices.

“The PICS portal tracks 300+ regulations and standards,” said Mr. DuVall. “We are responsible for providing a comprehensive platform for our clients, and I look forward to driving that application for their use and benefit. Our clients continue to be the driving force behind all technology we construct.”

PICS is a global contractor management consortium committed to improving Health, Safety and Sustainability. PICS’ prequalification and auditing services have become the standard in many industries, including: Chemical, Construction, Energy, Food & Beverage, Oil & Gas, Mining, Manufacturing, Pulp & Paper and Pharmaceutical. Access to thousands of vendors’ prequalification information is housed online at http://www.PICSauditing.com.

Founded in 2003 as an organization dedicated to safety, PICS is the fastest-growing, full-service contractor prequalification company worldwide. PICS is headquartered in Irvine, California, with offices in Houston, Texas; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Alberta, Canada; Hong Kong, China; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Maidenhead, UK; Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Perth, Australia; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan.

Catherine Gutierrez, Marketing Manager, PICS, Auditing, LLC
P: 949-936-4555; E: CGutierrez(at)PICSauditing(dot)com
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