Davood Ghods has been named vice president of government practice for Direct Technology, a software and IT consulting firm in Roseville, Calif., the company announced this week.
Direct Technology, a veteran-owned business, develops software solutions for 911 emergency response, energy efficiency and other verticals. The firm has clients in state and local government and the commercial sector.
Ghods retired as chief of California’s Office of Technology Services (OTech) in August.
Prior to joining OTech last year, Ghods was deputy director of enterprise information services at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 2012. He also has served as agency information officer at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, CIO of the Department of Consumer Affairs, assistant director within the Network Systems Division and chief of the Project Management Office at Teale Data Center, and deputy director of technology and infrastructure at the Department of Information Technology — now known as the Department of Technology.
Over the years, Ghods also has spent time in the private sector, working at Ernst & Young and Auriga Corp.
Ghods is an alumnus of California State University, Sacramento, and has a bachelor’s degree in computer science with a master's certificate in IT service management. Ghods lives with his family in Folsom, Calif.
