New VP/CIO at HII

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced Dec, 11 that Bharat Amin has been named executive vice president and chief information officer. In the new position, Amin will be responsible for establishing the company’s information technology (IT) and digital strategic direction with a focus on cyber security capabilities through executive and division leadership teams. Amin will lead corporate IT governance and provide functional oversight. He will assume the new post on Jan. 1 and will report directly to Mike Petters, HII’s president/CEO. Amin joins the HII exec team after serving as VP/CIO for the Newport News (Va.) Shipbuilding division since 2014. He has previously held leadership posts at BAE Systems Inc. Amin holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University in India, as well as a master’s degree in industrial engineering, and an Executive MBA in International Business and Finance from Rutgers University. HII is America's the largest shipbuilding company. (Source: HII 12/11/19) https://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-huntington-ingalls-industries-names-new-executive-vice-president-and-chief-information-officer