PHOENIX — Universal Technical Institute (UTI) announced that David Pinkus has joined the company as senior vice president, Information Technology.

Prior to joining UTI, Pinkus held several information technology leadership positions at Google Inc., where he was responsible for the billing and recruiting technologies. Prior to that, he served as senior director of software at Apollo Group Inc. He was also the founder and chief technology officer of Rulebase Inc. and held several sales and technology management positions at Oracle.

Pinkus holds an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix and a BS in Information and Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.