Ric Villarreal
President
Oakwood Temporary Housing
Ric Villarreal was named Oakwood’s President in September 2009. In this role, he directs Oakwood's day-to-day operations and helps execute and implement the vision and strategic direction of Founder, Chairman and CEO Howard Ruby. As President, Villarreal leads Oakwood's Executive Committee.
Villarreal joined Oakwood in 1997 as the Director of Process Engineering, championing a new direction of business processes for Oakwood Corporate Housing, Oakwood's third party corporate housing division. From 2003 until his promotion to President, Ric served as Oakwood's Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Most recently, he was also responsible for directing Oakwood's Worldwide Sales and Service Center.
During his tenure as CIO, Ric led the successful execution of many technology initiatives, including the recent implementation of ServiceTracksm which enables Oakwood to centralize all service requests and deliver more effective customer care.
Prior to joining Oakwood, Villarreal had a successful 16-year career at Xerox Corporation, where he worked in various capacities within the Printing & Copier Divisions during their heyday. Villarreal was a Call Center Manager, an Account Executive, and a Director of Training and Video Productions. He oversaw one of the first Total Quality Management (TQM) design teams that earned Xerox the Malcom Baldrige award.
Villarreal is a Certified Process Engineer (CPE) and is certified in Total Quality Management (TQM). He participates on the advisory board of several Fortune 100 companies, and is an active member of the National Management Association.
He currently resides in Los Feliz, California with his wife, and is the proud father of two sons and a grandfather to Aidan, Camden, Riley and Ian. |
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