Walter Cove-Houghton

General

• Was chosen to be the CEO of PCBC, by Jonathan Smart.
  • Beat out Senior Managing Director Giordana Moore of the PCX, and PCBC COO Trip Scott

• Served as CTO of PCBC for the last four years
• Before joining the PCBC, was president of his own security firm, Cove-Houghton Consulting, founded in 248.
• He sold the consulting firm to his sister, Rose Cove-Houghton, upon leaving
• Is known to have a great understanding of tech, especially the security needs of key and encryption tech
• However, does not possess great finesse in the subtleties of business.

"I've known Walter for many years now, and I know that the brain in his head understands the way our society is moving and adapting to technology like nobody's business. We've got some challenges ahead of us." --Jonathan Smart, former CEO, PCBC.

References

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 09-JUN-05 "PCBC Heir-Apparent for CEO Post Chosen" (link)
  • article, 06-OCT-05 "Iona Interviews... Jonathan Smart" (link)
  • letters, 19-JAN-06 "Sexual Politics" (link)