Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) named Michael Dean as president and CEO on a permanent basis, effective immediately. Dean has served in the role on an interim basis following the resignation of President and CEO Ron Kochman in June. Dean joined Volt’s board as chairman in May 2015. He will remain a member of the board, but current board member Dana Messina takes the chairman position.

Dean most recently was CEO and a board member of Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a global health and wellness company. Prior to that, he was CEO of Mediaur Technologies Inc., a privately held satellite technology company that provides proprietary antenna system solutions for commercial and government applications. Earlier, Dean was executive VP of ABC Cable Networks Group, a global division of The Walt Disney Company, and a strategy consultant with Bain & Company.