Class of 2009 Yearbook: The Honorees
Employer: Raytheon Co.
LOCATION: El Segundo, ,Calif.
First job: "Courtesy clerk in a supermarket. There, I learned the basics of customer service. Those lessons have been reflected in every job that I have had since then."
Most valuable career advice: "Having a good idea is not enough. You have to be able to sell it and be prepared to make it happen if it is accepted."
What do you love about IT? "I love positively impacting the way business gets done, knowing the work we do is reflected in the quality of worklife, the end product and, increasingly, enabling work/life balance."
Passion outside of work: "Spending quality time with my family."
Twenty years ago, I was ... "A systems programmer supporting large mainframe data centers for a large aerospace company."
Leadership philosophy in a nutshell: "Genius exists in everyone and can be tapped given capable, inspired leadership, resources and opportunity. Courage, hard work and discipline trumps everything else!"
Best new project: "The Raytheon Podcast Network team developed an automated, Web-based system that allows employees to create and distribute original audio content. The tool facilitates nationwide communication of Raytheon's technologies, diversity topics, leadership mess
"Aha" leadership moment: "The careful use of ?as-is' information can be used to drive the right behavior when done properly. The old adage that the data must be clean before you use it is not always true."
More on the 2011 Premier 100
- IT's A-listers: Recharged and ready for business growth.
- Class of 2011 Yearbook: A photo gallery, along with honorees' predictions, projects and more.
- Editorial: Facing down economic adversity.
- Honor Roll: View Premier 100 IT Leader alumni from 2000 to 2011.
- Learn from the Elite: Join honorees at the Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference March 6-8, 2011.
- Know an IT Leader? Nominate that person for next year's list.
- Editor's Picks: Read Computerworld's best stories on leadership.
- How we chose the honorees.
