Class of 2009 Yearbook: The Honorees

Employer: Denver Health & Hospital Authority

LOCATION: Denver

First job: Busboy

Most valuable career advice: "Make a decision. You know more than you think you do."

Favorite ice cream flavor: Orange sherbet

What do you love about IT? "I love making a difference every time I walk in the door. I love the ever-changing technology and the ability to deliver increasingly enhanced tools to my customers."

Write your own epitaph: "Here lies Gregory Veltri. He made a difference in the lives of so many."

Leadership philosophy in a nutshell: "Build effective teams with people who are trustworthy and smarter than I am. Staffers need a leader who can communicate a clear vision and their role in that future. Staffers will live up to your expectations; expect little, and that's what you will get

Energy-smart initiative: "We have a program for teleworkers in areas such as coding where the need to be on-site is limited. Using a secure thin-client desktop, we can control all aspects of application security and network connections while limiting the support necessary for ho