Class of 2010 Yearbook: The Honorees

Employer: Texas Health Resources

LOCATION: Arlington,,Texas

First job: Janitor in an outpatient medical facility

Most valuable career advice: "Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude."

Favorite vice: "Lemonheads and RockBand."

Title you'd like to hold someday: "Best husband and father ever."

Would you advise young people to pursue an IT career? "No. Pursue your passion, and everything else will fall into place. I do not consider myself in an IT career. I am in a career to help others, and it just so happens that the best vehicle for me leverages technology."

Leadership philosophy in a nutshell: "Reward performance. Love your people. Be brutally honest. Passion, vision and excellence."

Ask me to do anything but... "skip a workout."

Passion outside of work: Argentine tango

Recreational best: "I ran a sub-six-minute mile in 2008."

Favorite sport: Ironman triathlon

2009: What's hot? What's not? Hot: Vampires, health care. Not: Plaid."

Favorite movie: The Sound of Music