Anthony L. Abbattista, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president, technology solutions
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Co.
- Location
- Northbrook, , Ill.
- First job:
- Helper to a small general contractor
- Your recreational best:
- "Learning how to water ski after turning 40."
- Favorite sport:
- Biking for exercise
- What's in your MP3 player?
- "Eclectic -- classic rock, classical and a fair amount of country."
- Twenty years ago, I was ...
- "A bit more impetuous."
- Favorite ice cream flavor:
- Cookie dough
- In high school, I should have been voted "Most Likely to ..."
- "Be a computer geek."
- Favorite book:
- Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Life is a constant repair job."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Stewardship is the cornerstone of everything I do. I will be remembered as a leader who always left things better than I found them -- not just a person who got the job done."