Anne S. Agee, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Vice provost for IT and CIO
- Employer
- University of Massachusetts
- Location
- Boston
- First job:
- "Weighing trucks at my father's asphalt company."
- What do you love about IT?
- "There's a new challenge every day."
- Passion outside of work:
- Genealogy research
- What's in your MP3 player?
- Paul Simon, The Beach Boys and Yo-Yo Ma
- Twenty years ago, I was ...
- "Teaching American literature."
- Favorite movie:
- The Lord of the Rings -- all three parts
- What about you would surprise the people who you work with?
- "I am a poet."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Put people first. Create a compelling vision of where you want the organization to go. Build a collaborative environment. Celebrate what is working well, and you'll get more of it."
- "Aha" leadership moment:
- "You need technical skills to play in the IT arena, but you need the soft skills to win. Technical skills grow old, and there's a new technology every day that you'll probably never master. But the ability to communicate and build relationships is really