Brian Cobb, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Senior vice president, technology infrastructure and operations
- Employer
- Fannie Mae
- Location
- Washington
- First job:
- "I was a corn de-tassler in the cornfields of Indiana at age 13."
- Write your own epitaph:
- "No one gets out alive."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "I used to teach Junior Achievement at a local school. For each course, I taught a different set of students and saw a different side of the educational process. I really enjoyed my interaction with the kids and my ability to teach them about business."
- In whom do you confide when weighing professional decisions?
- "My father, my brother and my admin assistant."
- Twenty years ago, I was ...
- "Installing computer systems in Melbourne, Australia."
- Favorite book:
- Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond
- Energy-smart initiative:
- "Led a multimillion-dollar project for the construction, commissioning and implementation of a new world-class production data center on time, on budget and to industrywide acclaim (as the first ?green' production data center in North America, with more