Joseph L. DeVenuto, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president, CIO
- Employer
- Norton Healthcare
- Location
- Louisville, , Ky.
- First job:
- "I was a bagger/stock boy at a small local grocery."
- What do you love about IT?
- "IT is constantly changing and evolving in methodology, but it remains constant in its purpose: Improve the current conditions, add efficiency and repeatability, and enable people to do more."
- Write your own epitaph:
- "He had faith, he had love, he kept learning."
- Your recreational best:
- "In the mid-1990s, I played on a men's volleyball team that went to the national tournament. At the tournament, we were relegated to the bronze division, but we were able jell as a team and sweep the division for a gold medal."
- Twenty years ago, I was...
- "Not as smart as I thought I was. I didn't know how much I didn't know and had no idea of how many blessings would be bestowed on me. I never dreamed I would even be considered for something like this award."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "It is not about me. Leadership is an incredible responsibility to serve the team, the organization and our customers. I must invest in those around me, both emotionally and intellectually, to ensure the organization and, more importantly, the people the