Antonio Di Caro, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Chief technology officer
- Employer
- AXA Technology Services
- Location
- New York
- First job:
- "I delivered groceries on a bike when I was 13 years old."
- Most valuable career advice:
- "The path to the top is not straight but a zigzag."
- Favorite vice:
- "Good cognac."
- Title you'd like to hold someday:
- "I'd like to be voted father and husband of the year."
- What do you love about IT?
- "There are always new problems to solve."
- Write your own epitaph:
- "He cared about the people he worked with."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "My current boss."
- People you'd invite to your dream dinner party:
- "My father (deceased 18 years), DaVinci, Michelangelo and Napoleon."
- Favorite sport:
- Soccer
- What's in your MP3 player?
- Eros Ramazzotti, Rod Stewart, Elton John and Andrea Bocelli
- In high school, I should have been voted "Most Likely to..."
- "Own a deli."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "A leader must surround himself/herself with a strong team who complement his/her strengths by filling the gap of his/her weaknesses."