Eberhard Haag, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Senior vice president, general manager, Amadeus Data Processing Centre
- Employer
- Amadeus IT Group SA
- Location
- Erding, , Germany
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Focus on global responsibility and be international in my view."
- What do you love about IT?
- "It is dynamic. It is an innovative driver for growth. And it can power profitability."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "To provide my motivation and advice to my employees to help them in their future career steps."
- Favorite gadget:
- "My convertible Porsche."
- People you'd invite to your dream dinner party:
- Cassius Clay, Sammy Davis Jr., Albert Einstein and NASA rocket scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun
- In whom do you confide when weighing professional decisions?
- "My employees."
- Passion outside of work:
- "Any outdoor activity -- mountain biking, hiking, extreme skiing, windsurfing."
- Your recreational best:
- "It has to be last year when I crossed the Alps on my mountain bike. No roads, no real trails and a journey of almost 300 miles at 18,000-foot altitude."
- Favorite sport:
- "I love extreme or helicopter skiing on powder snow."
- What about you would surprise the people you work with?
- "When I was 19 years old, I was the German national swimming champion in 100- and 200-meter breast stroke. I was swimming so much then that now I stay away from the water!"
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Select the right people. Give them the right directions. And let them go. Trust them. Give them responsibility. Provide them feedback. Reward them and let them feel secure and confident."