Ron L. Kifer, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Group vice president, CIO
- Employer
- Applied Materials Inc.
- Location
- Santa Clara, , Calif.
- First job:
- "Maintenance worker at the Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Ore."
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!"
- Title you'd like to hold someday:
- "Captain Ron (ret.)"
- Passion outside of work:
- Motorcycles, cars and boats
- What's in your MP3 player?
- Derek and the Dominos' "Bell Bottom Blues"
- What about you would surprise the people you work with?
- "I once lost to Bjorn Borg in the finals of a Pro-Am doubles tennis tournament."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Great leadership begins with the vision to see what could be and the skill to communicate this in a way that creates and sustains the momentum necessary to achieve the desired outcome. Great leaders have the wisdom to surround themselves with the very b