Ron J. McKerlie, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Corporate CIO and IT officer; chief strategist, service delivery
- Employer
- Government of Ontario
- Location
- Toronto
- First job:
- "Shoveling sawdust. I was 8 years old and working for my father."
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Do everything to the best of your ability."
- Favorite vice:
- Chocolate
- Life's ambition or title you'd like to hold someday:
- "CEO of a Fortune 500 company."
- What do you love about IT?
- "It has the ability to change lives."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "My father."
- Passion outside of work:
- "Golf, travel and my cottage."
- Your recreational best:
- "50 countries visited before I turned 50 years old."
- Twenty years ago, I was...
- "20 years younger, 20 pounds lighter and had 20 fewer good friends. And, I didn't have the 20-year-old son I do now."
- What about you would surprise the people you work with?
- "I used to hire Santa Clauses for malls when I was 17 years old."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Be clear, be concise, be consistent, set the bar high, and get out of the way."
- Best project:
- "The eOntario strategy, which was primarily designed to increase operating efficiencies, reduce ongoing operations costs and prepare us to move to online services delivery with money-back service guarantees. Among the many accomplishments over the past 1