Jay Srini, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- Chief innovation officer
- Employer
- UPMC Health Plan
- Location
- Pittsburgh
- First job:
- "Programmer."
- Title you'd like to hold someday:
- "Philanthropist."
- What do you love about IT?
- "The potential it has to transform business and act as the fuel for innovation."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "My best experience was working with students as part of a multidisciplinary internship team between Intel, Carnegie Mellon University and UPMC to create innovative technologies to help the aging population."
- Passion outside of work:
- "Addressing hunger and poverty."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Leadership is about creating value through collaboration and maximizing the potential of a virtual team with diverse multidisciplinary skills and not the size of budget or number of direct reports. Knowledge acquisition and knowledge dissemination has t
- "Aha" leadership moment:
- "As chief innovation officer, I have had the privilege of taking on a role at UPMC Health Plan that did not exist before March 2008. True transformation in health care involves the assimilation of technology, clinical expertise, financial facets and work