Gregory M. Veltri, 2009 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- Denver Health & Hospital Authority
- Location
- Denver
- First job:
- Busboy
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Make a decision. You know more than you think you do."
- Favorite ice cream flavor:
- Orange sherbet
- What do you love about IT?
- "I love making a difference every time I walk in the door. I love the ever-changing technology and the ability to deliver increasingly enhanced tools to my customers."
- Write your own epitaph:
- "Here lies Gregory Veltri. He made a difference in the lives of so many."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Build effective teams with people who are trustworthy and smarter than I am. Staffers need a leader who can communicate a clear vision and their role in that future. Staffers will live up to your expectations; expect little, and that's what you will get
- Energy-smart initiative:
- "We have a program for teleworkers in areas such as coding where the need to be on-site is limited. Using a secure thin-client desktop, we can control all aspects of application security and network connections while limiting the support necessary for ho