Stanley Huff, 2010 Honoree
- Title
- Chief medical informatics officer
- Employer
- Intermountain Health Care Inc.
- Location
- Murray,, Utah
- First job:
- Electrician's helper
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Regardless of how much money you make, if you spend a little less than you make, you will be happy, but if you spend a little more than you make, you will be miserable." (Paraphrased from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield)
- Favorite vice:
- "I love watching socially irresponsible and politically incorrect action movies."
- Would you advise young people to pursue an IT career?
- "Yes, especially IT in medicine. You can make a good living, you deal with exciting technology and gadgets, and you are doing something of real value for society."
- If I were not in this business, I would probably be...
- "a practicing physician in a small town."
- Ask me to do anything but...
- "stay awake in a boring meeting."
- Passion outside of work:
- "My wife!"
- Recreational best:
- "I was a state champion wrestler. And I ran a 3-hour, 58-minute marathon."
- Favorite sport:
- Water skiing
- What's in your MP3 or CD player right now?
- The Beatles' Red Album
- A recent great read:
- The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, by David McCullough
- What's the most interesting thing people don't know about you?
- "I speak Navaho."