James Quinn, 2010 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- PHI Inc.
- Location
- Lafayette,, La.
- First job:
- "I was 15 and worked as a cook in a restaurant."
- Most valuable career advice:
- "You've done good. Do more!"
- If I were not in this business, I would probably be...
- "a writer or stand-up comedian."
- Best mentoring relationship:
- "My father-in-law was a very successful businessman, and I still look to him as a sounding board."
- Favorite gadget:
- "My BlackBerry, of course."
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Empower your people, make them accountable, and then stand aside and let them make it happen."
- Technology pet peeve:
- "Texting and Tweetering are overused, in my opinion."
- A recent great read:
- Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism, by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
- Favorite TV show:
- "It was Battlestar Galactica, but now it's Lost."
- What's the most interesting thing people don't know about you?
- "That I must have intellectually peaked in the second grade, because I skipped the third grade."