Doug Ross, 2010 Honoree
- Title
- Vice president, chief technology officer
- Employer
- Western & Southern Financial Group
- Location
- Cincinnati
- First job:
- Software engineer
- Favorite vice:
- Lee Child's novels
- Would you advise young people to pursue an IT career?
- "Yes, if they have an interest in both business and technology."
- Favorite gadget:
- BlackBerry
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "From George S. Patton: 'A good plan, violently executed today, always beats a perfect plan next week.'"
- Ask me to do anything but...
- "repair PC hardware."
- Recreational best:
- "330-pound bench press at 178-pound body weight."
- What's in your MP3 or CD player right now?
- Mark Levin
- In high school, I was...
- "a nerd."
- A recent great read:
- The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth With Innovation, by A.G. Lafley and Ram Charan