Mary Gendron, 2012 Honoree
- Title
- Senior vice president and CIO
- Employer
- Celestica
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario
- New titles added to your IT organization?
- Senior director of information solutions, to drive innovation in end-to-end information management and turn business analytics into a competitive edge. Senior director of user experience, to fundamentally improve user experience of IT tools by tapping into new technology shifts such as cloud and mobile computing.
- What characteristic is most important to you in an IT hire?
- The ability to collaborate and reach outside one's comfort zone. I don't have to hire the smartest person, but someone smart enough to reach out and connect with the outside world to bring it to life. IT is more than code - it's leadership.