Bill Martin, 2015 Honoree
- Title
- CIO
- Employer
- Royal Caribbean Cruises
- Location
- Miramar, Fla.
- Career highlight:
- I started working at Royal Caribbean 31 years ago -- as a reservations agent in the call center. That's pretty much unheard of in our modern job-hopping world, especially for someone with my current title.
- Coolest project:
- Low and medium Earth orbit satellites that are bringing land-like Internet capacity to ocean-going ships. It is a legacy project.
- What's your boldest prediction for IT in the next five years?
- Virtually everything will be cloud-compatible.
- Biggest tech flop and success of 2014:
- Flop: The smartwatch. Success: The Nest thermostat.
- How have you surprised your CEO?
- I sat in a large room with him and several other executives, all of whom said they agreed with an idea he had. When he asked if anyone disagreed, I was the only one who raised a hand.