quote:Transformed conservative organization by providing real-time membership information from any computer in the world through a new portal that initially had little top-level buy-in, understanding or funding.
I love that description. It's a nice way of saying he made something very expensive happen in spite of no one above understanding what the whole point of it was, and it turned out spectacularly well.
This is the very nice guy who is so concerned about my personal life, in a paternal kind of way. That annoying habit aside, I really like him, and I like working where I do. I'm sure a lot of that is attributable to my boss. I'm happy for him.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yay for him! And I'm glad you like your work. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Cool. Working for a nice boss makes all the difference in the world.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
By chance, is he interested in working for anyone new? (I mean, now that he has achieved 'best of the best' for you-all). I know a non-profit looking for a new CIO if he wants to move to Kansas for a change of scenery.
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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Do you know if he'd be interested in coming to speak (from a policy and/or career standpoint, aimed at educating students on practical issues in the real world) for one of the largest and best Informatics schools in the country (among other things, considerable research is done here on IT policy), at one of the most wired universities in the country?
An honorarium could likely be arranged, if so desired.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Fugu, if you're serious, I can definitely pass on any requests.
Farmgirl: *laugh* Fortunately for us, he's declared his intention of staying with the Boy Scouts. The previous two CIOs had stayed for five years apiece, and at his five year anniversary toast a few months, he said he was planning on breaking the trend.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Definitely serious. I know the school would love to have him come speak, and we have a solid budget for such things, particularly this early in the year.
Subject and date would be extremely flexible; we have a series of "career workshops" which he could choose to talk on the subject of, or he could do a more general talk on policy-related things (and I'm certain my Organizational Informatics professor would love to have him give a small guest lecture in class, too) which wouldn't be a part of the series.
Attendance isn't usually huge, but a few dozen students isn't hard to get, particularly for as recognizable an organization as the Boy Scouts, and these would be students interested in doing his sort of work. Typical format is a talk of an hour or less, followed by a question and answer period.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Send me an e-mail that I can forward on. I don't know what his policy is, but it couldn't hurt to try. He also has kids in college, so I'd think he'd be delighted for the chance to talk to students.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
I only had to click on three links to find out what CIO stands for. Of course, it was nice to see that it's a general thing and not strictly a non-profit honor. Very nice.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
The bureaucracy here can get kind of mucky, and half the people are on vacation right now in their last chance before school starts; I'll send an email from myself shortly and see about the administration in the near future.
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