NAME: John Carne
AGE: 52
TITLE: CIO
COMPANY: MTM Technologies Inc.
ANNUAL REVENUE: $280 million
INDUSTRY: Computer support services
LOCATION: Stamford, Conn.
START DATE: February 2007
PREVIOUS JOB: Global manufacturing company
THE SOLUTION: Mars formed an SAP project team by enlisting the most competent business people.
HOW DID YOU GET THAT JOB?: I was calling a colleague of mine in Europe and thumbed down one too many names in my cell phone directory. I accidentally dialed a good friend of mine who had moved into the recruiting field. As we were catching up, he mentioned that he was helping write a specification for a CIO job that might be perfect for me. Five months and 14 interviews later, I joined MTM Corp. as CIO.
SELLING POINT: I enjoy working in a small company with a smart, customer-focused team. At MTM, we have many highly competent people, working hard to help out our customers and building our business.
Tom Kaneshige was a senior features editor at CIO Decisions. To comment on this story, email editor@ciodecisions.com.
This was first published in October 2007