AGE: 46
TITLE: VP IT/Security
COMPANY: GSN (the Game Show Network)
ANNUAL REVENUE: $88 million
INDUSTRY SECTOR: Entertainment
TIME IN JOB: 4.5 years
BEST ADVICE EVER RECEIVED: It's the small things that matter.
BEST TECHNOLOGY DECISION: I was the IT manager at Hughes Aircraft and decided to move from the manual process of handling purchases to electronic data interchange.
BEST CAREER MOVE: Switching from technology into management. I enjoy envisioning how it is going to work and letting my team go do it.
IF YOU WEREN'T A CIO, YOU WOULD BE: A professional golfer
FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE: Driving my new Chrysler 300C SRT 8 -- it blows the doors off most cars on the street.
FAVORITE PASTIME: Taking weekend vacations to different resorts with my wife. Hotel Del Coronado is my favorite.
BEST PERSONALITY TRAIT: I'm a very easygoing person.
WORST PERSONALITY TRAIT: Too often I give people the benefit of the doubt.
FAVORITE GAME SHOW: Lingo
IF YOU COULD BE A GAME SHOW HOST, YOU WOULD BE: Chuck Woolery doing Love Connection
Stefanie McCann was formerly editor at large at CIO Decisions magazine. To comment on this story, email editor@searchcio-midmarket.com.
This was first published in March 2006