"Since the beginning of the decade, the ranks of IT management in the U.S. have swelled by 75 percent, to more than 400,000 men and women. Many of these managers are low- and mid-level administrators, a mostly faceless lot who carry out policies and processes established from above. A few, however, stand out from the throng. They don't wait to be told what to do; they exploit their know-how and savvy to create new value for their organizations. What follows are the stories of four IT professionals who demonstrate that innovative leadership can come from the middle of the organization, not just the top. Don't be surprised if each of these inventive IT pros climbs to the top rung of the corporate ladder. "
", director of IT at the Harvard Medical School–Partners Healthcare Center for Genetics and Genomics, uses his expertise in science and technology to help doctors understand the nuances of the human genome. "
", Prudential Financial software systems specialist, spearheads a program that prepares talented but disadvantaged ... read the whole article
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