The committee meetings are, by design, boxing matches. "We put the gloves on in there," Zempel says. If someone from the network operations team wants to suggest a better way for the telecom people to handle a process, he or she is invited to make the idea known. Zempel, whose work experience leans more toward sales and gym operations than technology, uses the open-mike sessions to form his own opinions about where the IT organization should go.
Says Zempel, "The whole thing is an educational process for me."
Now, let's meet some of the Players.
At Work: Leads corporate strategy and runs day-to-day operations.
At Home: 41 years old. Single, one daughter. Hobbies include running, biking and piloting jets
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