http://www.itworld.com/how-i-got-here xx http://www.itworld.com/career/71873/gopal-khanna-cio-state-minnesota If ever an enterprise IT executive embodied the spirit of service, then Gopal Khanna would be that person. Gopal's sense of community was borne from a childhood in Kanpul, India, where he grew up in a household with four generations of family living under the same roof. http://www.itworld.com/career/71873/gopal-khanna-cio-state-minnesota#comments Career IT management/strategy Interview CIO Gopal Khanna How I got here NASCIO Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:25:22 -0400 ITworld staff 71873 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/57847/profile-ken-kucera-senior-vice-presidentcio-first-national-bank-omaha Ken Kucera grew up on a farm in rural Nebraska, doing various farming related activities such as cow milking, harvesting and putting up hay -- but he quickly decided that farming was not a long-term career path for him, so he studied IT in college. http://www.itworld.com/career/57847/profile-ken-kucera-senior-vice-presidentcio-first-national-bank-omaha#comments Business Career Feature CIO How I got here Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:20:12 -0500 ITworld staff 57847 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/career/55136/profile-john-j-higginson-ftd John Higginson started his IT career as an eleven year old, building his own systems at home. He has since practiced IT as a hardware and software support specialist and as a software developer and project manager, eventually finding himself in executive IT management at FTD. http://www.itworld.com/career/55136/profile-john-j-higginson-ftd#comments Business Career Interview How I got here Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:22:09 -0400 ITworld staff 55136 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/54102/profile-eric-ottaway-general-manager-brooklyn-brewery Eric Ottaway didn't start out as an IT'er but he quickly discovered that getting experience in IT and how it could help business not only would build his IT skills, but would ultimately pave the way to a General Manager's position at the Brooklyn Brewery. Ottaway credits his work in IT as a "door opener" to understanding key drivers behind business processes that enable him today as a General Manager to run a highly effective brewery operation. http://www.itworld.com/business/54102/profile-eric-ottaway-general-manager-brooklyn-brewery#comments Business Career Interview How I got here Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:32:33 -0400 ITworld staff 54102 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/interview/53427/profile-stephen-conley-it-director-boston-red-sox Steve Conley credits his combination of technical and management skills as a marketable combination for an IT Director's job. What he didn't imagine when he first started his career was that he would be heading IT for major league baseball's World Champions! This interview is part of ITworld's regular "How I got here" series. http://www.itworld.com/interview/53427/profile-stephen-conley-it-director-boston-red-sox#comments Business Career Interview How I got here Red Sox Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:35:56 -0400 ITworld staff 53427 at http://www.itworld.com