What It Takes: 51-100

51- James P. Kavanaugh

52- Paul Jarvie
President, ASAP Software
If he could run any company other than ASAP, Jarvie would pick Harley Davidson because "the brand has developed a rabid following across a broad spectrum of the demographics, from the HD lifestylers to upwardly mobile professionals."

53- Tim Smart
CEO, BT Syntegra; President, BT Americas
"My aimis to build on our excellent track record, ensuring customers continue to get great results, that our people have great careers, and that BT Syntegra is recognized as a global leader in business transformation."

54- Frank F. Khulusi
Chairman, President and CEO, PC Mall
In addition to co-founding the successful PCMall in 1987, Khulusi also founded uBid, an Internet auction business and former subsidiary of the company. uBid was taken public in 1998 and was acquired by CMGI in 2000.

55Alfred Mockett
CEO, AMS
Mockett's legacy of layoffs, a dearth of acquisitions and lack of quality defense contracts have left AMS struggling beside its competitors, after posting profits in 2002. On May 3, 2004, AMS was formally acquired by CGI Group.

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56- Russell P. Fradin
President and CEO, Bisys
Fradin succeeds Dennis Sheehan, who announced in October that he would step down as CEO for medical reasons. Prior to joining Bisys, Fradin served as a senior executive with Automatic Data Processing for seven years.

57- Charles D. Morgan
Company Leader, Acxiom
His favorite part of the job: "Meeting with and learning from Acxiom associates at our locations around the world." The worst part? "Personnel reviews." The movie he liked most in the past year: "Something's Gotta Give" with Jack Nicholson.

58- Dendy Young
Chairman and CEO, GTSI
What other tech company would Young helm? "A company at the forefront of the technology revolution, such as Intel or Cisco." He is "enamored" with Moore's Law's impact on civilization. "I find each incremental, unpredictable change it brings about to be enthralling."

59- Karen Riley/Herb
Senior VP, Siebel Global Svcs.
Hunt takes over for Karen Riley, whose resignation took effect Jan. 1, the latest in a series of high-profile departures from Siebel during the past several years. Hunt served as a top CRM executive at IBM before coming to Siebel.

60- William P. Foley II
CEO, Fidelity Information Services
Foley directed the acquistion of Alltel Information Services, now renamed Fidelity Information Services. Foley is a West Point graduate and the founder of Foley Estates Vineyard and Winery and LinCourt Vineyards in California.

61- Dr. J.P. (Jack) London
Chairman and CEO, CACI Int'l.
London developed CACI's business in advanced information systems, systems engineering and logistics sciences. He also engineered its revenue and profit turnaround in the mid-'80s, enabling it to pursue broader opportunities.

62- Neal Patterson
CEO, Cerner
Patterson makes an effort to meet with all new associates during their first month. He challenges them to leverage their talents and energies to "fix health care." He uses Town Hall meetings and informal "Neal Notes" to sustain connections with them.

63- Brian T. Keane
President and CEO, Keane
Keane helped create earnings growth of 37 percent while repositioning the company for future growth. His motto: "There's not enough time in the day!!" What sticks in his craw: The TV movie adaptation of "Lonesome Dove."

64- Lloyd G. "Buzz" Waterhouse
CEO and President, Reynolds and Reynolds
Before Reynolds, Waterhouse spent 26 years at IBM as general manager of e-Business Services. He joined Reynolds and Reynolds in May 1999 as president and COO; he was elected chairman in January 2002.

65- Derek V. Smith
CEO, ChoicePoint
"World events have forced us to recognize the reality of risk," Smith says. ChoicePoint has been recognized by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the U.S. Department of Justice for helping return nearly 800 children to their families.

66- Frank Martire
President and CEO, Metavante
Martire joined Metavante in January 2003 as president of the Financial Services Group (Electronic Funds Transfer and Card, CRM, Financial Technology Services and Wealth Management). He became president and CEO in March, 2003.

67- George J. Pedersen
President and CEO, ManTech
Besides ManTech, Pedersen is chairman for the Institute for Scientific Research, a not-for-profit firm that does research and advanced development of software and related technologies for government/commercial clients.

68- Jack Bolick
President, Honeywell
Prior to his current role, Bolick was VP and GM of Honeywell Electronic Materials, which develops a line of materials used in producing advanced integrated circuits, including solutions based on advanced on-chip interconnect.

69- C. Richard Harrison
President and CEO, Parametric Technology
"I admire the people running small and [midsize] businesses. They [compete] globally with huge [firms]. I admire them for their frontier spirit and willingness to takenew technology and turn it to their advantage."

70- Peter Karmanos Jr.
CEO, Compuware
Karmanos is a co-owner of three hockey teams: the Carolina Hurricanes the Plymouth Whalers and the Florida Everblades. Committed to youth hockey, he began building a premier youth hockey program in 1974 for Michigan children.

71- Mac J. Slingerlend
President and CEO, Ciber
When asked whom he most admired in the business world, Slingerlend replied: "Although I don't know him, Hank Greenberg of AIG has the wisdom, integrity and guts to speak out on tough subjects affecting Corporate America."

72- Jose Collazo
President and CEO, Infonet Services
Collazo has always been at the helm of Infonet, serving as its president, CEO and chairman since it was incorporated in 1988. For 20 years prior to that, he worked at CSC, including a stint as president of its international division.

73- Fred C. Young
CEO, Black Box
Appointed chairman and CEO in 1998, Young has shepherded Black Box through 88 business mergers worldwide. He oversees network services to more than 150,000 clients in 132 countries. He joined the company as its CFO in 1991.

74- Joseph M. Kampf
President and CEO, Anteon International
In his current role with Anteon, Kampf's team has completed and fully integrated six acquisitions, leading to a high double-digit organic growth rate. Kampf's growth strategy enabled him to pull off a successful IPO in March 2002.

75- David B. Pomeroy II
Chairman and CEO, Pomeroy IT Solutions
In 1981, Pomeroy founded The Pomeroy Companies, the predecessor to Pomeroy IT Solution, which he controlled until their reorganization in 1992, at which time Pomeroy went public. He received a total compensation package of $549,050 this past year.

76- Suresh Vaswani
President, Wipro
Since joining Wipro in 1985, Vaswani has been instrumental in launching Wipro's IT Consulting practice. Before assuming the office of president of Wipro Infotech in October 2000, he played a key role in starting up an Internet business initiative within the company.

77- Dr. William E. Salter
President of Intergraph Solutions Group, Intergraph
Before he was named the president of the solutions group four years ago, Salter was active in the company's federal-government business. Prior to Intergraph, he supported NASA's Apollo program at Sperry Rand.

78- Gary Frahm
President, IXC Telecom
One of Frahm's earliest memories of technology is when he came into contact with spiders and a family of bunnies that lived under his Melbourne, Fla. classroom to run cable to hook up Linux desktops as part of the K-12 Linux Project.

79- Hubert Kelly
President and CEO, NexInnovations
Hubert was a vice president at the European division of NexInnovations when it was acquired by EDS. He stuck around and in 2001 successfully led a private acquisition and brought the company back to Canada.

80- Jack Cullen
President, Modis
Cullen interacts with more than 1,000 clients running Modis, a resource-management solution provider for staffing firm MPS Group. "Modis is making a determined effort to diversify its client base and grow its business in the public sector," he says.

81- David A. Lavanty
VP of Global Services, Sybase
"My great accomplishment in 2003 was [to] increase bookings by 50 percent while improving margins by 80 percent."

82- Michael P. Gregoire
EVP, PeopleSoft Global Services
With the acquisition of JD Edwards, Gregoire leads 4,500 workers and is responsible for annual revenue of over $1 billion.

83- John Sykes
CEO, Sykes
"My daily work routine [isn't] easy [but] at the end of the dayI know what was accomplished, how it got done and what I learned by doing it."

84- Jeff Sturgeon
Chairman, Sarcom
Sturgeon, a former WorldCom and CompuServe sales and marketing exec, took over the CEO role from founder and interim CEO Randy Wilcox.

85- Dr. Ernst Volgenau
Chairman and CEO, SRA International
Volgenau founded SRA in 1978. Prior to that, he spent 20 years in the Air Force, working on space boosters and satellites.

86- Eva T. Losacco
President and CEO, Forsythe Technology
Between 1993, when Losacco became SVP of sales, and '04, Forsythe grew to $444.3 million ($24.2 million in earnings).

87- Bob Couture
VP of Worldwide Services, Novell
His biggest accomplishment in 2003: "Getting my daughter through her first year of college without a personal banker."

88- Jonathan J. Burbank
President, Bull Services
Under his leadership, Bull Services pumped up its outsourcing; revenue grew from $0 to $50 million in the first two years.

89- Ron Verni
CEO, Best Software
Verni Verni is responsible for all Best Software businesses in North America, which includes Peachtree, Abra, MAS 90, FAS and MIP.

90- Rick Kearney
President and CEO, Mainline
Kearney's concern for '04? "Constant change... It's challenging to meet financial [goals and satisfy customers]."

91- Firoz Lalji
President and CEO, Zones
Lalji wears two hats: He is also the owner of Fana Capital, an investment holding firm in the United States and Canada.

92- Charles S. Jones
President and CEO, Geac
Jones has led several public companies through major growth, notably Shandwick, which bought 17 companies.

93- Michael E. Henry
Chairman and CEO, Jack Henry and Associates
Henry is the son of Jack Henry. He succeeded his father as chairman almost 10 years ago, in October 1994.

94- Tom Giannopoulos
CEO, Micros Systems
"We serve restaurants and hotels. Their primary purpose is customer service. Why have them go through all sorts of difficult processes?"

95- Tomiharu Ishii
President and CEO, Toshiba GE Automation
Ishii manages the more than 375 employees who design and service drive systems for this joint venture of Toshiba and GE.

96- Tom Burger
President and CEO, NEC Business Network Solutions
What he hates? "Dealing with bureaucracy. I can't eliminate it outside our company; I am committed to wiping it out within."

97- James H. Crook Jr.
CEO, IDX Systems
Crook oversees 1,600 customer relationships, 2,100 workers in the United States and Britain, and annual revenue in excess of $460 million.

98- Dave MacDonald
President, Softchoice
The company he'd like to lead? "Google. As a catalyst for education and economic development, [it] has the potential to positively affect millions."

99- George W. DeSola
CEO, DecisionOne
The same year DeSola arrived, a group of investors took DecisionOne private as it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

100- Martin C. Clague
President and CEO, Covansys
"My biggest challenge so far in 2004 has [been] to develop the processes and procedures to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley."