Meet the Finalists: ComputerWorld Canada IT Leadership Awards 2010

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For Fariba Anderson, helping other people is what gets her up in the morning. Anderson is the vice-president of Lottery IT at Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., where she works out of the Toronto office of the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.-headquartered organization. "Working for the OLG, I don't call it a job. I call it the calling," Anderson said. "The dollars go back to the people of Ontario." Anderson describes herself as a cause-driven person who welcomes differing opinions. "I appreciate when people disagree with me," she said. But as an IT leader, Anderson has noted certain challenges among IT pros. For instance, she finds creativity can hinder an IT person's performance by making them too slow when it comes to solving problems. "We are too creative. Users ask us for a glass of water and we drop them in the ocean," Anderson said. "In IT, simplicity is an oxymoron."