After 12 years with the company, InnoVent’s high-energy CIO David Buck remains enthused about his role and where the company is headed. While much of Buck’s enthusiasm comes from the company’s disruptive business model, the real source of his energy is the pursuit of his goal of integrating IT into how the business operates and how it can transform processes to make them more efficient and easier to use.

But I’m getting ahead of the story, something that’s easy after a session with Buck, whose sense of forward momentum is a notable characteristic.