U.S. Army

“I learned to appreciate that through diversity you can derive strength. As a poor Puerto Rican only child from the Bronx, NY, it was in the military that I first saw tenacity and collaboration in action. A mission that might be out of reach for any individual was achieved when all worked as part of a team.” — Joe Cruz, Client Executive, Gartner

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy

“I was trained using punch-card decks, magnetic tape backups and disc drives that looked like 9-layer cakes. A decade later I was down manholes pulling fiber optic cable through conduits on the Portland Air National Guard base. Now we have the cloud. It taught me change is constant, you always have to be forward-thinking while taking the lessons learned from the past.” — Sue Oliver, Senior Consultant, Gartner

U.S. Navy

“Though I’ve retired and hung up the flight suit, I have the privilege and honor to continue serving the public by empowering my clients, including federal government and Department of Defense CIOs and IT executives, to execute their missions in support of this great country.” — Julie Vida, VP, Team Manager, Gartner