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SLEEPLESS IN ARMONK, NEW YORK: A TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF NICK DONOFRIO
* 5.30: Start the day with a five-mile run following a late-night business meeting with clients in Rhode Island
* 6.45: Drive from home in western Connecticut to IBM's headquarters in Armonk
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7.30: Conduct a series of quick, focused meetings, some no longer than
15 minutes. Today's includes a meeting with the business strategy team;
a discussion with the business transformation director; a conference
call with three colleagues to settle a human resources issue with a
senior technical staff member; and a meeting with a business partner's
senior vice-president
* 9.30: Meet chairman and senior colleagues
on IBM's technology team to discuss strategy on issues affecting the
company's technical direction
* 13.00: Conduct an annual performance evaluation with a senior vice-president over a lunch of salad and fruit
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14.00: Catch a flight to Las Vegas to give a speech the following day
at a conference of the company's global technical professionals.
Process close to 200 e-mails during the flight, which is
internet-connected. Telephone the head of IBM government programmes
office
* 16.30: Arrive at hotel in Las Vegas. Call home, complete
e-mails and conduct interview with journalist from key computer
industry publication
* 19.00: Dinner and Q&A with technical professionals from IBM locations around the world
* 22.00: Return to hotel. Prepare for breakfast meeting and next day's conference speech