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Tactical Strategist
Fact Sheet
Douglas P. Reynolds
Senior Vice President and CIO, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Minneapolis; $9.7 billion in revenue).
Size of IT staff: About 450.
Education: BA from Metropolitan State University (St. Paul); MBA from the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul).
Interests: Giving back to the community is important to Reynolds. In addition to managing IT for his church and mentoring others both inside and outside of work, Reynolds has coached youth basketball for eight years.
Dream Job: Greenskeeper at Pebble Beach. "I shot one of my better rounds of my life there. When you're on the hallowed ground, you're pretty dialed in," he remarks.
Last Book Read: "Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great and Reprobates of Golf," by Rick Reilly (Doubleday, 2003).