What makes an all-star team? No single, scientific formula has been developed to gauge the quality of an IT leader. However, after getting to know the seven members of Tech Decision's first all-star squad, it is easier to see the qualities that make these people among the best the insurance industry has to offer.

Some of those qualities include leadership, inquisitiveness, pride, teamwork, a strong work ethic, and the ability to communicate with everyone from the IT shop to the underwriting department. Not all have these traits in the same amount, but that's what makes each of them different and special–all-stars, if you will.

Take Srinivas Koushik, CIO of Nationwide's property/casualty company. Koushik uses his communication skills to blog on the internal Nationwide Web site about, among other things, educating those who want to be leaders rather than simply managers.

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