Vance is the senior executive for Dell EMC in Utah, a significant base within Dell Technologies, the largest privately-controlled IT company in the world. Under his leadership, Utah operations have grown rapidly with over 1,300 team members now based in the state. Last year, he was selected as one of Utah Business’ CEO of Year honorees. He has been with the Dell EMC since 2007, when EMC acquired Mozy. Prior to Mozy Vance worked at several other high-tech firms, including 10 years at Oracle in Silicon Valley, WordPerfect, Novell and several start-ups.

In our discussion, Vance shares his thoughts on:

• Weathering storms and the lifecycle of a business
• Being his authentic self and learning from challenges
• His philosophy that emphasizes relationships, risk-taking, speaking up, diversity, and humility.
• The importance of pivoting and taking opportunities that are uncomfortable.
• Focus and jumping into opportunities and how he learned it from climbing on Mount McKinley (Denali) and being told to jump if necessary.
• How he keeps himself grounded.
• Using the one-on-one from work at home.
• Diversity in the workplace and how to build acceptance and love for others.
• The Law of Excellent People
• “We are wildly optimistic!” Saying “yes” to things… the qualified “yes”
• Saw time every day
• Being rejuvenated by spending time outdoors and working out.

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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vancechecketts/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/vchecketts

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