Unified Front

As CEO of Tech Data, Bob Dutkowsky oversees a business with more than $36 billion in revenue that sells $150 million of inventory daily to more than 100 countries.

But “none of that matters if people aren't engaged in what we do,” he says. The fundamental ingredient in a successful company, he adds, is “acknowledging the importance of people.”

Tech Data, he admits, has not always been the best at making that clear. The company was so focused on processes, he acknowledged at a recent panel discussion at USF, that “we had forgotten about our people.”