1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not), who would they be?
William Shakespeare and Mahatma Gandi. Possibly not at the same dinner!

2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
I recently finished Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms by Stephen Jay Gould, Testament by John Grisham, and Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles.

I love to recommend two thought-provoking books I find few people in business have read: Leadership and the New Sciences by Margaret Wheatley and The Futures of Women: Scenarios for the 21st Century by Pamela McCorduck and Nancy Ramsey.

3. If you couldn't do what you are doing now, what profession would you choose?
This is a hard question -- the profession I have works so well for me. While I have none of the talents or background, I think it might be fun to be a cartoonist -- to combine art and humor with insight into life and share the result with a lot of people.

4. What is your definition of success?
Success is living in the present and realizing my potential to make a difference in the world.

Tama Olver answers these questions:
1. What was your first job in technology?
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies did you use to overcome obstacles?
4. Who has been the most influential person in your life? Why?
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to women beginning their careers in technology?
6. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?

On the lighter side:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not), who would they be?
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
3. If you couldn't do what you are doing now, what profession would you choose?
4. What is your definition of success?