Former Nasdaq CIO Deals with Anthrax Scare in New Post
CIO, September, 2002 by Sarah D. Scalet
When we last saw Gregor Bailar, he was explaining how Nasdaq got back online within six days of the World Trade Center attacks. (See "How Nasdaq Bounced Back," www.cio.com/printlinks.) What the 38-year-old former Nasdaq CIO couldn't say then, however, was that on the morning of Sept. 11 he was deciding between buying a new home in New York City and accepting a job at Capital One in Falls Church, Va.
Bailar was tired of the commute from his home in suburban Washington, D.C., and Nasdaq needed a CIO who lived closer to the financial district. He had to make a decision. Then the towers fell.
"I think it was Thursday [Sept. 13] before I got back to Nigel [Morris, Capital One's president and COO] to say, Hey, I can't give you a word of whether I'm coming or not. I have...
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