I've got an evil scientist

One perk of being a chief executive -- if you're into this kind of thing -- is that you can easily collect thousands of business cards over the years, including a few wacky ones. Like the business acquaintance of Sal Perisano Jr. , head of iParty Corp., the Dedham party supplies retail chain, who dubs himself "Chief Listener." Or the presumably fast-rising executive with the job title, "Director of Supply Velocity," who gave his card to Kevin Hrusovsky , chief executive of Caliper Life Sciences in Hopkinton.

A question posed to visitors to the Boston.com website elicited several other great business card titles from their personal Rolodexes: Reputed Mastermind, Chief Wine Drinker, Director -- Happy People, Director of Direction, Evil Scientist, and Harpooner of Rats. One that clearly resonated in the newsroom came from Cambridge techie Adam Sowalsky , back when he worked for social networking website eMode.com (later Tickle, now part of Monster.com). Sowalsky's job then was "Media Manipulator," and, clearly, he hasn't lost his touch. You're reading about him, after all, in The Globe 100.

PETER J. HOWE