• David Otte , independent legal consultant and former CIO at Sidley Austin, wants a Tesla. “It’s not perfect yet, but they’ve proven an electric car can work,” said Chicago’s Otte.

• Otte isn’t the only one coveting the car. A fellow Chicago technologist, Andrew Jurczyk, CIO at Seyfarth Shaw, has put that same car on his Santa wish list. “Love the built-in technology.”