Friday, May 23, 2008

ruston, louisiana

Business Stop(s): Louisiana Tech

Mode(s) of transportation: Continental Airlines, rental car (big ol' black truck, made me feel right at home in the south!)

Eats: awesome local seafood "shack"

Memorable Moment(s): really just the meal

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

virginia tech

Business Stop(s): Virginia Tech MBA

Mode(s) of Transportation: Rental Car (Dodge Avenger again)

Eats: local "college-town" joint

Memorable Moment(s): My FIRST "good" demo of Connect

This was my first on-site demo with Shulsey, who is really cool! (anecdotal note from the future: Shulsey is no longer with the company and I'm a little sad about that... hope she's doing well out there!)

Friday, May 9, 2008

chicago - detroit

Business stop(s): University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan - Dearborn

Mode(s) of transportation: Southwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, rental car

Eats: Hard Rock Cafe - Detroit (check it off the list)

Memorable Moment(s): My FIRST multi-leg flight, my FIRST demo of Connect

Flew from Baltimore to Chicago at 8:45 am (crossing into Central Time Zone) for my first demo of the Connect CRM for UC-GSB (flew in plain clothes, changed into suit in the airport bathroom, changed back into plain clothes in airport bathroom). Flew from Chicago to Detroit at 6pm (crossing back into Eastern Time Zone), went to Hard Rock for dinner, then to hotel in Dearborn. Met up with Katie and Dianne the next morning for a demo at UM-Dearborn (I was mostly there to shadow Dianne and demo one small piece of our suite of solutions). Flew from Detroit to Baltimore at 5pm. Exhausting trip! Anecdotal note (from the future): my demo at UC-GSB was TERRIBLE; UC-GSB ended up buying our products!