Friday, July 11, 2008

Final day in Buenos Aires (6/26)

Quote for the day:

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust, French novelist and author, 1871-1922.


Our very last day together… one last company visit, and saying “goodbye” to our friends and this lovely city…

A new tour group started today, and we made new friends from Xavier University as we went together to visit Globant, a software development firm. Really, this was a fun visit, a great way to end our journey. Guilbert Englebienne, the Chief Technology Officer, introduced us to this world-class player in the highly dynamic software development space. This entrepreneurial, agile firm is an innovator – its business case and development have even become an MIT business case. And I can’t even begin to describe the physical set-up and layout of the place. I do think that many of us will be waiting for its IPO…

And before we left for the airport and our long journey home, we came together one last time to celebrate, to thank our hosts and guides, and to appreciate this wonderful experience and opportunity. Thanks to Sean and his fantastic Austral Group, thanks to Paola and Felicitas, our great guides in Argentina, thanks to DJ, Hsu, and Pete and his wonderful Executive MBA team. And very special thanks to our Silberman College of Business and to Fairleigh Dickinson University -- a most wonderful place that truly understands the value of global learning in creating world citizens.


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