EMP-36

Greetings EMP-36 classmates. It was great to hear from so many classmates over the last few weeks with updates. First, Alberto Bertomeu, wanted to let everyone know that he is alive and well. Alberto left Honeywell about two years ago and bought a full-service gas station. He said that driving a tow truck and pumping fuel for a while was actually fun. He still owns the gas station (“in case anyone needs discounts”) but has moved on to “real work” with SICK Inc. Alberto joined SICK Inc in April 2001 as its president. Sick Inc. is the North American subsidiary of SICK Group, which is headquartered in Minneapolis. They are a worldwide manufacturer of factory and process automation technology. Alberto said the biggest highlight over the last few years for he and his wife, Barbara, was the birth of their daughter, Laurel, who is now 2 years old. Congratulations!

Charlie Benz sends word that he has settled in Granite Bay, Calif., near Sacramento. After leaving Monsanto, he did some consulting/start-up work before getting a great offer from Merial. The Benz family is getting used to their new, but smaller, digs and enjoying the great weather of California.

Rick Day and his wife, Darra, are enjoying life in Scottsdale, Ariz. Rick left Honeywell last year and now has his own consulting firm. His work often takes him to Asia and Europe, with occasional work in North America. Darra works as a manager in a psychiatric health care company. They love coming home at the end of the day and being greeted by Shakespeare, their 120-pound Great Dane. They wanted to invite all their Kellogg colleagues to drop by when they are in the vicinity.

Terry Roche is now vice president of operations for Thomas Engineering in Hoffman Estates. He is responsible for everything except sales and marketing, which was a definite change because he had previously spent most of his career in sales and marketing.

Mark Nelson, who sold his interest in his family business Nelson-Jameson in July 2000, has had a wonderful two years spending quality time with his family and doing volunteer work in the Marshfield, Wis., area. Now, after a great summer that included a family trip to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, he has settled down to business. Mark is working with Advanced Technology Development Group of Madison on starting a company to produce a patented product for tissue culture. In addition, Mark also manages Marshfield Investment Partners, an angel group established to fund local medical technology ventures, and attends board meetings for two other family businesses.

Steve Flynn’s company, Many Worlds, is continuing to demonstrate the Internet is not dead! Many Worlds’ Web site, www.manyworlds.com, has established itself as a premier resource for business thought leaders around the world. Kellogg Prof. Mohan Sawhney is consistently one of the most popular authors on the site, and will be contributing even more of his thoughts through an exclusive Many Worlds WebLog.

Ed Ollie is headed to Alaska for a bow hunting vacation. This is a trip he has wanted to do for some time and he hopes to hunt moose, brown bear, black bear and caribou. Ed had a recent title change to executive vice president of finance and operations of Wellmont Health System, which he says represents the work he has been doing over the last two years.

Mark Bader continues to guest lecture with Tony Paoni at Kellogg and at the University of Iowa and also keeps busy with his full-time job at John Deere. Mark has also been working on and around the family home, keeping track of his very busy children and having fun with Payton (as in Walter), the family’s new dog. Congrats to Mark on winning a Musky tournament on the Chippewa Flowage in northern Wisconsin with his brother in-law.

My Company, World Travel By Design Inc. had a slow start in 2002 due to the climate in the travel industry, but has recently seen the tides turn. In addition to custom vacation travel we also do meeting planning for various pharmaceutical and consulting companies.