Christopher's Expat Adventure

Yesterday part of our Kyndryl c-suite paid a visit to Brno.  This never happened when we were part of IBM .  It started off with a session ...

Today was Geetha's farewell lunch.  I've more or less worked with Geetha the whole time that I've been here in Czechland.  She w...

I was in Germany this past week on my first business trip with Kyndryl . When I was with IBM in Atlanta , I usually travelled to meet with...

Today one of my old teams got together for a BBQ picnic at Lužánky Park.  It was a very close team and even though some people have moved on...

In August, it was my 18th year with IBM and as of today I now work for Kyndryl.  IBM has spun off the infrastructure services business whic...

Wow!  It's hard to believe but today is 18 years with IBM.  18 years!  And 2/3rds of it has been over here in Euroland. The division of...

Yesterday morning I received a message from a Lithuanian friend in Prague that a photo of me was in the Lithuanian news.   What!?!?  I hav...

A couple of months after I first moved to Brno I had to give a "Me & IBM" presentation to the project management unit.  Basica...

The 10th annual Pride Business Forum was supposed to take place in Prague on 17 June but it was cancelled due to COVID-19.  So today the ev...

Due to COVID-19 there weren't Pride parades in Bratislava or Prague this year. So  definitely no dancing on a float in a toga like las...

My old IBM team, the old behind all of the pranks , at one point had over 70 people.  I left just over a year ago and now that team is only ...

Last night was a presentation call "IT Nightmares" at Masaryk University .  It was for 1st year students in the Faculty of Informa...

Five years ago was the first "Art From the Heart" charity auction at IBM and I had been volunteered to be the auctioneer.   Today...

One of my personal goals for a while has been for the local IBM office to host a diversity & inclusion workshop and today it finally hap...

Today was the 4th annual Agile Conference at IBM Client Innovation Centre Brno. This year's Agile2k19 was a half-day of presentations...

This weekend was 9th annual Prague Pride.  IBM was one of the sponsors and participated in the parade.  I'm not quite certain how, but...

Yesterday was the 9th annual Rainbow Pride in Bratislava .  I originally planned to go Friday and spend the whole weekend but I've got ...

I finally made it to Malaysia .  Finally as in I've been wanting to go to Kuala Lumpur for about 20 years now.  Finally also as in it ...

Yesterday was the 9th annual Pride Business Forum in Prague .  Like last year, this is the only platform in Czechland for open discussion ...

I'm quickly approaching my 10 year Euroland adventure anniversary.   How in the hell has it been almost 10 years?!?!  When I came over...