Ok, so “work-life balancing” is a task that I am constantly trying to master every year, month, week, day, hour and 2019 is going to be no different. I have three kids, my son who is 23 years old and my 2-year-old and 6-month old daughters. And it is sad to say that my […]
How cool is this! Venue inspections prior to games are usually pretty busy with checking cabling, connectivity, WiFi, timing & scoring, power, scoreboards, video boards, audio systems and everything else techy in between! Today was a bit special when we noticed these golf buggies…with NO drivers! What we were quickly assured was that the […]
I feel like my life is a perpetually referenced to an event countdown clock! The Summer Universiade is second only to the Olympic Games in terms of sports, venues and athletes. With an estimated 50-60% of the circa 10,000 Universiade athletes going on to compete in the Olympics later in their careers. In Taipei […]
Where to post…Facebook or LinkedIn? Ok, I am back! However the challenge I faced with this post was not the content, but where I should post it?!? Given all the articles and “very strong opinions” about LinkedIn not being Facebook, I deliberated considerably as to where this post should be…but in the end I […]
Breaking with tradition has been part of my “Christmas experience” for the past 15 years as I have moved around the globe. But it never ceases to amaze me how simple traditions are created and maintained from generation to generation simply because that’s “what we have always done”, and it is one of the […]
Firslty, thank you! To all those who played their part in making this Rio 2016 Olympic & Paralympic Games delivery such a great success! Without each individuals contribution, these events simply would not have happened. And what an adventure and privelege it has been to be part of the worlds largest event team here […]
Wow! Colour, culture and carnival! What a truly wonderful start to the games, and I feel so proud to be here in Rio with this team who have made it happen. Some of you will note that I didn’t make my post last night, and for those of you who waited up all night […]
“The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.” – Pierre de Coubertin Over 9 years ago the bid was submitted for Rio to host the 2016 games. It wasnt until about 7 years ago Rio de Janeiro […]
Technically the games kicked off today! Football always has a couple of matches they need to squeeze in a before the Opening Ceremony, so from an operational perspective, we are all systems go! (well at least at those venues needed!) The Football tournament has 16 teams on the men’s side and 12 on the […]
It is fair to say that some of our equipment has the best view in Rio! Whether it be on the FOP (Field of Play) or somewhere near by. Today we visited one our remote system sites on the opposite side of the bay from Sugar Loaf. The opportunity to get to know an […]