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Dec. 15, 2004 Issue of CIO Magazine | In this section.... GLOBAL CULTURE
What It's Like To....
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When I joined Ace in 1979, I didn't have a passport. And other than my military service in Vietnam and some R&R; in Taiwan during active duty, I'd been to Canada and Mexico; that was it.
About 13 years into my tenure, I started traveling extensively, to the point where I now travel more than 100,000 miles a year. I've been to more than 70 countries where Ace does business, including Saudia Arabia, Israel and China. I feel comfortable virtually everywhere, and I have friends all over the world. Of course, that wasn't the case at first. Part of my job was to develop Ace business in other countries, so there was often a social component to my visits. The dealers always wanted to talk about American politics, and I quickly realized that they knew more about the subject than I did. They asked me questions about our economy and foreign policy that I couldn't easily answer. That made me uncomfortable, so I started reading more about the world.
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In the Dec. 15, 2004 Issue of CIO:
CIO Magazine - December 15, 2004
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