vblog series: meet paul

Paul was the third American on the team and, as you'll see, very happy to be from New Jersey.  He introduced the team to American football and got everyone involved in playing tennis and table tennis in the hotel after work, very popular activities.  He also saved me from being the second-oldest on the team, although I seemed to get identified as "old" nonetheless.  (I think the term everyone was searching for was actually "experienced.") 

Paul was on the other project, so I didn't get to interact with him as much as folks on my project but he did come out with some hilarious one-liners every now and then, just when you least expected it.  He was excellent at logistics - he was instrumental in collecting and disseminating money when we had to pay for things like restaurant checks and taxis en masse and in making sure our taxis were at the hotel sort of around the right time each morning.  Obviously a very important skill when you're trying to wrangle 11 people from around the world. 

Without further ado....  #ibmcsc uae