Today we got to visit Kuehne + Nagel a French company whose Business model includes warehousing and shipping freight around the Globe. We had the pleasure of a presentation by Scott Smalley, the General Manager of contract logistics division of the company. What stood out to me was that he was a Michigan State University Alumni. He started out at Lansing Community College and did a work study program through LCC in Tokyo many years back. Then he transferred to MSU after two years at LCC, graduated and moved to Tokyo, Japan where he has established a great life. One of Kuehne + Nagel’s warehouses that they help manage is BMW Japan and we had the opportunity to witness there operation. There are a lot of MSU alum here in Tokyo doing great things and I think its very important that our University does more to recognize international alumni doing great things. We had the opportunity a few days ago to participate in the annual MSU alumni dinner in Tokyo, where we met several people doing business overseas in Japan. That gave me a great feeling to know how well represented and recognized our school is in these international job markets. If I ever decide to do business overseas now I have a network to look up and see if they have opportunities for me.
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