Thursday, April 9, 2009 The Weekend - Day Five Today started a little late for us - it's the first day Gary has been able to catch up on some much needed shut-eye. We walked to one of the many malls. It was around 2pm and there...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Day Four - The Lamb Pickin' Gary was invited to a dinner honoring one of the executives that was responsible for the position that Gary now holds. At the dinner they sit on the floor but didn't eat off of plastic (that occured...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Day 3 in Riyadh Hello everyone, Tuesday is day 3 for us. I was able to attend the Nanotechnology Conference with Gary today held at the Intercontinental Hotel. The men were in the main conference room and the women in the back conference room. ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Day Two in Riyadh I failed to mention in the first post that while we were eating dinner our first night we received a phone call from Mez. He is the gentleman that recruited Gary for this position. He is a very "Americanized"...
In 2009 Gary was a consultant for King Saud University in Riyadh, SA for 6 months. His role was to advise them on how to build a research park. Since he served as VP of Research Triangle Foundation for 16 years this was a perfect...