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Jonathan Crowther (1975-80) USA
James Hardisty (1988-93) I had been I am currently a USA working in the Senior Manager City at Lehman at NetApp, Inc., Brothers until their banklocated in Sunnyvale which is ruptcy (quite an experience 40 miles south of San Franbeing on the inside) and cisco. This is in the heart of was fortunate to be re"Silicon Valley". I've been employed by the Japanese here for 18 years, after workbank Nomura as they took ing in England for only nine over the European arm of years before emigrating. Afthe company. Nomura ter university I worked in the wanted to build up their US defence industry (Marconi in office and so we relocated Chelmsford, then STC in Harto New York in 2009. My low) developing hardware partner moved to New York at the same time – and software for military radios. Nortel bought STC which was lucky as we’d only celebrated our Civil and so I moved into developing hardware and softPartnership a few months earlier! We moved into a ware for mobile telecommunications, which gave me 30th floor apartment in Manhattan and it took a few the opportunity to move abroad (Nortel was a Canaweeks not to feel dizzy when looking dian company). I was promoted from engineer to senior manager Omaha, Nebraska is a great little down to the street! My office forms part but then the "Internet Boom" city in an understatedly interesting of ‘World Financial Center’ and my bombed. Like so many people at part of the world. Along with New windows overlook the World Trade Nortel, I was made redundant Zealand, it has the most down to Center Memorial (the former ‘Ground (along with my whole team). After earth and friendly people that I Zero’). That felt quite eerie to begin six months, I found a job at NetApp have come across on my travels to with but now it’s great to see the new fifty-plus countries. People from Freedom Tower rising into the skyline. where I have been ever since. Omaha are pioneers with the state being settled just 160 years ago as Sunil Suri (2001-08) Nick Hudson (1983-90) the key hub in the centre of the USA USA national rail network connecting the East and Western parts of the I am working USA. Omaha was the place where Eleven years in Atlanta, settlers, about to make their for- after graduatGeorgia for tune in the Wild West, would stock ing from CamThe Carter up on provisions from the numer- bridge, I deC e n t e r ' s ous warehouses so it’s always had cided to leave C o n f l i c t an entrepreneurial mindset. the comfort of Resolution New York as Nick Hudson Programme, Vice President focusing on South Sudan. It is of Business Development for very close to achieving its Boots and set up my own busigoal of eradicating Guinea Worm Disease. In the ness, Excelsior Beauty, to import European & Asian 1980s there were over 3.5 million cases. Now only beauty products to mainstream US stores. I became around 1100 remain. Unfortunately, 90% of these based in Omaha, Nebraska, where I have really encases are in volatile regions in the northern states of joyed the vibrant, growing community and found mySouth Sudan, where armed opposition groups are self starting various other businesses over the years. fighting. This has resulted in the displacement of After getting married in 2010 to my wonderful wife, many hundreds of thousands of civilians, some of Brook (a former Miss Nebraska) we started Omaha whom are likely to have Guinea Worm Disease and Fashion Week which is now in its fifth year with over who in turn could spread it across the region once 90 designers, 400 models, 1500 participants and more. My own role is to help the Carter Center medi6,000+ attendees annually. It's fair to say that with ate between the armed opposition and the central this and various charitaFor more news from government in the hope of enabling aid workers to ble board commitments these OLs, visit reach those last remaining cases. we keep very busy. www.olaoga.co.uk
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