Dan's New Position

So now that you have been updated on the activities of the past few months, let's take a minute to understand why we are transitioning back to the US. As we knew going into the assignment, it wouldn't be very long - expected to be 1-1.5 years. Therefore, when we were asked to transition back to the US by the June time frame, we knew it was pretty close to our early time frame estimates. We will be moving back to the Quad Cities where we left on January 1, 2001 (6 moves ago). Dan will be working at Deere & Company's World Headquarters. His position is Manager, Business Development and Strategic Planning for the Agricultural Division. Most of his focus will be on facilitating the division's strategy planning process through discussions and meetings with the Senior Managers of the Ag Division. Additionally, once the strategy is developed, he will work to execute a communication plan to roll out the information to the remainder of the division's employees worldwide. Although we don't expect significant amounts of constant travel, there will likely be some but very manageable. He is very excited about the opportunity. It will give him a lot of insight into how the top levels of the organization think, interact, and ultimately deploy a directional strategy.

The transition back will take place as follows:
1) We will depart Brisbane, Australia on Saturday 14 June and arrive into Cedar Rapids on that evening.
2) We will close on our new home in Le Claire on Friday 27 June.
3) The movers will deliver our goods from storage and our overseas goods will arrive about Monday 30 June.

The kids will then get the remainder of the summer off before jumping back into 1st and 3rd grade in the Pleasant Valley School District. Thanks to all who have faithfully read the blog throughout the past year. We hope that it was a great way for you to keep in touch with our activities and ultimately, it forced us to better document our activities. There will likely be a few more blogs just to wrap up the relocation.

See you all soon.

The Leibfrieds