Day 2 and 3 with Client

The last couple of days we have been working very closely with Marisa, Adson, and Igor from Instituto Empreender.  We have come to a conclusion on what their highest needs are relating the data management of their students and employers.  We proposed to have a short and long term solution to them and they agreed. 

Left to Right at Instituto Empreeder: Igor, Sharon, Etsuko, Adson, Marisa, me

Last night we had our first IBM CSC team meeting, where all the 5 teams discussed their progress, issues, SOW, client interaction, etc.  This was a good meeting because we got to understand what each team is doing and share knowledge/suggestions between the teams if needed.  We will have a team meeting every Tuesday night until end of assignment.

Today we had a three way meeting between Instituto Empreender, CDS, and the IBM team.  The focus was to make sure that we were off to a good start and the client was satisfied with our plan of action. After the meeting we went to have lunch in the nearby city of Olinda.  Olinda is an old city built on a hill that was first colonized by the Portuguese back in the 1530's.  Very beautiful views.  See below.

Overview from Olinda with Recife in the Background

Lot of Catholic Churches in Olinda

View of Recife

Rodrigo from CDS (Washington DC) and Joyce from IBM Rio de Janeiro will be heading back to their home cities tomorrow, so we decided to have a dinner with them before they left.  We went to a crepe place and it was absolutely amazing! 

Left to Right at Crepe Dinner: Rodrigo, me, Joyce, Kenichi (Japan), Yvonne (UK)