The world as I see it.

Who am I?

A relatively ordinary person ― but with multiple facets. A rough stone.

I am both French and American. I was born and raised in the United States of Rhine valley heritage. My roots are in the vineyards of Alsace.  I have dual nationality, which means that I have two passports, file two income tax declarations, and get to vote twice – yes, I do.  I have family in both the US and in France.

Professionally, I worked in industry for many years in engineering, marketing, sales, B2B, international, and management.  I have studied in both the US and in France.  After moving to France more than 30 years ago, I applied what I had learned to my activities in teaching, management training, and consulting.  In 2009, I retired from the Leonard de Vinci School of Management (EMLV) in Paris, where I had been an Associate and Coordinating Professor responsible for the major in B2B Marketing, which I had constructed and managed.  After that, I continued professionally — teaching and conducting management training programs in companies — until I retired completely in 2016.  More information about my professional activities can be found at www.muhrich.net.

Now retired, I am active in several associations — notably our local Lions Club — plus others.  And, from time to time, I write.

Having two nationalities gives me perspective.  I identify with and participate in both the American and French communities.  I can see both the good and “not so good” of both sides, and this gives me the right to comment on both ― something that I am neither hesitant nor ashamed to do.  I am in my own space.  This is something that I have commented on in my paper “On Being International.”

In the US, I lived in many places, but I say that I am primarily from the Boston area, where I lived for about 30 years.  Here in France, I lived for many years in Paris and in Maisons-Laffitte west of Paris.  We now live in Nice.  Where are the “places in between?”  That depends on what route you take.  I have traveled extensively and visited many countries for work and vacations.

And finally, why do I write this blog?  I write it because I enjoy doing so and have things that I feel like commenting on and that would not fit with my professional site.  It is somewhat of a hobby.  And besides, it is better that I do this than hang out at the local Bar-Tabac.

I hope that you find this blog to be interesting ― even if you may not always agree with me.  It’s about “the world as I see it”.

Mark Louis Uhrich

Nice, France, 14 October 2024

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