the millennial’’s guide to business travel: lessons for the next generation of road warriors

Michael Puldy (michael@nextgentraveler.com) is a technology executive, photographer, writer and world traveler. Between travels for business and pleasure, he has visited over forty countries and the continents of Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. A Florida native and resident for almost thirty-five years, Michael left Florida only two times before attending college at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. During his freshman year, Michael experienced the joy of road trips driving throughout the South, the Northeast and the Midwest. He also lived his first college summer near the District of Columbia. The next year, the summer between Michael’s sophomore and junior years, he backpacked in the Middle East and North Africa followed by traveling solo in Western Europe and the United Kingdom. These early life adventures fostered his love of travel, meeting people and experiencing different cultures, religions, and customs. Michael has visited all fifty United States, and has lived in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Singapore. He now resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Adrienne, and Boomer, their Yorkshire terrier. A member of the Circumnavigators Club, his travel highlights include: trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal, sailing to observe the Komodo Dragons in Indonesia, living on a dive boat exploring the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, backpacking in Denali and Lake Clark National Parks in Alaska, white water rafting down the Colorado River and hiking the Grand Canyon, watching the sunrise in Yosemite near Half Dome, touring the Valley of the Kings and the Step Pyramid in Egypt, becoming engaged at the base of Mount Fitz Roy near El Chalten, Argentina, and meeting the most amazing and incredible people all across the globe. Professionally, Michael has spent his entire career in the technology industry where he has worked in the aerospace, financial, retail and technology sectors. He is also a published author of professional and peer reviewed papers. In addition, he has held three global jobs based in the U.S., and lived two years as an expatriate in Singapore. Photos from Michael’s selected travels throughout the world can be viewed at www.puldy.com. You can also follow his Instagram (www.instagram.com/mpuldy) and Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/NextGen_Travelr).