The time has come for another pivot in my professional career. My time in the Ford Content Factory is drawing to a close this week. On August 18, I'll be joining Navigant Research as a senior research analyst working on smart transportation.

I've loved working with my colleagues in the content factory including Carrie Roca, Sue Carney, Jeff Majeske, Zach Peterson, Shaun Byron, Ken Welsch, Marsha Low Pund, Chuck Arehart, Karen Pitton, Keith Price, Tommy Simon, Dave McWilliams, Stephanie Pease, Mike Wood, Ryan Koehler, Tom Shea, the Ford product communications staff and of course the late, great Jennifer Moore.

I've been fortunate to work on some awesome projects during my time with Ford including the Fusion Story web app. (https://web.archive.org/web/20121031070648/http://fordfusionstory.com/)

Without a doubt however, the highlight was being  entrusted with telling the Ford Mustang story over the past year. That included celebrating the first 50 years of Mustang heritage and then teaching the world about the all-new 2015 Mustang. Along with the global reveal on December 5, 2013 (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/12/05/all-new-ford-mustang.html), we put a 2015 convertible on the observation deck of the Empire State Building on April 16, 2014. (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2014/04/15/mustang-esb-some-assembly-required.html"). Big thumbs up to Ryan Koehler for his awesome video work.

www.youtube.com/embed/JMYIt9NtG6k?list=PLn7kRjAg2vZFuaHTPMHSx1wVx_vDlbj8V

My sincere thanks to the members of Team Mustang that have been so helpful including Dave Pericak, Prakash Patel, Steve Denby, Kemal Curic, Doyle Letson, Melanie Banker, Steve Ling, Jim Owens, Alan Hall, Monique Brentley, Jayson Demchak, Brian Cotter and John Clor at Ford Racing. There are way too many other people to list here but they all have my gratitude for helping me find and develop story ideas.

However, the time has come for me to move on. As a senior analyst with Navigant, I'll be watching the smart transportation sector. For those of you working in the industry, please keep me in mind and let me know whenever you have any news or information that might be relevant.?

Actually, the current +Buick Regal began life on the Russelsheim, Germany assembly line

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/06/2011-buick-regal-first-drive-in-germany/?

Having spent my entire adult life in and around the auto industry, I've been lucky enough to see a lot of prototype vehicles up close

Most never get shown in public, but everyone once in a while a company decides to share.?

Interesting editorial on folding the U.S. Air Force back into the army and navy

It actually makes a lot of sense?

We're all screwed so we might as well enjoy the journey as its own reward?

Not that I ever really had any desire to go to Burning Man, but if Grover Norquist is going, it really is over?

The next phase in the life cycle of our yard has begun, now with caterpillars

Years ago when we first planted fennel and our kids were young, we began noticing eastern black swallowtail butterflies laying eggs. We collected some of the stems with eggs and put them in an aquarium and then continued feeding the caterpillars fresh fennel as they grew.

We haven't collected them in the last several years but +Julie Abuelsamid collected some yesterday and we currently have five caterpillars growing. In a few weeks we'll release the butterflies. ?

Back in 1964, lots of body styles were being considered for the then-new +Ford Motor Company  #Mustang  including a two-seater

A gentleman from Ohio saw this car at a 1964 traveling custom car show and following a strange sequence of events, ended up owning it four years later. ?

Morning glory?