Happy New Year To All At TTAC

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

Allow me to be the first (unless someone in Australia beats me to it) to wish any and all a happy and prosperous 2011. May all your whishes (except the devious ones) come true.

I am writing this from Toyko, where we are 14 hours ahead of the East Coast.

Let’s hear it from the Best & Brightest around the world as we enter into a new year, wherever you may be. Hawaii, you’ll be last in line, as usual.

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Alisonyat Alisonyat on Dec 31, 2010

    Happy New Year to you all. Hope 2011 brings brighter prospects for all and everything goes the way you want. Crazy firework by the way. What is the fun in blowing all of them at once?

  • BMWfan BMWfan on Dec 31, 2010

    I want to wish all here and your families the best for the New Year. Whether or not we have agreed on the subject at hand, remember that discourse increases knowledge, and I hope you will all agree that this is a good thing. We face many challenges as a nation in the future, and only through intelligent analysis of possible solutions can we hope to solve the problems, automotive and political, we are presented with.

  • DenverMike DenverMike on Dec 31, 2010

    Happy New Year and best wishes to all and your families. Thanks for putting up with me and yeah, sometimes I need to vent but I learned alot in the past year and hope I didn't annoy (too much). Peace, love and be safe!

  • Mazder3 Mazder3 on Dec 31, 2010

    Happy new year from New Hampshire everyone!

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