Passions, redux: A little red '72 Corvette he's restoring
from the ground up.
Travel tip: "As soon as I get my bags in the overhead for an
international flight, I change into a pair of cotton running pants
and a long-sleeved
volleyball shirt. This helps me relax and keeps
my clothes in good shape for my arrival."
On maintaining healthy relationships: "My wife, Sheila,
travels with me 40 percent of the time. If she's not with me, we
know each other's schedules and call each other twice a day." He
also makes it a priority to stay in touch with his five-year-old
grandson, Nick, too. "When I travel, I tell him to look on the
globe I bought him and help him find the country I'm in."
Best thing about being on the road: "No doubt, it is the
friendship, the excitement of experiencing so many different
people. Over the past year, I've worked harder than I ever have,
and yet I have had more fun than anyone could imagine. I have scuba
dived with manatee; climbed cliffs; attended
rugby matches and
baseball,
football, and
soccer games; bungee jumped; and more. But
the most important of the experiences has been the opportunity to
make friends all over the planet."
SCOTT TOLLER
Winner, Technical/Support Category
Manufacturing Development Project Manager
Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector
Age: 35
Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona
Travel route: Phoenix, Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle, San Jose
AAdvantage miles logged in 2000: 30,335
When Scott Toller talked about his children during a poignant
finalist interview, his stories brought tears to the judges' eyes.
Later, we spent time with Toller and his family, and while this
road warrior obviously takes his other job - Dad - very seriously,
he and wife Janelle make parenting five kids look like lots of fun.
Before he "got responsible" - his words - he was a fly-fishing and
river guide for four years in
Utah. Now he's working to guide
cellular phone users onto the Internet at high speeds, via the next
generation of cellular network technology, or G3 as it's referred
to within the industry.
On being a Road Warrior: "If I'm on the road I have to be
there. I have five small children [Elizabeth (9), Annie (7), Janet
(5), Charlie (3), and Isabelle (3 months)]. I've gone through some
tough times with that. My kids really didn't want me to leave once.
They barricaded the door - they unionized. When