If you had told me before 2006 that one third of our team would eventually be based in India, I would have said you were crazy. I would not have thought that a firm of our size could manage and benefit from integrating foreign workers; and, I certainly wouldn’t have anticipated the professional and personal growth that our team members and I have experienced as a result of the relationships we have developed and the cultural exchanges we have shared.

The journey to our current position, wherein we employ about 50 people in the U.S. and partner with 20-25 in India dedicated to us through an India-based firm, began with a meeting I took only as a courtesy—and one I really didn’t think was going to go anywhere.