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Dan Goss7/25/2013
John is correct. Bedford was a Sr. VP reporting to Brandon, also a SVP. And when Fred fired Bedford, he promoted Hank, then a Director, to VP.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/25/2013
Interesting...maybe svp reporting to svp. was Hank in COS or in Memphis at the time?
John Toscano7/25/2013
Thanks Dan. Hank was in COS. Charles Brandon was the SVP/CIO. Howie may have been considered as the heir apparent. Surely he considered the potential "career path." I think that may be what Cheryl was alluding to.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/23/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizFedEx billing started with 80 column punch cards keyed and processed into an Burroughs mainframe. Around the mid 90's around 60+ employees did COBOL programming to process customer billing.Dennis Jones did not like IBM and the cost of a new mainframe was around $5M every time one was added, so he wanted to get off the mainframe into the Unix world. He started a project call CHRONOS. Like all major projects it was a technical challenge and was difficult to meet expectations. It started with contracting several hundred Anderson Consulting personnel to help redesign the system in the Orlando area.Who was the first VP over Chronos?
the second?
and the third?
Chris Apalodimas7/23/2013
I think the 2d one was JP Sarkis.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/23/2013
...and you would be correct!
John Wilkinson7/23/2013
Was the first VP Chris Hjelm
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/23/2013
Chris Hjelm(now CIO of Kroger in Cincinnati) is correct!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2013
FedEx Trivia QuestionA project in the 2000's in simple terms was supposed to do the following, but got sidetracked a little with lots of paperwork and meetings-develop a common tools and languages set, so programmers in different groups could easily be moved to more important projects-develop a common development process-develop a core infrastructure & platform so that developers could work on the same target systems1. What was this effort called?2. What was it initially called?
Dan Elliot7/24/2013
I'm thinking 6x6...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2013
correct on question #1 6x6 was the shortened version of original name
Gary Phillips7/24/2013
Six by six (the longer version)
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/24/2013
Answer:
1. 6x6
2. Originally called zero to six by 2006 in
MD/VP/SVP offsite meeting by Kevin Humphries
026x2006
Subject: Does anyone know if any wireless companies offer discounts to FedEx retirees? I'm on Verizon now and ...
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus7/25/2013
Does anyone know if any wireless companies offer discounts to FedEx retirees? I'm on Verizon now and was just asked to renew my monthly discount. In checking I have to provide a valid FedEx email account or a copy of a FedEx pay stub. After talking with someone at Verizon they told me they do not honor discounts for FedEx retirees...only active employees.
Laura Ladd Beard7/25/2013
att, as far as know.
Gary Phillips7/25/2013
I have a retired friend that still gets a disc eith Verizon. AT&T Does as well.
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus7/25/2013
Gary...I retired the end of 2008 and have been with Verizon but they are now sending out notices to renew. That's how I found out that I have 30 days to let them know if I'm an active employee. When I talked to them they said the discount doesn't apply to retirees and that I will lose the discount at the end of the 30 days.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/25/2013
This is what the FedEx Retiree Club posted a while back: FedEx Cell Phone Discounts FedEx Retirees are NOT eligible for discounts with the FedEx approved cell phone vendors such as ATT, Verizon, etc. However, if you had a plan with one of the vendors at the time you retired from FedEx, then that vendor may continue to grant you those discounts moving forward. Keep in mind that this is a courtesy on their part and they could change it at any time.
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus7/25/2013
Thanks Jimmy! Apparently Verizon is not honoring it any more! UGH!
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/25/2013
I still have the att discount...at least so far.
Gary Phillips7/25/2013
AT&t is honoring mine as well. Judt added a phone and ipad. Like I mentioned, s friend gold me she was still getting the disc st Verizon.
Diane Conner White7/25/2013
I got the same email from Verizon but luckily my husband is still employed there...at least for the short term.
Charlie Derrick7/25/2013
Having great luck with Virgin Mobile, but I'm not in Memphis.
John Wilkinson7/26/2013
Sprint is still honoring mine
Subject: Can you guess where Larry Tieman is?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/26/2013
Can you guess where Larry Tieman is?
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/26/2013
On Ork?
Jill Bradbury Greer7/26/2013
ComicCon, however it's spelled ?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/26/2013
Jill is right!
Gary Phillips7/26/2013
Looks like the Whitehouse. Is that Obama with him?
Jill Bradbury Greer7/26/2013
Which one is Larry (JUST KIDDING)
Subject: Wrong way to load FedEx packages:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/26/2013
Jack Brown7/26/2013
I saw this video on Good Morning America. Bad publicity. The person reporting the story did state the 2 people tossing the packages are no longer with FedEx.
Subject: An old pome I wrote: Stopping By Windows On A Showy Workstation . Whose graphics are these I think I ...
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/26/2013
An old pome I wrote:
Stopping By Windows On A Showy Workstation
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Whose graphics are these I think I know
His workstation is on the LAN and so
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his Windows minimize and grow.
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My 3270 must think it queer
To stop with no character data here
Icons buttons and GUI fluff
Slide bars and other Windows stuff.
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He gives his co-ax tail a shake
To ask if there has been a mistake
It's just a GUI, I being discreet
No need to fear or scene to make
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This Windows stuff is slick and neat
But I have legacy code to keep
And lines to code before I sleep
And lines to code before I sleep....
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/29/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizIn the late 70's FWS saw the need of management change. The executive team that fought & led the company to prosperity, wasn't the team to lead it to survival and maturity. He founded a new group, located in the Ridgeway area for them to work on ideas. I think all but one, left the company in the next few years.What was the name of this group?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/30/2013
The Advanced Projects Group.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/30/2013
Winn Stephenson & John Schwarzmann also thought this was called the Green Team.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/29/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizIn 1975 Federal Express had it's first IPO. FWS arranged for employees to purchase up to 220,000 shares. Half the employees put in orders for 635,000 shares so the amount was adjusted.On April 12, 1978 783,000 shares sold at $24 each.How many shares are outstanding today, at FDX?
Jack Brown7/29/2013
318 Million shares outstanding
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/29/2013
318M is correct times = around $33B
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/31/2013
FedEx Trivia QuestionManagement has corporate support personnel assigned to assist them. Around the mid 80's one of these support people were assigned for every 300 people. With the growth of FedEx, the company decided it wouldn't grow this support linearly. In the 90's there was one of these support people for every 1500 employees in the Memphis area. Managers were told they had to do this support themselves.What did this support person do?
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/31/2013
"ghost" your system to fix any problem!
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/31/2013
It was the HR group and they cut the ratio of personnel reps to employees. The managers and MD's were told they had to handle GFT investigations and complaints initially and then pass off findings to Personnel.
Subject: The future of survey feedback:
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/1/2013
Subject: FedEx sightings
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/1/2013
FedEx sightingsHad lunch with Jim Thannum & Ken Pasley today. JT tookthe buyout and retired and is splitting time between grandkids(Memphis & Atlanta). He just finished a Disney cruise and is recovering. Ken is still working in Telecom, navigating current & future changes as is everyone who is still there.Both are doing well and looking young. I told them my goal is to stay as healthy as they are and at least live a day longer than they do....Both JT and Ken are the same age.
Subject: I wanted to let you know of an event that supports our local Humane Society its a great cause.
Cindy Dewey8/3/2013
I wanted to let you know of an event that supports our local Humane Society its a great cause.Paw Prints is 8/17. Individual tickets are $125, a table of 10 is $1,000. If anyone is interested, they can contact me and I will get tickets to them.http://www.memphishumane.org/newsevents/events/icalrepeat.detail/2013/08/17/358/-/paw-prints-partyWe are also working on a non profit org for FedEx employees and retirees that will have an animal rescue focus but also to provide companions for elderly with vetting and food provided for those on limited incomes...we had a big piece of land donated, but it was in Salisbury, but it was too far away. We have since started exploring opportunities for another facility being donated within city limits that is wonderful!More than anything, it allows FedEx employees and retirees to stay connected, while helping to resolve problems in our community. More to follow...those interested can message me directly.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: Who was the first Director over CustomerAutomation? The second? The third?
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/5/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Who was the first Director over CustomerAutomation?
The second?
The third?
Angela Maynard8/5/2013
Dennis Jones Laurie Tucker and Dottie?
Subject: Answer(maybe) MD of Automation (for the IT side) 1 - Steve Steilling 2 - Dave Dalton (from COS) (Bus ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/5/2013
Answer(maybe)
MD of Automation (for the IT side)
1 - Steve Steilling
2 - Dave Dalton (from COS) (Business MD-Jim Schmideke)
3 - Kurt Kunzel (Business owner MD - Laurie Tucker)
4 - Jim Thannum "The first automation device was an Apple II computer. Development was originally by Mark Ramsey and Lydle Simpson.Second device was a Vector computer capable of running Apple programs and Basic programs under CP/M.Epson meters were used for a time also.After the Zapmail shutdown, Dennis Jones had become the business owner for billing, and Federal needed to buy things from NEC to meet commitments from Zapmail orders. Dennis requested 25,000 NEC APC computers and renamed the Customer Automation program 'Powership'.I contacted Mike Struminger and he gave me his memories below(mine are failing).Mike's memories:
Well when I first started, Roy Hawkins was the manager and eventual Sr Mgr, Steve Steiling was the director, and Hank Howell was the VP. This was when we had the Epson Meter was the 1st device (driven by Paul Lucking and programmed by Steve Stewart and Joel Neely – plus whatever kickbacks were rumored to I think something like Spectrum Printing who did the programming but also supplied a lot if not all of our airbills at the time). We also had a DOS 2.1 device but I can’t remember the name, which is where Jerry Knight wrote something in compiled basic, I inherited it, threw it out and rewrote it (with Linda Brigance & Luke Jones) to make it the version that ultimately was labeled CAPS (probably stood for customer automation processing system but I honestly don’t remember). Craig Bell ran things from the Sales side.
I can’t remember the exact timeline but Pat Galvin I believe came in as VP when Hank left and I seem to remember Roy (as a Sr Mgr) ended up reporting directly to Pat but this is a bit cloudy. I can’t remember how Steiling got out of the mix. When Dennis Jones came in, he made Schmiedicke the business owner but the IT side was still Pat and Roy. I left when Roy was replaced by Dave Dalton and Pat by Jim Tollefson.
Gary Phillips8/5/2013
Schmiedicke is who I wss thinking of.rather than Schwartzman.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/6/2013
When Dennis Jones had oversight of the automation devices and billing it was recognized that the power of the units was not preparing shipping labels but automating billing and shipping information way before the package shipped. By the time I retired in 2006, about 70 percent of billing was received from automation devices & edi transmissions.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/6/2013
from Winn Stephenson:
Memory is way too fuzzy for me. I thought Miley was somehow in charge for a brief period, but maybe not.
Also, there were two more automation devices not listed -
The home built thing that Bruce built. I think it was a competitor to PS3.
Also, Barksdale had a small device developed that was call the Sally B after his wife. Not sure if we deployed any of them.
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Notes:
(There were 12-15,000 Powership 3's deployed which were designed to put on office desks; The 'Sally B' was code name used for a pad type device developed by SIS. Jim Barksdale told them he wanted a device that his wife Sally could use to ship with. Only a few were deployed. Cost was $800 w/o printer and PC's were just a couple hundred dollars more. SIS called the project COSMOS IIC.
..and Miley was over the development group for the Powership 3. It was the first automation device with a GUI versus drop down character type menus.)
Subject: In early 90's there had been several austere times where even pencils were cut from some budgets.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/6/2013
In early 90's there had been several austere times where even pencils were cut from some budgets.Coffee was paid for by employees, unless it was operations coverage at night.I took a request for Telecom to provide free coffee and popcorn, to my VP, who was tight with a dollar. He turned the request down. I then pitched that another VP, Harry Dalton, provide free coffee & popcorn to his employees....and we deserve to have it also. He thought hard about it....and decided to grant the coffee wish.. but not the popcorn.Thank you Harry Dalton!When I got to LineHaul, one of the first things we got were.... popcorn machines....
Marie McVay8/6/2013
I remember those times --- groups purchased their own coffee pots and kept them in cubes...
Deby Abbott Jolley8/6/2013
I remember that, too. We tried using the honor system for people to pay for their coffee (I think it was a quarter a cup) - and we tried a "coffee club" - where only those that contributed to the club could get the community coffee. And I remember having to bring in pencils/pens from home.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/6/2013
@2828 location, at my end of the building, we were always cold in the winter. the company had paid a monitoring company to keep the thermostats low to cuts costs, but we were colder than the rest of the building. we finally got a service tech to come look at the problem,,,,,and he found that there was an unknown thermostat hidden right behind the large bun coffee maker..........problem solved...we moved the coffee pot
Subject: Pilot Story: I was at a nice birthday luncheon today for a friend, and someone told this story about ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/8/2013
Pilot Story:
I was at a nice birthday luncheon today for a friend, and someone told this story about a friend of theirs that was one of the first pilots at FedEx who was in his early 20's when he started.
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He moved to Memphis to fly the falcons. FWS welcomed him, and asked him how he was doing. He said not too good. I haven't been able to find anywhere that will rent or lease to me. I'm 20 years old, with no job record. Fred went with him, and co-signed his lease so he would have a place to stay.Later, the pilot, who was quite a character, was known to fly over the speed limit of the 727's...most of the time. When he got the route to Charlotte, the UPS plane always landed first at the airport. (The UPS jet was probably coming from Louisville Kentucky).He decided that just wasn't right. The cruising speed was around 550 mph and he was going about 632mph. He caught up with the UPS jet in his lane, and was passing him. He contacted Charlotte and wanted to know what his position was to land. They asked him his airspeed...he said 550mph......they said we will get back to you.A few minutes later the tower contacted ...and said...FedEx you will be first to land.....Your speed of 550mph is faster than the UPS flight speed of 550mph........
Subject: FWS Story This story was relayed to me by one of the Directors who took the buyout. His long time ad ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/10/2013
FWS Story
This story was relayed to me by one of the Directors who took the buyout. His long time admin also took the buyout.A couple years ago, the admin turned 80. She had plenty of vacation and travelled often. Work wasn't a job to her, she got to be with people she liked to be with.Her daughter sent a letter to Fred Smith thanking him for a company that would let someone work there and for many years. She wanted him to know how she appreciated what FedEx had done for her Mom.FWS called the Director and told him he wanted to meet his admin and thank her for her service to the company. He told him he would have called her directly but didn't want to shock her by hearing...this is Fred Smith on the line.The Director drove her over to Ridgeway to FWS office and dropped her off. She went in to meet FWS and talk with him for a few minutes, and he thanked her for her many years of service.
Marie McVay8/10/2013
I will always remember our Glo!
Shirley Lovelace Williams8/10/2013
I thought this must be Glo!! She was amazing.
Angela Maynard8/10/2013
Got to love Glo!
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/12/2013
from FedEx Legends Yahoo Group: So the question remains . . . when Glo finally retires, will she hold the
record for the oldest active employee to have served at FedEx?
Or put another way, how many employes were past 82 when they retired?
And Many Happy Birthdays to come!
Steve Swanberg
Marie McVay8/12/2013
Glo took the buyout and I think she left May 31st........
Subject: Story sent in by Jim Moore(Waffle House & FedEx)
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/11/2013
Story sent in by Jim Moore(Waffle House & FedEx)jimmy burkhttp://www.cnn.com/2013/08/11/opinion/greene-waffle-fedex/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnnGood story, by Bob Greene, Waffle-fedexBest regardsJIM
Story sent in by Jim Moore(Waffle House & FedEx)
Deby Abbott Jolley8/11/2013
Great story!
Subject: This Facebook page & the Legends Yahoo group page are open to anyone, you don't have to be retired. ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/11/2013
This Facebook page & the Legends Yahoo group page are open to anyone, you don't have to be retired. Someone commented to me that they would retire in a few years and wanted to join the facebook page, so I let them know they could join anytime they wanted, or just follow it if they wanted to. JimmyGlennBurk
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/14/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Every Friday morning, the SVP's of all divisions of Express plus Hub & Flight Operations meet for 1-2 hours to analyze and discuss everything that went right with operations and service levels for the week, and what went wrong, and to make changes to improve the next weeks operations. Occasionally FWS drops in, and was known to drop in on Fridays whenever there was terrible weather conditions that week.What is this meeting called?
Jill Bradbury Greer8/15/2013
WAR?
Charlie Derrick8/15/2013
WOR?
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/15/2013
Correct Answer is WAR; Buddy Johnson & Richard Taylor also got correct answer.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/15/2013
FedEx Trivia QuestionIn the summer of 1998, FWS formed a committee to make decision faster and move ahead on strategic projects.Out of this committee came decisions on putting Lasers on the new Supertrackers, Purple Lights to scan/weigh paks, Polaris/GENESIS to capture all info on packages(airbills) before midnight, PowerPad, 2D ASTRA labels and others.What was this committee called?
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/16/2013
Answer: The Z Committee or ZCOM for short.
Subject: Jim Barksdale's wheels
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/17/2013
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/18/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizIn the late 80's a person was trying to get a TN gambling license to race ponies. Riding the ponies were Robot jockeys controlled wirelessly by others.Two people at FedEx designed the wireless & security system to control the robot jockeys.Who were these two FedEx employees (Hint: they were hired from NASA)
Charles Morgan8/18/2013
Dick Braley and Bruce Lindow
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/18/2013
Chuck,,,,you are quick...and correct.
Charles Morgan8/18/2013
Thanks, Jimmy! I worked with Dick and Bruce both in my first year at FedEx in Zapmail - two really smart guys for sure!
Subject: Trivia: COBOL is an acronym for what?
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/20/2013
Trivia:
COBOL is an acronym for what?IMS is acronym for what?
Sarah Bassett Lee8/20/2013
Common Business Oriented Language and Information Management System.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/20/2013
Sarah is correct!
Chris Apalodimas8/20/2013
Speaking as one of the first FedEx DBA's (I got to this too late) congratulations Sarah!
At one time FedEx had the largest network table definition for IMS. In addition we had one of the first Databases (revenue) that spanned volumes and Dennis Ellis & his crew (including retiring MD Tim Baker) patched the system to allow spanning, changes that were incorporated later on by IBM.
Buddy Johnson8/20/2013
COmmon Business-Oriented Language
Information Management System
Subject: In Your Own Words
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/20/2013
In Your Own WordsTeam:'In Your Own Words' is currently featuring team members who are leaving the company as part of the Voluntary Buyout Program. It's one way we can honor their years of dedication to our company and the contributions they've made to our success.In this edition, Jud Williford, a DBA Principal on the Technical Design team, shares his stories and thoughts about our company. Jud will be leaving in November after more than three decades with FedEx. He's pictured below with his family.Jud, thank you for all you've done over the years. Your spirit, creativity and enthusiam will be remembered. All best to you and your family in the years ahead.Read and enjoy!-------K--------------------------------------------------------------------------------How long have you been with FedEx?I've been with FedEx 34 years as of last month (July). I was hired as a programmer trainee in 1979. I had been teaching Math at Memphis University School for a year after graduating from college, and applied at FedEx on a tip from a friend. My hiring senior manager, the late, great Charlie Germano, told everyone he had to hire me. Why? Because I played bagpipes and drove a 1950 Dodge! Needless to say, hiring policies have changed, but I like to think Charlie had good instincts.The IT group was based in Clark Tower at that time and expanding rapidly, so desk space was in short supply. As it happened, the HR director had just moved to new offices on Directors Row by the airport, so for the first several weeks I got to sit in his corner office overlooking East Memphis as I read from a stack of COBOL manuals and code listings.Who has inspired you over the years?That would be a long list! I think for most people, the best inspiration comes from folks who are in the trenches with them. I've been in a lot of different trenches with some very excellent people. You know who you are!Having said that, I have to tell my Mr. Smith story. In the early days we were small enough that he would come around periodically and spend time with us. Years later, my wife and I met him at my sons' elementary school as part of fundraising efforts by schools across the country to help fund the building of the WWII memorial, an effort Mr. Smith championed.He drove up by himself in his Blazer and just walked in and spoke! After the talk I introduced my wife, and she thanked him for my job, which had allowed us to raise a family. Without hesitating, he turned it around and thanked her with a very sincere acknowledgement of the company's dependence on the sacrifice that each employee and their family members make.What have you enjoyed most in your career?I have most enjoyed just riding the wave: working with so many different kinds of people on a broad range of business challenges and technologies and watching how things change.Development, databases, information security, enterprise modeling and architecture, planning and strategy formulation, it's all been fun.I have particularly loved opportunities to use my math skills to construct predictive models or do some analytics.I even got published for one effort. As I write this, I keep thinking of stories I could tell. I decided to try to get them down as I have time on myPurple Hub blog.Where do you see FedEx in 10 years?Have you ever seen that classic short,Powers of Ten? It came out in 1977, but here's an updated IMAX version with Morgan Freeman narrating. I think we are going to see our IT systems penetrate deeper and deeper in two directions:•Into our operations, in every vehicle, belt, container, location and package
•Into the customer's life, via every computing device and system they use
And our various initiatives with technologies like big data, analytics and complex event processing will continue to help us link and leverage these new depths for simultaneous operational efficiencies and customer bonding, just as science has over the centuries been able to leverage the development of optics and measuring devices that direct themselves to the infinite and the infinitesimal.Quips, quotes or parting thoughts?I'm taking the buyout, riding one more wave in November and I want to finish strong. In particular, I have a final personal milestone I'd love to hit. I am a part of a FedEx team that participates in the Corporate Knowledge Bowl competition, a benefit for the Memphis Public Library.For eight of the last nine years, our team has tried to win for FedEx the title of "Smartest Company in Memphis," and we've actually been runners up for the last two competitions. (Pictured below is the 2011 team with Clinton Menezes, Benny Arogyaswami, Ken Wilson and Ray Cross.)Delivering that bowl to Rob Carter this September would be a great way to cap my career.Now for a shameless plug: If you've got general trivia ability, or even knowledge depth in a specific area or two — like sports and literature — please contact me about joining our team.Or just show up to cheer us on at the tournament and help us win the Team Spirit award!
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/20/2013
There are more than a dozen of these 'In Your own words' articles and I've asked to have access to all of them for the fedexlegends.info page.
And any of you who have worked at FedEx want to do one, just send to me and I'll post it also.
jimmy
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/22/2013
FYI, just found out this article is owned by FedEx Corp Communications. I've requested permission to post this and other 'In your Words' articles, or for them to make them available on the FedEx website. If I don't get permission, I will delete it on their request.
Subject: Memories from Bob Gavin hired in April 1973
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/23/2013
Subject: Jim Whitworth passed away on July 29th.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/24/2013
Jim Whitworth passed away on July 29th.Jim was hired into FedEx Satellite Systems to design Satellite and ground systems for the company. Later he was the Director over Proj Mgmt in Harry Dalton's department.http://www.joineranderson.com/obituaries/James-Whitworth2/#!/Obituary
Jim Whitworth passed away on July 29th.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/25/2013
from Jim Moore: Jim was one of the steady ones, well grounded and capable.
Our paths crossed several times at FedEx and Jim was cool, reliable.
He'd get the job done.
Nice guy, Jim....
May you rest in peace.
Amen..
Subject: For those of you who know Doyle Childress
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/25/2013
For those of you who know Doyle ChildressDoyle has interfaced to FedEx for many years for various companies: SCB, Cook Systems and others.His son just had brain surgery to remove a tumor, and Winn Stephenson sent me a note that he talked to Doyle, and Doyle's son's prognosis is very good.Here is a link to Doyle's photo and bio
http://www.cooksys.com/aboutus-leadersAnd a piece of trivia, Doyle has a very deep voice. He was at the airport many years ago, and saw his pastor Dr Adrian Rogers there also. He went over and talked to him a few minutes. Dr Rogers said something like 'I think I hear the Voice of God' and encouraged him to go talk to the music director, Jim Whitmire.Thus, Doyle became the 'Voice of God' in Bellevue's annual Christmas Tree Pageant which has been seen by tens of thousands of people each year.
For those of you who know Doyle Childress
David Warren9/9/2013
Doyle also was the man in the lab coat back in the Fantastic Features days. He and Sivad would interact with each other....
Subject: In the mid 19990's Dennis Jones was pushing to move more applications to the UnixC/Java World vs Cob ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/28/2013
In the mid 19990's Dennis Jones was pushing to move more applications to the UnixC/Java World vs Cobol on IBM. He wrote a memo (which I've never seen, but heard enough about) in which called the Cobol Programmers _____________ to the FedEx system, which upset all the Cobol programmers to say the least.What did he call the Cobol Programmers?
Jack Brown8/28/2013
I believe the word he used was piranha
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/28/2013
FedEx Trivia QuestionOne of FedEx's first Unix Applications provided Unix Workstations to provide one graphical interface to 3270 and all line haul applications. Over 200 news articles were written by this one application, which basically was a front end to the IBM applications.What was this application called?
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as a side noteI was MD over Network Engineering. I get a call from this application group who were bringing up these apps, saying the network is too slow. It was taking 10 minutes to Logon.I asked them if they had run a trace or monitored the LAN circuit and the applications programmers didn't know what that meant, and the app had been done by 3rd parties.I sent someone over with a Datascope, who discovered that every time someone got up from their desk, they had to sign off, and then sign back on for security. The trace showed that each time they had to logon, over 200 megabytes were re-downloaded into the same unix workstation over and over. I relayed back to the MD, go fix your application.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
Answer: GOCC
Carl Wayne Hardeman8/29/2013
Smalltalk
Subject: FedEx Trivia:
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
FedEx Trivia:Which of the following are true?a-FedEx once owned a Rocket company that launced satellites, in order to bid on future Space Shuttle launches(the space shuttle fleet was originally designed to launch one shuttle per week.b-FedEx once had 200 Flight Stewardess'sc-FedEx flies military missionsd-FedEx once bought it's own company that built Vanse-FedEx once owned a share in a ocean ship that laid fiber optics in the Pacificf-FedEx looked at a multi distribution broadband wireless system. They were going to dispatch and link FedEx systems during the day, and transmit free movies at nightg-FedEx once pondered a door to door delivery of people. A FedEx bus would pick you up and deliver you to local airports where FedEx jets would fly you to destinations on red eye flightsh-FedEx almost invested in a $B fleet of Ocean going dirigiblesi-FedEx looked at building the largest seaplane for ocean transportj-FedEx looked at building the fast ship possible for ocean transportk-FedEx had difficulty in getting couriers in Great Britain to dress in courier uniforms
Jim Gonka8/29/2013
Pretty sure A,B,C and D are true. Not sure about the rest.
Randall Jackson8/29/2013
I think all are true.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
...not all
Randall Jackson8/29/2013
The only ones I had not heard or read about are D & K.
Larry Sparks8/29/2013
I think k is true, I went over to train them on supertrackers and they had their own way of doing things,
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