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Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk created the group FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club.
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/6/2012
Subject: Breakfast with FedEx friends, on Election Day 2012; Winn Stephenson, Jimmy Burk, Angie Maynard & Ran ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/6/2012
Breakfast with FedEx friends, on Election Day 2012; Winn Stephenson, Jimmy Burk, Angie Maynard & Randy Roy
Subject: A place for FedEx retirees & friends from the Info & Telecommunications Division of FedEx to drop a ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk 11/6/2012
A place for FedEx retirees & friends from the Info & Telecommunications Division of FedEx to drop a note about where they are and what's going on.
Subject: July 2012 lunch at Abuellos with Ancel Hankins & Terry Cox
Jimmy Glenn Burk 11/7/2012
July 2012 lunch at Abuellos with Ancel Hankins & Terry Cox
Subject: Ace & Doris McInturff are living in Sequim, Washington
Jimmy Glenn Burk 11/7/2012
Ace & Doris McInturff are living in Sequim, Washington
Subject: FedEx exec mgmt team of 1980
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/7/2012
FedEx exec mgmt team of 1980
Subject: Photo of John Schwarzmann who lives in Memphis.
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/7/2012
Photo of John Schwarzmann who lives in Memphis.
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/11/2012
John is the 4th person from the left and was Sr Mgr of Engineering when I came to FedEx. He became a Director before leaving to work for TNT in the late 80's. Reporting to John were Chuck Jowers, Ancel Hankins, Gary Ragsdale and Jim Moore.
Subject: Bob & Connie Higgins on one of their many cruise vacations.
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/7/2012
Bob & Connie Higgins on one of their many cruise vacations.
Bob Higgins11/11/2012
Bob Higgins
This in Terelj National Park, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where we spent 3 nights in a ger. We then did the Trans Siberian Railroad from here to Moscow. After arriving in Moscow, we did a river cruise down the Volga to the Caspian sea.
Subject: Amy Armstrong visits with Chris Hjelm & Brett Bonner in Cinncinnati
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/7/2012
Amy Armstrong visits with Chris Hjelm & Brett Bonner in Cinncinnati
Subject: Kay Moody visited the Kremlin this summer
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/7/2012
Kay Moody visited the Kremlin this summer
Subject: Jimmy and Stephanie took Josh & Cathy and the grankKids to Disney in October. Lots of fun, and tough ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/7/2012
Jimmy and Stephanie took Josh & Cathy and the grankKids to Disney in October. Lots of fun, and tough to keep up with an 18 month and 32 month old kids
Subject: Cynthia Spangler & Judy Edge attend 'Harvest Dinner on the Greenway' Cynthia , now retired, was VP o ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/9/2012
Cynthia Spangler & Judy Edge attend 'Harvest Dinner on the Greenway'
Cynthia , now retired, was VP of Billing Systems, and Judy is SVP HR at FedEx
Subject: Tom Bullion visits Oskosh in his vintage airplane
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/10/2012
Tom Bullion visits Oskosh in his vintage airplane
Subject: from astronomytechnologytoday.com Randy Roy, like many amateurs, began his fascination with astronom ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/11/2012
from astronomytechnologytoday.com
Randy Roy, like many amateurs, began his fascination with astronomy at age 10
after receiving a 4-inch Newtonian reflector for Christmas. 47 years later, he
observes from his home in Lakeland, Tennessee with his C14 nearly every clear
evening, but enjoys taking his 8-inch Zhumell Dob to club outings and public
observing events.
Subject: Beth Lee, former VP FedEx in Colorado is interviewed in video about Black Forest Haunting. https://w ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/11/2012
Beth Lee, former VP FedEx in Colorado is interviewed in video about Black Forest Haunting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkahvz0ZZTo
BLACK FOREST HAUNTING UPDATE
Subject: Jim Bentley still lives in Germantown and spends his time taking trips on his motorcycle, trips to K ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/12/2012
Jim Bentley still lives in Germantown and spends his time taking trips on his motorcycle, trips to Kentucky, Myrtle Beach and fishing in Florida, and is still doing photo swimsuit and wedding shoots. He took photos of my son Jonathan's wedding this summer and does a great job.
Subject: Feel free to post anything about where you are, what you have been doing with your life. There is a ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/12/2012
Feel free to post anything about where you are, what you have been doing with your life. There is a mirror yahoo group site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FedExLegends/
and a FedEx history site you are welcome to contribute to at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FedExLegends/
FedExLegends : FedExLegends
Subject: Where is Steve Stewart? Steve is a manager in innovation at FedEx and was instrumental in the SIS an ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/12/2012
Where is Steve Stewart?
Steve is a manager in innovation at FedEx and was instrumental in the SIS and scanning organizations at FedEx.
He plays bagpipes and is also in a band.
Subject: Jim Thannum and grandDaughter...and yes JT is still working at FedEx....
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/12/2012
Jim Thannum and grandDaughter...and yes JT is still working at FedEx....
Subject: Where is Dale Browning? Dale who was Mgr Network Engineering who oversaw the transition of FedEx net ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/13/2012
Where is Dale Browning?
Dale who was Mgr Network Engineering who oversaw the transition of FedEx networks from a packet network to a router network lives in Memphis and works for Hewlett Packard.
Subject: Where is Keith McGarr? Keith who was vp of telecom is now living in Knoxville...and plays golf
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/13/2012
Where is Keith McGarr?
Keith who was vp of telecom is now living in Knoxville...and plays golf
Subject: Where is Buddy Johnson? Buddy is enjoying the good life @ The Villages in Florida.
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/13/2012
Where is Buddy Johnson?
Buddy is enjoying the good life @ The Villages in Florida.
Subject: Nice memories from Chuck Seigfried:
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/14/2012
Nice memories from Chuck Seigfried:
The Good Ole Days
1977 to Present
I was recently thinking about the Good Ole Days as I approached my 34th Anniversary (NO NOT WEDDING ANNIVERSARY) here at FedEx. I can remember like it was yesterday my first day on the job at the Memphis Hub. The week I started was probably one of the most significant times in recent history in Memphis due to the death of the King Elvis Presley. My first night on the job was interesting in that we had to set up the sorting tables, yes table not belts since we were still doing manual sorting as we waited on the first automated sort belts to be installed. Even back in the early day’s folks still reminisced about the Good Ole Days. It seems that I have been searching my entire life for the Good Ole Days that all old timers seem to remember so fondly.
My first night on the job may still be the most memorable of my long career here at FedEx. As I was busy sorting packages onto a six foot folding table a young man offered to assist as I am sure I looked a little confused. We worked side by side for about 30 minutes and as the gentlemen began to leave he reached out to shake my hand. As he shook my hand he introduced himself as Fred Smith and I then countered with nice to meet you Fred and I’m Elvis Presley. See all I knew about Federal Express at that time was the founder was a guy named Fred Smith and he was an entrepreneur (not sure I knew what that meant at that time). Anyway Fred turned to me and said no really I’m Fred Smith and I said no really I’m EP. As he walked away he turned and looked back with a slight smirk on his face and a little chuckle. A few minutes later Mike Ducker my first boss slapped me upside the head as he laughed at my early introduction to the Man and the founder of the Good Ole Days and Federal Express.
The hub years were very instrumental in developing me as a young man in search of my mission in life. I had recently been released from the hospital after several months due to a severe motorcycle wreck that almost crippled me for life and I was now ready to look to the future. As I worked my way through the hub I still encountered the good ole days saying from time to time but for the life of me I still didn’t understand what that really meant. Surely my good ole days were not my time related to my motorcycle days or maybe it was. I was determined to make my own memories and hopefully someday really understand what the fuss is all about. Again, in search of who I am or want to be was a big part of my journey at this time. I remember after about 3 days of working under Mike Ducker he took me outside to introduce me to my first fleet of Falcon Jets that he and Federal Express would entrust in me to oversee the daily load and departure of these aircrafts. As I thought about the level of responsibility of managing these multimillion dollar aircrafts I really began to wonder if they (FedEx management) had any idea who they were entrusting these jets too. Remember these were the Good Ole days before the internet so they had no clue that I was a wild and crazy guy who just ran a motorcycle into a car at 65 MPH. Anyway that one moment in my career had a tremendous impact on me as a young man looking to find his way into this thing called independence. The simple fact that Federal Express empowered me to take the lead on making sure all our planes were loaded and ready to launch every night on time “Absolutely Positively” over night. This was my first introduction to the PSP philosophy that some may refer to when talking about the Good Ole Days. The impact you can have on a young person by empowering him or her is a tremendous tool that we need to take full advantage of at all times as we struggle to keep the FedEx culture alive and well.
After several years in the hub I was able to graduate from College and started my journey on finding a way out. And for all of those who worked in the hub, well you know what I mean. The hub is a great place to work, but yet a better place to have worked and perhaps some may say a place we often referred to as the Good Ole Days.
My next stop on this long journey was a move to the Communications Department which consisted of just under 30 FTE’s and one Call Center in East Memphis at 2725 Mendenhall next to Flemings Fine Furniture. The department consisted of 3 groups Voice, Data and Radio. During these Good Ole Days the networks were very much independent and stand alone and with VoIP and other convergence solutions weighing heavily on our minds today some may say that these were the Good Ole Days where life and networking seemed so simple. The department head Jim Barksdale met me on my first day in the communications Department and I was lead to my new office overlooking East Memphis via the Clark Towers. A double whammy was my childhood home was less than a few hundred yards away and I could see my mom and dad from my office window and at times try to get their attention from my office window. Oh yeah, never wave a white towel from the top of Clark Towers because someone may think you’re in need of help and call security . Anyway these were some really good times for me in that I had my own office a few blocks from my parents’ home and was able to show off just a bit for a kid that many thought would spend his time elsewhere not Corporate America. So, this I thought must be what everyone means when they referred to the Good Ole Days and perhaps I can now participate in those discussions as I built my own memories here at Federal Express as I strived to keep the Federal Express culture and PSP alive and well.
The next phase of my career at FedEx began in the 80’s as the company really began to emerge as one the greatest Corporations in the world. I can remember like yesterday traveling around the USA, Canada and Mexico with my boy Randy Roy implementing Call Centers as fast as we could put them in. We also had the luxury of hiring the personnel for these sites which was not an easy task since FedEx was not quite the household name it is today. As a Technical Recruiter I had the opportunity to participate in jobs fairs and even do a few radio spots around the country. Again, this was all so rewarding in the fact they “FedEx” empowered me to make a difference in this company. I can’t say enough how important this is to the FedEx way of life and in developing and promoting our culture. The 80’s came to an end with many changes during which time I was a big part. Things like Fedex looking into becoming a passenger airline and participating in the World’s Fair in Knoxville and of course the Zap mail days and perhaps the biggest move of all the purchase of Flying Tigers. And the thing I found most challenging during these times was our ability to keep the culture alive and well as we continued to build on the FedEx way of life and PSP.
The 90’s also bought about a ton of changes as we expanded our reach globally and we officially changed the name of the company to FedEx but never changing our basic fundamentals like motivating the People to provide the Service while generating the Profits (PSP). The FedEx growth continued through the 90’s and well beyond as we acquired additional companies and integrated the new employees into the FedEx family and culture. The growth and challenges continue to this day with the ever changing market place but with the one continuum being the PSP way of life.
The years have been both good and bad just like for everyone else but I do think for the most part it has been a great ride and one that I hope will continue for a few more years as I continue to search for the Good Ole Days and hopefully keep the faith of our original culture. Always remember that the PSP philosophy is in our DNA and is more relevant than ever before. As Fred stated recently each element of the PSP is essential for the success of FedEx and each must be in balance with the other to remain an efficient business model. So with that in mind I must say after writing this article it has come apparent to me that today should be the Good Ole Days we all seem to be searching for our entire life as we build on the legacy of this great company. So, no matter how stressed or over worked you may be always reach back to the days when PSP was a way of life not just a story when reflecting on the Good Ole Days. Today is the first day of the rest of your life and we should always be thankful for all we have and not all that we want. The mere fact we are able to come to work for such a great company and have such a huge impact on not just our lives but others around the world as we FedEx continue to change the way the world works. So accept the fact that today is the beginning of our own Good Ole days and enjoy it for some day you will have to tell your family and friends about your good ole days. Stay strong and continue to promote the People philosophy whenever you can so FedEx can continue to be the best of the best. |
Subject: Where in the World is Gail Bermel?
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/15/2012
Where in the World is Gail Bermel?
Gail Bermel was the ITD personnel rep to thousands of employees in Memphis. She retired and sails and races with her husband Herman. Below is a short update and response to Brett Bonner who was looking for info on sailing boats
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Hi Guys!! Glad to hear from you. Last season was the first time we did not sail to the Bahamas. I had a hip replacement Sept 2011 so we sailed from the panhandle down to Key West and back. I didn't want to leave the country until a year after surgery.
Within 24 hours of returning, my mother fell on the escalator at the airport and broke her hip. I stayed with her 24/7 for 4-5 months. She'll be 80 next year and she recovered well enough to live alone again. Remarkable!!Now the boat. We prefer a single hulled sail boat because it fits our racing personality better. However, we have been on cats before. The living area is very different, very nice because of the width of the boat. My boat is 13' wide, the cat is much wider which gives you bigger living areas.
Talk to someone about the act of sailing. I feel certain that you would sail it differently than a single hull, that being, we can sail high into the wind and heel quite a bit. I would think the cat may need to fall off of the wind to keep the hulls in the water. Just my guess. One other thing you may want to investigate is dock space. If you cruise into new areas, there may not be as many marina slips wide enough for the cat as there are for a single hulled boat.
Great looking boat. I'm sure you will enjoy whatever you decide to buy. The best part of sailing actually is anchoring out away from marinas in clear water able to see everything below the boat, including tropical fish swimming below, sand dollars, star fish, conchs, etc. I can tell you where they are.
Good to hear from you. We have many pictures of our sails, let me know if you want me to send some.
Gail |
Sarah Bassett Lee11/15/2012
Sarah Bassett Lee
Good to hear from Gail!
Subject: I worked with Ancel Hankins from 1976-78 @ DCC; when he left & became the mgr of data engineering at ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/16/2012
I worked with Ancel Hankins from 1976-78 @ DCC; when he left & became the mgr of data engineering at FedEx. He later hired Terry Cox and Dick Winter, and I came over to work for Ancel in 1980.
Ancel is retired,lives in Memphis, travels, loves to cook and eat, and loves to raise and train Akitas.
Sammie Helton Butts11/16/2012
...and his friends call him "Pete"! Oh, Ancel, ain't retirement grand?? The only down side is that we had to get old to get there!
Diane Conner White11/16/2012
Love his hair! Never knew he was an old hippie!
Sarah Bassett Lee11/16/2012
Sarah Bassett Lee
Subject: Where in the World is Terry Cox? Terry who retired from FedEx over a decade ago as Chief Engr/Teleco ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/19/2012
Where in the World is Terry Cox?
Terry who retired from FedEx over a decade ago as Chief Engr/Telecom, lives with his wife Charlotte in Fayette County within throwing distance of Parsons lake. They are active in Fisherville Baptist Church, and Terry aka TAC has traded his passion for Ham Radio to building model railroads. He has a detached garage filled with his trains.
Subject: Where in the World is Chris Albers? Chris started out as a Node site engineer in Zapmail, and later ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/21/2012
Where in the World is Chris Albers?
Chris started out as a Node site engineer in Zapmail, and later transferred to Network engineering where he worked on the timplex,NET and Northern Telecom X.25 Packet Networks.He now works in the Telecom Dept of the West Corporation in Michigan.
Subject: Bob Baxter, Sue Tritt, Jere Bledsoe, Ace & Doris McInturff, Bob McQuriter, Marge Cole
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/21/2012
Bob Baxter, Sue Tritt, Jere Bledsoe, Ace & Doris McInturff, Bob McQuriter, Marge ColeBob Baxter sent me a note that he and Sue Tritt stopped by to visit Jere Bledsoe(Empno #266) in Moyie Springs, Idaho as they toured the Northwest. Jere is improving from a bad illness he had last year. He relayed that Jere still has his great sense of humor.He and Sue also visited with Ace and Doris(McInturff) in Sequim, WA where Bob McWhirter and Marge Cole from Colorado Springs joined them for a few days.
Subject: Where in the World is Larry Lake? Larry was the Director of Telecom when I was hired. He left in 198 ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/22/2012
Where in the World is Larry Lake?
Larry was the Director of Telecom when I was hired. He left in 1982.
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Lawrence (Larry) Lake
Helping clients with Technology
Location: Greater Chicago AreaEducation: MS, Computer Science Texas A&M
Current: Consultant/Owner @ TCR & Associates
Previous: BDO Seidman, Director
Protiviti/Robert Half Intl
Arthur AndersonSummaryExperience
Consultant Owner
TCR & Associates March 2009– Present (3 years 9 months)
Managing Director BDO SeidmanManaging Director Protiviti / Robert Half InternationalPartner Arthur Andersen
October 1992– June 1999 (6 years 9 months)
Corporate CIOSRVP Product Management Sprint
February 1989– October 1992 (3 years 9 months)
VP Telecommunications American Express
Director Telecommunications FedEx Public Company; 10,001+ employees; FDX; Package/Freight Delivery industry
1979– 1982 (3 years) |
Subject: Where in the World is Jimmy Burk? Jimmy is alive and well,living on Garner Lake in Lakeland,TN. He h ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/27/2012
Where in the World is Jimmy Burk?
Jimmy is alive and well,living on Garner Lake in Lakeland,TN. He has been blessed with a wonderful wife, Stephanie, who allowed him to work too many hours over his career, two wonderful sons who both work at Fedex(with 7 other of my relatives), two wonderful daughterinlaws, and two wonderful grandchildren, Audrey & Connor. We've been able to make about 30 trips since we retired, and hope to stay healthy to make many more. Last weekend we went to Opryland to see the Rockettes with my son and his wife Jane. The month before we spent a week with our son Josh, Cathy and the two munchkins in Disneyworld and had a great time. The photo is me fixing a microcomputer at DataCommunicationsCorp. I also got to program those in assembler language and eventually went on to program in 7 other computer languages. DCC was my second job, Burroughs being the first. DCC is where I worked with Ancel Hankins & Terry Cox.
Subject: Where in the World is Susan Wright?
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/27/2012
Where in the World is Susan Wright?Susan was the Manager of Telecom Administration when I came to FedEx in 1980. She reported the Director of Telecom, Larry Lake. Susan retired from AT&T and resides in Kennesaw, GA. Susan is on Facebook.
Subject: Where is _______________ this week? Where is Jim Thannum this week? in Belieze Where is Bob Higgins ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/28/2012
Where is _______________ this week?
Where is Jim Thannum this week? in Belieze
Where is Bob Higgins this week? on a cruise of the Canary Islands, in Spain
Carl Wayne Hardeman11/28/2012
Carl Wayne Hardeman
I'm in my cubicle WTC B80.
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/28/2012
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I too, am not in an exotic place......
Sarah Bassett Lee11/28/2012
Sarah Bassett Lee
I'm in my office at Mississippi State University! :) only a few more days of classes left!!
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Wade Waldrup11/29/2012
Wade Waldrup
39°25'48.45"N 105°26'21.80"W
Subject: Where in the World is Gary Pantlik? Gary who has worked in amny groups doing communications software ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/29/2012
Where in the World is Gary Pantlik?
Gary who has worked in amny groups doing communications software development lives in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin with wife Mary(Weiss); both still work for FedEx
Subject: Where in the World is Jim Moore? Jim was the main driver for developing and implementing DADS at Fed ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/29/2012
Where in the World is Jim Moore?
Jim was the main driver for developing and implementing DADS at FedEx. He oversaw the development of the equipment and radio network with Richard Dunn, Nathan Lemmon, JJ Woods and others while Jim Bentley & I did the software stuff. Several years ago Jim sold his company Radio Mobile, but still works for that company. He is active on the FedEx Legends yahoo group and contributes memories from time to time.
Subject: Where in the World is Gary Ragsdale? In 1980 there were 4 managers reporting to sr mgr, John Schwarz ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/30/2012
Where in the World is Gary Ragsdale?
In 1980 there were 4 managers reporting to sr mgr, John Schwarzmann:
Radio-Jim Moore
Data-Ancel Hankins
Voice-Gary Ragsdale
Telecom Install-Chuck Jowers
Gary went on to become president of the FITC subsidiary.
He left FedEx and got his Phd, and is now Dr. Gary Ragsdale living in San Antonio
http://www.swri.org/iprofiles/ViewiProfile.asp?k=2318u007nn85df7
Subject: Where in the World is Julie Yancey? Julie worked in personnel before moving into IT as the Director ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk11/30/2012
Where in the World is Julie Yancey?
Julie worked in personnel before moving into IT as the Director of Recruitment. She now works in the Graduate Program, at Christian Brothers University. Occasionally, when the crazy people come out in the winter to ski the Mississippi River, you will see Julie in those photos from the Commercial Appeal.
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/print-edition/2011/08/19/julie-yancey.html?page=all
Subject: Where in the World is Dewey Hemphill? Dewey was the Manager of Operations at DCC in the 70's, came t ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/1/2012
Where in the World is Dewey Hemphill?
Dewey was the Manager of Operations at DCC in the 70's, came to FedEx in the early 80's in Billing. He lives in Lakeland, TN. Got his PhD in 2011; and is a professor at Victory University.
Subject: Where in the World is David Pike? David was the Manager of Voice Engineering at FedEx and was instru ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/6/2012
Where in the World is David Pike?
David was the Manager of Voice Engineering at FedEx and was instrumental in Call Center Technology, International Engineering, and many other projects. He left FedEx to become a Director at NCR, then Director of EDI at Nationwide. He currently is Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture at The Ohio
State University. Photo is David, Joannie and his son. |
Subject: Miley Ainsworth sighting 12-8-12:
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/9/2012
Miley Ainsworth sighting 12-8-12:Had dinner with Stephanie, Jonathan & Jane at Spaghetti Warehouse before a Grizz game. Miley Ainsworth was there, and came over and said Hi. He is still living in Hernando and plans on working at FedEx a little longer.Miley has worked at FedEx on many commsoft, Powership, PowerPad, and Innovation projects for FedEx. It was he and Steve Benton who wrote the first rendition of fedex.com and they put Packing tracking online to the masses around 1996. This was in conjunction with network engineering.
Articles written about this development said, "Finally.... something on the Internet that you can actually use..." |
Subject: from Ezra Fried: It is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of Ward Woodbury. Ward pass ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/16/2012
from Ezra Fried:
It is with deep regret that I inform you of the passing of Ward Woodbury. Ward passed away on Friday December 14th. I spoke to Susan Woodbury a little while ago and she told me that Ward died in his sleep after a courageous battle with cancer over the last several years.Ward was the Sr. Manager for Telecommunication Field Services (Now known as Technology Services) From 1983 to 2003Ward’s wake will take place on Monday, December 17th at the Ramsey Funeral Home in Franklin , NJ . Viewing hours will be between 4:00 and 8:00PM. The funeral will take place on Tuesday, December 18th at 11:00 AM at the Church of Immaculate Conception in Franklin , NJ . Susan Woodbury can be reached at 973-827-2631.F. John Ramsey Funeral Home
One Main St .
Frankln , NJ 07416 973-827-7050Immaculate Conception Church
75 Church St, Franklin, NJ 07416
973 827-9575
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Subject: Where in the World is Ron Scott? Ron was the exec interface to FedEx for AT&t in the 1990's.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/17/2012
Where in the World is Ron Scott?
Ron was the exec interface to FedEx for AT&t in the 1990's.He lives in Collierville and I found this article about his hobby that he turned into a business.
No skimping - Memphis Business Journal
Subject: Where in the World is Marcie Rixie
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/20/2012
Where in the World is Marcie Rixie
Where in the world is Marcie Rixie-Moss? Hi Jimmy! I'm alive and well, still at FedEx and celebrated 30 years last month! I began at FedEx in 1982 as a Treasury agent. In June, 1983, I began working for then director Jim Colson in the GEMINI (ZapMail) project. I worked for Jim for over 15 years during which time he was promoted to VP, Technology Services. Jim was tragically killed July 5, 1997 and I worked for several different managers over the years in different positions. I began working in the customer service organization 5 years ago and absolutely love my job. I currently work with the customer service vendor management team as a reporting assistant. I am responsible for all accesses, etc for 500+ technical vendor agents for two third party vendors. I belong to Longview Heights Baptist Church in Olive Branch, MS where I play bass guitar and work on the music ministry team. My husband and I ride with the Christian Motorcyclists Association where I'm the MS State Secretary and also ride with the Patriot Guard Riders. My life is very very blessed and full and I owe everything I am to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
Subject: Where were they? Photo from the past. Tandem crew in the mid 1980's L-R: Ray Burk, Steve Swanberg, D ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2012
Where were they?
Photo from the past. Tandem crew in the mid 1980's
L-R: Ray Burk, Steve Swanberg, Danny Baser, Dale Teets, Bob Palasz, Gary Holmes, David Windham, Steve Morrison, and Lance Nelson.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2012
Jimmy Glenn Burk
talked to Bob Palasz last year at a restaurant. He had retired from FedEx but they asked him to come back as a contractor to work on projects. I believe Bob is now over 70 but he always looked younger than me or anyone else....
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2012
Jimmy Glenn Burk
...and I do believe that is a ZapMail II in front of them.
Marcie Littles Moss12/21/2012
Marcie Littles Moss
That IS a Zapmail II!! Awesome memories!!!
Subject: Where in the World is Daryl Skoog??? Daryl who was a VP of Systems Development at FedEx in Europe & ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/21/2012
Where in the World is Daryl Skoog???
Daryl who was a VP of Systems Development at FedEx in Europe & Colorado Springs is now Executive Director of MicroPlanet. you can see him in a video here:
Subject: Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Stephanie and I have been deeply blessed ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/24/2012
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Stephanie and I have been deeply blessed this year.We do Christmas Eve with Stephanie's sister at our house with many other guests to share the birth of Christ. Christmas dinner at my Son's home, and we do the Burk Family Christmas this year on Dec 29th so our niece who lives in Missouri can celebrate with us. Everyone will be here for the Burk Christmas this year except our nephew Steven who is serving overseas and we wish him and all the military a very Merry Christmas! There will be around 45 family and friends at our house this Saturday including 8 little ones which always makes Christmas more merry & fun.
Subject: From Ray Peek: So, I’m walking through Building 40 in Collierville the other day and I run into Beth ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/24/2012
From Ray Peek:
So, I’m walking through Building 40 in Collierville the other day and I run into Beth Canale. She’s apparently been attending ‘Hoarders Anonymous’ meetings and was cleaning out her archives. She hands me three sheets of paper with this poem on them. It was written by Freddie Rice. We’re not sure of the exact date, but we guess it’s sometime around 1992-1994. It will be funny to all, but funnier to those of you who were working with us at the time.If anyone has Bob Tonahill’s email address, please forward this to him. He was our director and the main character in this poetic work of art, and not at all as portrayed.I hope you get a laugh out of this! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Ray
FedEx Legends Comments & Stories
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/25/2012
from Ray McDowell: I can see Fred's shoulders bouncing up and down as he laughs to himself while writing this.
Thank you Ray. Thank you very much for sending this out. Priceless Freddy!
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/26/2012
from Karen Rice: I always felt that Fred missed his calling in life, that he should have been an architect, as he would have been a great one. But perhaps what he really should have been was a
poet!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.
Karen Rice
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/27/2012
Subject: Where in the World is David Ewing?
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/27/2012
Where in the World is David Ewing?David was a graduate of CBU whose first job was a design engineer for Caterpillar. He actually designed one of the first all electronic transmission controls for their large tractors or something like that. He came to FedEx and was instrumental in the SuperHub sortation and control systems and helped them transition the sort equipment to PLC's(programmable logic controllers) He then went to COS and did some of the early electronic designs.David now works in New Zealand and lives there with his wife Gigi.
Subject: from Pete Dangerfield:Come out and celebrate Pete’s 40th FedEx Anniversary!!!!! Honoree: Peter Dange ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/27/2012
from Pete Dangerfield:
Come out and celebrate Pete’s 40th FedEx Anniversary!!!!!
Honoree: Peter Dangerfield
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: World Technology Center (WTC), 50-215, Guangzhou Conference RmPlease RSVP to Connie Curry by Friday, January 4th via email cjcurry@fedex.com or (901) 263- 7467 if you are going to attend.This is truly an awesome accomplishment. Come and celebrate with us!Thank you,Connie CurryP.S. Please pass on to anyone that we might of forgotten J
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/4/2013
Time Change: Come out and celebrate Pete’s 40th FedEx Anniversary!!!!!
Honoree: Peter Dangerfield
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: World Technology Center (WTC), LOBBY 50
Please RSVP to Connie Curry by Friday, January 4th via email cjcurry@fedex.com or (901) 263- 7467 if you are going to attend.
This is truly an awesome accomplishment. Come and celebrate with us!
Thank you,
Connie Curry
P.S. Please pass on to anyone that we might of forgotten J
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/10/2013
from Pete Dangerfield: Dear Friends,
I just wanted to thank you all again for coming out in the rain yesterday and making my celebration a roaring success.
Also for all those of you who couldn’t make it, thank you for your phone call, cards and emails of congratulations.
I have been a very luck and appreciative man who stumbled into FedEx employment in 1973 and have got to work with you all over the years.
I couldn’t have planned a better working career if I tried.
Thank you all for your friendship, help, guidance and support over the many years, I just wish it didn’t go so quick.
Best Regards
Pete
Subject: Where in the World is Dan Goss? Dan was a sr manager in Operations for about 18 years at FedEx. He r ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/29/2012
Where in the World is Dan Goss?
Dan was a sr manager in Operations for about 18 years at FedEx. He reported to Les Wilcox when I met him in the early 80's. He left in 1996 and is currently in Charlotte NC working as a Project Manager AdvisorNetStar-1 Government Consulting
March 2010 – Present (2 years 10 months)
Project Manager on assignment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security, Washington, DC
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/30/2012
Subject: A video Winn Stephenson did for the American Liver Foundation. Winn was an Senior Vp of FedEx and ma ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/30/2012
A video Winn Stephenson did for the American Liver Foundation. Winn was an Senior Vp of FedEx and managed Telecom, Technology and other areas for over 25 years.
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/31/2012
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/31/2012
Charlie Derrick12/31/2012
Tell him I said HI! Would love to get in touch again.
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/31/2012
Tom is on facebook, but I don't think he logs in very much.
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/31/2012
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk12/31/2012
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/1/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/2/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/3/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/3/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/3/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/3/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/3/2013
Sammie Helton Butts1/4/2013
Carla was into NASCAR long before it was cool. A real trend setter, that Carla!
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/3/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk 1/9/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/10/2013
Subject: Where in the World is Jimmy Sowell? Jimmy who retired as the VP of IT Operations when I did, is happ ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/10/2013
Where in the World is Jimmy Sowell?
Jimmy who retired as the VP of IT Operations when I did, is happily living in Southaven, MS. Last year his daughter married Ed White's son. Ed was also a VP of IT Operations.
Here are some videos Jimmy did for the FedEx Legends page
http://www.fedexlegends.info/allvideos.html#sowellan
Subject: Anyone who would like to provide a story or memory of FedEx's history can send it to my email addres ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/10/2013
Anyone who would like to provide a story or memory of FedEx's history can send it to my email address posted on my facebook page. Or if you want to do a video, just email me and we can work that out.
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/11/2013
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/11/2013
Subject: Had breakfast this morning with Ken Pasley & Jim Thannum who are still working in FedEx IT; they loo ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/15/2013
Had breakfast this morning with Ken Pasley & Jim Thannum who are still working in FedEx IT; they look the same as they looked in the late 1900's....
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/16/2013
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/16/2013
Subject: Just wondering how much this list will grow on May 31st?
Dan Elliot1/16/2013
Just wondering how much this list will grow on May 31st?
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/16/2013
I am hearing that people are guessing that 10-15% of IT will take the package...which might be around 600-1000 people ...I've not heard what the target is for the masses, but have for the upper mgmt ranks(ie evp,svp,vp,md)
Carl Wayne Hardeman1/16/2013
We will know if there is a place for us Feb 1 when they show us the greatly downsized new org. Note it is being described before they know how many people will take a buyout.
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/16/2013
I heard they will present a functional organization, maybe without names on it; I think they already have the names of the md's and above who are planning to leave as some of them have already signed their exit contracts.
Carl Wayne Hardeman1/16/2013
We have heard only of a VP and 2 SVP's. Will MD's be announced soon?
Dan Elliot1/16/2013
Don't know if they will announce MDs or not. I have heard the names of several though (rumor)
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk made Bob Higgins an admin of the group FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club.
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/16/2013
Subject: FedEx was always known for it's humorous commercials. The following one got protests from USPS. FedE ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/17/2013
FedEx was always known for it's humorous commercials. The following one got protests from USPS. FedEx did not pull it but let it run to the end of it's scheduled spots.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHAFUoLXWWg&feature=player_embedded
Subject: Anybody ever hear from Ed Helms?
Dan Elliot1/17/2013
Anybody ever hear from Ed Helms?
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Dan, when and where did Ed work? I remember the name.
Dan Elliot1/18/2013
He was a manager in COS in the '80s
Subject: The 1978 COS phone directory(from Bob Higgins archives)
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/19/2013
The 1978 COS phone directory(from Bob Higgins archives)
Subject: Does anyone know where Dave Dalton is? I always liked working with Dave.
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/21/2013
Does anyone know where Dave Dalton is? I always liked working with Dave.
Dan Elliot1/21/2013
No word in a while... Maybe he's hanging out with Ed Helms? :)
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/22/2013
Subject: Found this interesting. It is the blog of Gary Bronson. Gary now manages the IT Operations departmen ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/23/2013
Found this interesting. It is the blog of Gary Bronson. Gary now manages the IT Operations department in the same position that Jimmy Sowell had for many years.
gbronson.com
Subject: Computer History Museum, the superTracker programmed in Forth in COS.
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/23/2013
Marcie Littles Moss1/23/2013
Oh wow. Talk about memories!!! :-)
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/23/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/23/2013
Where's The Package???
Before DADS; customers would talk to an agent and give info that the package is ready NOW, even if it would be a couple hours later that they would package the shipment. It took 1-2 hours for the FedEx courier to arrive.
In one instance, after DADS was installed in Chicago, a customer called for a dispatch and said "The Package is ready NOW", even though it wasn't packaged, then stayed on the line with the call center to order supplies.
While on the phone line, the courier walks in 30 seconds later and said..."FedEX...Where's the Package?" which certainly shocked the customer.
Turns out the courier had just delivered a package in the complex, went back to the truck and the DADS terminal showed a pickup was requested at same address...and he just walked in with the Customer still talking to FedEx. |
Jim Bentley1/23/2013
Dang, that was a long time ago!!
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/23/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I think you actually told me this story...and others I can't publicly comment own...HAHA
Jim Bentley1/23/2013
You can't comment because you were involved!! Haha
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Jimmy Glenn Burk1/23/2013
Subject: Remembering Chuck: Chuck Sertich was the Director for LineHaul Systems. I first met him in 1995. He ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/24/2013
Remembering Chuck:
Chuck Sertich was the Director for LineHaul Systems. I first met him in 1995. He was totally dedicated to his staff and to FedEx and his family. He was one of the nicest people you could every meet and always had a good attitude even when facing adversity. He passed away last year, and is still missed by his friends.
Buddy Johnson1/24/2013
Chuck was definitely one of the "good guys"......always had a smile and time to dis
Buddy Johnson1/24/2013
time to discuss work issues. He made my last few years truely enjoyable.
Charlie Derrick1/25/2013
I worked closely with Chuck in the early 90's. His sense of humor was infectious. He was a good friend and will be missed.
Subject: A corporate photo of some of the DADS innovators: the one of a kind JJ Wood, moi, Richard Dunn, and ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/24/2013
A corporate photo of some of the DADS innovators: the one of a kind JJ Wood, moi, Richard Dunn, and Jim Bentley...also one of a kind...(Jim Moore not pictured)
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/24/2013
...I've lost 32 pounds since this photo was taken; Jim Moore , the supreme cylon DADS commander, had left fedex when photo was taken
Jim Bentley1/24/2013
Jim Bentley
And I gained the 32 pounds you lost! LOLOL
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/24/2013
Jim, is JJ still trolling around Columbia TN? and do you know where Buddy Williamson is?
Jim Bentley1/24/2013
Jim Bentley
JJ is still in that area, but goes to South Padre Island in his motorhome for the winter. I dont know where Buddy is residing..
Angela Maynard1/24/2013
Buddy was in Arkansas running a bed and breakfast. Did he move?
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/25/2013
I last heard his b&b was in loiusiana, but it could be Arkansas
Carl Wayne Hardeman1/25/2013
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might be an RV B&B
Sammie Helton Butts1/25/2013
Where did Richard Dunn land? His son and my son attended high school together and we shared some parental miseries, as I recall. Hope he's doing well. Four very sharp men in this picture.
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/25/2013
Jim Moore relied on Richards skills to develop and make the radio network successful; I think he moved to Oakland to live on a golf course, but am pretty sure he now lives in Lakeland TN
Sammie Helton Butts1/26/2013
Thanks for the update, Jimmy.
Subject: The Infamous Linda Reeves...this wasn't her normal attire; Every year Telecom would host a fabolous ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/25/2013
The Infamous Linda Reeves...this wasn't her normal attire; Every year Telecom would host a fabolous Nonconnah Creek Street Party..and you could come dressed as you wish....Gary Holmes who never wore a tie...when men had to wear them at one point in history....came dressed in a tie...a clip on
Sammie Helton Butts1/25/2013
Sammie Helton Butts
Knowing a little about Linda, I would guess that right now she's over in Arkansas pounding snakes on the head with the butt of her rifle. She ain't skeert!
Subject: Some of the nicest people on this planet: Shirley Williams, Janie Haynes, Kaye Farrah
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/26/2013
Some of the nicest people on this planet: Shirley Williams, Janie Haynes, Kaye Farrah
Carl Wayne Hardeman1/27/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Shirleys husband Jess Williams was a wonderful mentor to me in technology and life.
Sammie Helton Butts1/27/2013
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These ladies are indeed - tha' bomb!!! They all have sweet, loving, giving spirits and I've been honored to have worked with them.
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Carl Wayne Hardeman1/27/2013
Sorry jess was shirleys bil her husband is a pastor.
Shirley Lovelace Williams1/27/2013
Carl, its ok to say I was Jess' wife. Something must have been funny.
Subject: I think this is Wade Waldrup
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/26/2013
I think this is Wade Waldrup
Wade Waldrup1/27/2013
Wade Waldrup
You are correct!
Subject: Link to the Memphis based FedEx Retiree Club facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FedEx-Reti ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/29/2013
Link to the Memphis based FedEx Retiree Club facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FedEx-Retiree-Club/279436328767374?ref=ts&sk=wall
Subject: Photo from the mid 1980s: L-R: Ray Burk , Steve Swanberg, Danny Baser, Dale Teets, Bob Palasz, Gary ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/30/2013
Photo from the mid 1980s: L-R: Ray Burk , Steve Swanberg, Danny Baser, Dale Teets, Bob Palasz, Gary Holmes, David Windham, Steve Morrison, and Lance Nelson.
Jimmy Glenn Burk1/30/2013
Note....Gary Holmes is the only humanoid Not wearing a tie. Ties and coats were required in that era. (When Gary interviewed with Jim Moore...he didn't own a suit or tie...he wore his Dads suit). One day Gary got a call from Ron Ponder who was the CIO of the company. He said hi to Gary and asked him if he was having a good day. Gary exclaimed...'well...yea...'; Ron said, 'could I ask you for a favor' to which Gary replied 'sure'...Ron said...do you think you could find a tie...and at least wear it to my meetings?" Gary said sure.....and he went and found a tie...just in case he ever went to a Ron Ponder meeting again....
Subject: Jeff Stovall & wife at the FedEx Bristol Nascar Race; Jeff was part of the remarkable Bellsouth acco ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/2/2013
Jeff Stovall & wife at the FedEx Bristol Nascar Race; Jeff was part of the remarkable Bellsouth account team that always took care of FedEx and were always very friendly. Jeff now works for AT&T who bought Bellsouth.
Subject: Probably, this year, hundreds of people we've known will retire or take a severance package...Word o ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/2/2013
Probably, this year, hundreds of people we've known will retire or take a severance package...Word of warning..if you retire, you might be subjected to being dressed in funny garb, with funny hats,,, with funny gifts...just a warning; Ken Pasley divulging my previous managment secrets...
Jack Brown2/2/2013
Jack Brown
I'm planning to be in this category in July.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk2/2/2013
Jack, I'm sure you will enjoy the next stage of life, it can be a lot of fun
John Wilkinson2/3/2013
John Wilkinson
Congratulations Jack!
Subject: Steve Stewart who worked on many technology projects including Cosmos IIb and Dan Ruth who is a majo ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/4/2013
Steve Stewart who worked on many technology projects including Cosmos IIb and Dan Ruth who is a major player in designing URSA and fedex routing schemes
Subject: Corp Officers 1982: Tom Oliver, Fred Manske, Brian Pecon, Jim Barksdale, Jim Perkins, David Anderson ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
Corp Officers 1982: Tom Oliver, Fred Manske, Brian Pecon, Jim Barksdale, Jim Perkins, David Anderson, Ken Masterson, Francis Mcguire, Jim Reidmeyer, Ted Weise, John Miller Corp Revenues: $803,915,000 Net Income: $78,385,000
Subject: Paul & Angie Maynard. Angie is retired, and was a Director in Telcom for many years handling adminis ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
Paul & Angie Maynard. Angie is retired, and was a Director in Telcom for many years handling administration, project managment and many other things. Paul is a Director in the Field Services group at FedEx that manages software distribution, upgrades and repairs on all of FedEx's equipment and customers Powership devices.
Subject: Fred Rice one of the long time employees at FedEx and a happy person. He is one of the first people ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
Fred Rice one of the long time employees at FedEx and a happy person. He is one of the first people I met at FedEx when he worked in computer ops for Winn Stephenson. Fred passed away last year, way too early.
Sarah Bassett Lee2/5/2013
Sarah Bassett Lee
Very sorry to hear that.
Jack Brown2/5/2013
Freddie was so much fun.
Diane Conner White2/8/2013
White
Aw, cute picture of Freddie.
Dan Elliot2/8/2013
Dan Elliot
Which one is Fred?? :) He was a true character!!
Subject: Trivia question: Who started the FedEx Field Services organization when he transferred from another ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
Trivia question: Who started the FedEx Field Services organization when he transferred from another FedEx Mx group to start a services organization for Zapmail in the early 80's?
Jim Bentley2/5/2013
Jim Bentley
Hmmmmm, Ron Ponder???
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Incorrecto
Marcie Littles Moss2/5/2013
Marcie Littles Moss
Jim Colson
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Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
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Marcie is correct!
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Marcie Littles Moss2/5/2013
Hmmm...Wonder how I knew that? :-) Now, what do I win? heehee
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/5/2013
Marice, if you couldn't answer that...noone could
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Jimmy Glenn Burk2/7/2013
I almost spelled Marcie right....sorry
Subject: 40 Barksdale Quotes http://www.inspirationalstories.com/quotes/t/jim-barksdale/
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/6/2013
40 Barksdale Quotes
http://www.inspirationalstories.com/quotes/t/jim-barksdale/Two of the first things I learned from Jim BarksdaleIf you bring me an idea...write it down:
"If something is worth doing or talking about,,,it should be worth at least writing it down on a piece of paper"Spelling: Jim Barksdale was a stickler for proper spelling...he sent my memos back to me with spelling corrected .....so I had to proof read everything for spelling...this was before PC's or spell checkersI can't remember the person's name, but he hired someone who had been an English major to get managers to spell and write correctly....He also used same lady to start composing 'The Manager's Guide' when he found none existed in FedEx.T
Subject: Kathy Crockett was credited with starting the Memphis Call Center and later she started a customer s ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/6/2013
Kathy Crockett was credited with starting the Memphis Call Center and later she started a customer service organization called ZapCentral to handle customer issues for Zapmail. She is mentioned in Mike Basch's book 'Customer Culture'. After FedEx Kathy co-owned a Meat Market in Oakland, but sold it last year.
Jack Brown2/6/2013
I remember the ZapMail days.
Subject: for those that remember Jim Moore who was the driving force behind the FedEx radio network and DADS, ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/6/2013
Subject: Photo of Denise Wood on a trip to London; I was then the MD of Network Engineering, and Denise was t ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/7/2013
Photo of Denise Wood on a trip to London; I was then the MD of Network Engineering, and Denise was the Manager of Network Engr; she is now Corp VP of Data Security at FedEx
Subject: Feb 6 Commercial Appeal article on exec mgmt taking buyouts
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/7/2013
Feb 6 Commercial Appeal article on exec mgmt taking buyouts
Jack Brown2/7/2013
I guess this explains Laurie Tucker's FB post this morning that she is retiring at the end of the year.
Dan Elliot2/7/2013
yep it does...
Subject: An out of date but still interesting bio of Mary Alice Taylor on Mississippi States website:
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/8/2013
An out of date but still interesting bio of Mary Alice Taylor on Mississippi States website:
Jack Brown2/8/2013
It's strange that you posted this tonight. For some reason, Mary Alice's name popped into to my head earlier today.
Subject: John Yearwood Engineering Specialist/Principal is still working for FedEx. John designed much of Fed ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/8/2013
John Yearwood Engineering Specialist/Principal is still working for FedEx. John designed much of FedEx's internal voice systems network, and is an expert in Nortel PBX's
Carla Slattery Moore2/8/2013
Moore
Handsome and smart, how often do you find that? John is one of those "one of a kind, kind of people". Thank you for all you taught me.
Subject: In the mid 80's Jim was hired as the Director for the Satellite program and managed development of s ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/8/2013
In the mid 80's Jim was hired as the Director for the Satellite program and managed development of systems from M/A Com, Tandem and other vendors; later he was an MD of Proj Mgmt for systems developed in SIS under Harry Dalton. Jim resides in Georgia.
Subject: This is Bruce Lindow and his wife Joanie. Bruce came to FedEx in the early 1980's from NASA. A brill ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/9/2013
This is Bruce Lindow and his wife Joanie. Bruce came to FedEx in the early 1980's from NASA. A brilliant engineer he designed a new flash memory board for the SuperTracker, then as a Manager and MD he re-designed and managed the manufacturing of new DADS radio terminals and new SuperTrackers with added features of laser scanners, infrared communications and many other additions. Bruce is still working at FedEx.
Subject: Memory: The Flight that was not meant to be
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/9/2013
Memory:
The Flight that was not meant to be
FWS liked buying airplanes. He was always looking for new aircraft for the fleet and to change out Corporate aircraft.We had several Corp jets in the early 80's and the company bought an extremely fast turboprop aircraft that carried about 30 people.I was on this new corporate aircraft on it's inaugural trip to Colorado Springs. I sat next to Jim Barksdale on the flight. I had been working on several research projects for him. It was usually a 2 hour trip to COS depending on the wind, sometimes longer.This trip took 5 1/2 hours.... we probably had a 150+ mph headwind. Also, there wasn't a bathroom on this aircraft.We landed and piled off the aircraft quickly. Jim Barksdale looked at me and said, we will fly back on it....but this airplane will never fly to COS again..... and it didn't, in fact the company got rid of it that year.
Subject: Past article by Bob Baxter: A retirement party was held recently at the Cherry Valley, Colorado ranc ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/10/2013
Past article by Bob Baxter:
A retirement party was held recently at the Cherry Valley, Colorado ranch of FedEx retirees Bob McWhirter and Marge Cole. The honorees were Cheryl Bowen(#9777, 32+ years) Sue Tritt (#7467, 33+ years) and Ernie Ohle (#1319, 37 years!) Also attending were current employees Becky Gafford and Yolanda Herrera, former employees Lana Stockdale and Carol Ohle, and retiree Bob Baxter. All had worked together in the past at the FedEx Tech Center in Colorado Springs.Bob and Marge decorated their beautiful home with ballons and banners. Everyone enjoyed an Italian dinner and lots of wine and reminiscing. At the end of the evening it was sad to say "Farewell", but everyone looks forward to their next reunion!
Subject: You can't Manage what you can't Measure ...Jim Barksdale
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
You can't Manage what you can't Measure ...Jim BarksdaleFor us, who have worked at FedEx, measuring delivery performance, scan performance, and SQI(an index of about 10 measurements) to see how the company is performing, was in our lives, throughout our careers.It is hard to imagine a FedEx without knowing our service levels.I attended a presentation around 2005 with an MIT based group called Vanguard. A person who had worked for WebVan spoke about their demise around 2001. They actually bought HomeGrocer.com in 2000 when Mary Alice Taylor was the CEO.Their claim to fame was they averaged spending $1M a day for 1000 days as they ramped up a 30 minute delivery service for groceries.They eventually hired two IE people who had worked for FedEx who introduced them to the concept of measuring how they were performing. The results were enlightening but also spelled doom for the company. WebVan was amazed at how badly they were doing, but also in the forecast from the numbers, that they could never make money. They went out of business.Many in FedEx IT worked on systems that measured evertything, and that became a big part of FedEx's success and culture.
Subject: Trivia Question: What were these systems developed by FedEx called?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Trivia Question: What were these systems developed by FedEx called?It collected all international manifest information in the USA, transferred to a computer system in the destination country,,,then allowed customs agents to preselect or manually select packages which were located and then diverted those packages to the agents to open.
Jim Gonka2/11/2013
DIME?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Not Dime, alghough I have heard that name before.
Jim Gonka2/11/2013
Wish I could remember what DIME stood for. It was a computer with a scanner that took all the international manifest documents and transmitted them to the destination customs brokers.
John Wilkinson2/11/2013
VISA?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Visa was the collection system...what was the destination computer system called?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Was it Fice?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Not Fice....
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
and I think DIME might have been a small unix system which was developed with some scanners for smaller clearance locations...it did the same function on a smaller scale as the system I'm talking about
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/12/2013
Answer: Broker/Select
Subject: FedEx SuperHub runway around mid 1980's;
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
FedEx SuperHub runway around mid 1980's;
Dan Goss3/7/2013
Do you know who took this picture?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
Don't know who took it; it was a photo someone posted on an airline message board..I think
Bob Massie3/7/2013
I don't see any Falcons...What year did we stop using them?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
not sure, 1st 727 was Jan 1978, and the DC10s started in 1980; they kept one or two falcons for Corp aircraft. I think all the 727's are now retired.
David Hunt3/8/2013
David Hunt
I thought I saw 3 727 at the HUB Monday. I have verified with some the AOD people that 727 are still in the fleet. The rumor is they should be phased out next year.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/8/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I checked with someone in the MOCC. There are 24 727's left, all are scheduled to be retired this year and replaced by the Boeing 757s
Subject: Trivia Question: The World Tech Center in Collierville has 8+ buildings named Building 10,20,30...et ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Trivia Question: The World Tech Center in Collierville has 8+ buildings named Building 10,20,30...etc What were the buildings going to be named after...before Dennis Jones squelched the idea?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Answer: Was going to be named after Mountains...but too much time was spent on determining which building was which mountain that DHJ shut down the conversations and negotiations...and said 10,20,30,40 etc....
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Subject: Just a note...I don't usually sit at a computer all day...I've hurt my hip...and don't have many opt ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Just a note...I don't usually sit at a computer all day...I've hurt my hip...and don't have many options to keep me busy....
Subject: Trivia Question:The first field test for DADS was in Memphis. A dispatcher was located to which pers ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Trivia Question:The first field test for DADS was in Memphis. A dispatcher was located to which person's office in Clark Tower to run the system?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Haha!
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Yes..it was Jim Bentley's office on the 17th floor of Clark Tower.
Buddy Johnson2/12/2013
How'd you find room there for the dispatcher???? LOL!!! Great Q&A from a great time at FedEx.
Subject: In the mid 1980's the DADS application was transferred to COS. The comm software stayed in Memphis. ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
In the mid 1980's the DADS application was transferred to COS. The comm software stayed in Memphis. Who was the Manager of the 1st DADS group in COS?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
LOL!
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Can I answer that one??
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
you can...if your memory is still intact after falling off that motorcycle too many times.....haha
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
It was Becky Steele(Gafford)
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
you of course are correct
Dan Elliot2/11/2013
No it was Becky Box...
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
y
Picky, picky! But you are correct
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/11/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Was that Becky's name at the time?
Jim Bentley2/11/2013
Yes, before she was married
Subject: Trivia Quiz: in the early 1980's Federal Express bought an Internation company that built vans, so i ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/13/2013
Trivia Quiz: in the early 1980's Federal Express bought an Internation company that built vans, so it could manufacture them...but the maintenance on them was too high...What were these vans called?
Jim Bentley2/13/2013
Z vans
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/13/2013
Correct!
Subject: In case you haven't seen this...Here is an article written by Chuck Siegfried on his 34th anniversar ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/13/2013
In case you haven't seen this...Here is an article written by Chuck Siegfried on his 34th anniversary at FedEx. Chuck has now been at FedEx a little over 36 years and still is young.
http://fedexlegends.info/stories.html
Subject: Thru out my 28 years at FedEx I met many wonderful married couples working at FedEx. Here are some o ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
Thru out my 28 years at FedEx I met many wonderful married couples working at FedEx. Here are some of them, add to this list if you remember more:David & Diane White
Roy & Laura Beard
Paul & Angie Maynard
Ace & Doris McInturff
Dan & Janet Elliot
Bob Baxter & Sue Tritt
Mike & Kaye Farrah
Clark & Nancy Hinds
Bob & Virginia Laster
Ken & Sheila Swain
Dottie Berry & Richard Moses
Jim & Linda Brigance
Scott & Kathie Holmes
Dan Elliot2/14/2013
Gene and Johanna Farrar
Bob Higgins2/14/2013
Bob Higgins
Bob & Karen Mogge, Mike & Norma Lamb
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
From Gene Farrar: Dennis and Norma Mattingly.
Roger Yannett Sr4/21/2013
Hey don't forget Roger and Carolyn Yannett
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Subject: Trivia Question: In what year did FedEx finally turn a profit?
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
Trivia Question: In what year did FedEx finally turn a profit?
Jim Bentley2/14/2013
1977??
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
close but no
Dan Elliot2/14/2013
1975!
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/14/2013
Dan is the winner. The 1st six months profit cycle was in July 1975 with a wholloping profit of $55k; By the end of 1976 there was a $3.6M profit.
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Subject: If anyone has a photo of jim tollefson or dave dalton, pls send to me; I want to add to my fedexlege ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/15/2013
If anyone has a photo of jim tollefson or dave dalton, pls send to me; I want to add to my fedexlegends.info bio pages; and if any employees want to put their photo and info on those pages, just send to me. Jimmy
Subject: Day in Life of FedEx
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Day in Life of FedEx
This is always an interesting video to watch, a day in the life of fedex flights.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fedex+network&view=detail&mid=4EE37AC4EB5C3618CAA94EE37AC4EB5C3618CAA9&first=0&FORM=NVPFVRI was always impressed with the LineHaul process to build the flight and trucking schedules.Operations Research runs models for a future month. The output of these models is One day of package shipping for all products giving a forecast of package shipping from every zip code to every other zip code.LineHaul and GOCC specialists run dozens of applications to extrapolate that one day into shipping for the next three months, taking into account holidays, past shipping volumes etc.The end result is URSA the routing that goes into all sorting devices, flight schedules, trucking schedules, Pilot bids, etcA complicated system that has worked well due to the expertise of all the programmers, ops research analysts, LineHaul and planners who developed these systems.
Subject: Trivia Question: After the initial SuperHub was built it couldn't be expanded due to what? To expand ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Trivia Question: After the initial SuperHub was built it couldn't be expanded due to what? To expand across the airport property this had to be taken care of??
Carl Wayne Hardeman2/19/2013
Ang base
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
a good answer but incorrect(ang Air National Guard)
Carl Wayne Hardeman2/19/2013
Ang base or rway 21
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/19/2013
Before the SuperHub was built they had to have property where the air national guard had a 500 year lease, and the head officer said no way fedex would get that property. TN congressman intervened and FedEx got the property they wanted and FedEx provided funds to relocate much of the Nat Guard. After the initial SuperHub was built, to expand they had to fill in a creek, and build over it to be able to expand.
Subject: An annual event in Telecom, the Nonconnah Beach Party; with a pie throwing...ie shoving contest; her ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/20/2013
An annual event in Telecom, the Nonconnah Beach Party; with a pie throwing...ie shoving contest; here with Jim Thannum, and Miley Ainsworth,,,just before it was there turn to participate....note: I had to literally burn my shirt after this....whipped cream dried into a shirt does not come out
Subject: During the early days of the Motorola Powerpad development effort, Winn wanted to test the Pad and t ...
Wade Waldrup2/20/2013
During the early days of the Motorola Powerpad development effort, Winn wanted to test the Pad and the ASTRA+ printer in a high altitude, cold temperature environment. So in Feb, 2004, off I went to COS and Pikes Peak. The road up the mountain was closed for the season, so after explaining my mission to the park officials, I was escorted by a Ranger lieutenant up to about 11,500 feet where I spent a couple of hours scanning and printing in a snowstorm. Definitely, one of my more interesting tasks for FedEx!
Ezra Fried2/21/2013
Ezra Fried
I loved the story ,its too bad we couldnt test them under wate. We lost quite a number of them during Sandy. :)
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Subject: Happy Birthday to Dr. Ron Ponder who is 70 today.
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/21/2013
Happy Birthday to Dr. Ron Ponder who is 70 today.
Marcie Littles Moss2/21/2013
Happy Birthday, Ron! Hope you are doing well. In case you don't remember me, I was Jim Colson's admin.
Dan Elliot2/21/2013
I remember the Ponderamas!
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus2/21/2013
Happy Birthday Ron!
Carl Wayne Hardeman2/22/2013
and the Ponderosa
Subject: Reposted from Ron J. Ponder's facebook page:
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/22/2013
Reposted from Ron J. Ponder's facebook page:Thanks, everyone, for the kind birthday wishes...very much appreciated!!
Subject: For those interested: FedEx Buyout letter
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/22/2013
For those interested: FedEx Buyout letter
Subject: SuperTracker
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/22/2013
SuperTrackerI received an email from Jim De Arras who was one of the co-developers at HHP who developed the original SuperTracker. He will hopefully provide future info on it's history.He did send this tidbit if info:"How we got the contract is interesting. HP whom we had been working with, did not want to respond to the RFP, and gave us their place. The company in the best position to get the contract (I'll remember the name) sent their response in by Burlington Northern, a Fedex competitor at the time. Harry Dalton (I believe) took the unopened envelope and dropped it into a FedEx envelope and returned it. We were anxious and flexible, so we won. :)"
Subject: Story forwarded from FedExLegends Yahoo Group Page from Ancel Hankins:
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/25/2013
Story forwarded from FedExLegends Yahoo Group Page from Ancel Hankins
:In the late 70s, early 80s, as we were planning and developing COSMOS, we were holding periodic meetings between MEM and COS personnel, alternating between the locations. One winter day Charlie Brandon, Bob Kramer, Larry Lake, Kathy Crockett, John Schwarzmann and I were on the Lear going to COS for the meeting. A major blizzard had been raging in the area all night and during the day. It was expected the storm would quit and runways would be cleared by the time we arrived. Well, it didn't and they weren't, so we diverted to Santa Fe, NM to wait it out. We had a nice lunch, enjoyed a stroll in the warm sunshine and just killed time for a couple of hours. By the middle of the afternoon, they decided conditions were not going to be favorable for getting into COS that day, so we returned to Memphis.That was known as the day we took the Lear to Santa Fe for lunch.
Subject: Jimmy Sowell w/Winn Stephenson at Jimmy's retirement. Jimmy is alive and well living in Southaven an ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/28/2013
Jimmy Sowell w/Winn Stephenson at Jimmy's retirement.
Jimmy is alive and well living in Southaven and enjoying his grandkids. His daughter married Ed White's son last year.
Subject: FedEx Trivia: First VP of Computer Operations was Bob Kramer....current VP is Gary Bronson.....name ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk2/28/2013
FedEx Trivia: First VP of Computer Operations was Bob Kramer....current VP is Gary Bronson.....name all the VP's between these two....answer on Friday....after I go see a Tarzan play with my 2 and 3 year old grandchildren....
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Hint: There is a total of 6 which includes two named above; name any you can remember.
Diane Conner White3/1/2013
Bob, Ed White, Jimmy Sowell, ???, Gary.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Diane,,,very close; Bob Kramer, Ed White, Roy Beard, Jimmy Sowell, Govan Horner & Gary Bronson
Diane Conner White3/1/2013
I forgot about Roy and couldn't think of Govan's name. Oh well.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Close enough; Roy was put into the VP computer ops job after Ed White left, and Roy had just returned as VP of IT in APAC. He did a great job in computer ops from feedback from the group.
Subject: Jim Barksdale has three "snake rules."
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
Subject: FedEx Salad Shooter Commerical http://www.clipland.com/v/4842
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/1/2013
FedEx Salad Shooter Commerical
http://www.clipland.com/v/4842
Subject: Ancient terminal trivia quiz: in the 1970's FedEx evolved from batch processing on a Burroughs 3500, ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
Ancient terminal trivia quiz
: in the 1970's FedEx evolved from batch processing on a Burroughs 3500, to terminals and controllers running an old airline protocol on Burroughs 6700 mainframes. When FedEx bought Cook's IBM systems we converted to a Bisync 3270 protocol. The company was going to buy IBM 3270 controllers, but the company that had been supplying terminals asked for a chance to reprogram their controllers to work with IBM.What was the name of the company and name of the terminal controller?history: this company'requested this because they had been lenient to FedEx on paying for the terminals; it took years for FedEx to pay for them, and were somewhat using them for free; so the company allowed them to do the conversion, which worked. all of this happened 3-4 years before the first PC was built.
Dan Elliot3/4/2013
Man that's a good one...
Dan Goss3/4/2013
Dan Goss
Incoterm.
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Dan Elliot3/4/2013
Ha, only someone really old would know that! ;)
Dan Goss3/4/2013
Yeah, but Toscano is older.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
Dan, Incoterm is right....made by which company??
Dan Goss3/4/2013
Incoterm Corp. Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
Actually at that time they were called Honeywell Incoterm
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/4/2013
i believe the company was Honeywell! Jim Barksdale and I met with the president of Honeywell and I told him they made great thermostats! Barksdale wanted to shoot me
right there!
John Schwarzmann
Subject: Around 1977 FedEx purchased Cook Industries IT dept in Clark Tower, and also got one of the slots fo ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
Around 1977 FedEx purchased Cook Industries IT dept in Clark Tower, and also got one of the slots for a future IBM mainframer. Winn Stephenson provided this list of Cook employees who came with the purchase or came later to Federal Express:
FedEx: Early IT History
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
This group usually has a reunion in Memphis in January.
Gary Phillips3/5/2013
So that's how we got that Ray Peek guy. We still haven't been able to get rid of him. :-)
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
Ray was at FedEx when I came in Feb 1980, and when I left in 2007...and is still there
David Hunt3/5/2013
Ray and Earl are the ones left that I recognize ....
Diane Conner White3/6/2013
And who was the first Fedex employee that was sent to Clark Tower to train with Ray Peek on the IBM network control? That's right....me! I had to contend with all of those Cook strangers who hated me. ha ha
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Diane, if you were the first to train with Ray....you have my sympathy!
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: In the 1980's NASA planned to launch a space shuttle every week and was plann ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/5/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: In the 1980's NASA planned to launch a space shuttle every week and was planning to turn the management of the launches over to private industry. FedEx started it's own company to do private launches of satellites and to bid on managing these Shuttle flights. What was the name of this FedEx company???
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Answer: FedEx Spacetran
Diane Conner White3/6/2013
Diane Conner White
You need to ask easier questions! ha ha
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Who headed up Spacetran? For bonus points.
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/12/2013
Quicken SpaceShots?
McArtor?
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Yep.
Subject: Easier Trivia Question: Jim Barksdale's middle name was???
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Easier Trivia Question: Jim Barksdale's middle name was???
Diane Conner White3/6/2013
Love!
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Jack Brown3/6/2013
Love; and I think the question should state "...middle name is...", I think he is still alive and well. :-)
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Jack you are correct...and if he read this he would correct my grammar and spelling...as he did many times throughout my career
Subject: from Mary Alice Taylor: This morning around 11:00am, FEDEX lost an old friend, John Crider. John wor ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
from Mary Alice Taylor:
This morning around 11:00am, FEDEX lost an old friend, John Crider. John worked for Tandem and was a key player during the ZapMail era. John and his wife, Kathy, moved from Memphis to Daphne, AL about 5 years ago. John had no known health issues--no medications whatsoever! He was 69 years young; married 47 years; and loved his three children and grandchildren. He suffered a major heart attack this morning and joined the angels watching over all of us.. John and Kathy are wonderful friends....John will be missed!
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I knew John thru the 1980's and always enjoyed working with him. Friendly guy and happy personality.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/6/2013
from Ancel Hankins: John also supported Fedex in a sales capacity with Burroughs Corp. He worked with Fedex in obtaining their first large scale mainframe computer and subsequent upgrades. Burroughs was the only computer company willing to give the fledgling Fedex the flexibility needed to bridge between startup and profitability with a mid-size B3500 computer. They then upgraded to the large scale single processor B6700 which was later upgraded to dual processors. John was instrumental in working out the details for a successful deal between Fedex and Burroughs.
Subject: Ancient trivia question: around 1981, ITD was pretty much exclusively mainframe based with some work ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
Ancient trivia question: around 1981, ITD was pretty much exclusively mainframe based with some work starting on mini computers(Data General, DEC & Wang); with problems & needs at the SuperHub, Jim Barksdale formed a new group devoted to microprocessor applications for the hub, customer automation & other devices. What was that new group called and who came up with the name?
Gary Phillips3/7/2013
I remember the group but can't remember what it was called......wan't their center located at 2930 Democrat?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
The group was called Telematics, a name picked by Chuck Deiotte. Jim Barksdale promoted David John to MD, the managers were Chuck Deiotte, Herman Derbort & Jim Candler.
Gary Phillips3/7/2013
I may be thinking about a different support group.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/7/2013
I think one group was called Micro Support, the other Concepts Research and the other was a Wang support group under Telematics
Subject: Trivia Question: When Jim Barksdale came over from Cook, ITD (Information & Telecommunications Divis ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/8/2013
Trivia Question:
When Jim Barksdale came over from Cook, ITD (Information & Telecommunications Division) was then known as Data Systems.We had the basic holidays plus we got our birthday off. Every quarter there was a Data Systems group meeting(about 200 people in Memphis) where JLB spoke(actually in several group meetings on top floor of Clark Tower)There weren't any scan compliance reports or online computations statistics for COSMOS at that time.We were granted a free day off, of our choosing, for the next month IF what event transpired during the Quarter?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/9/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
We got an extra day off if the weekly mainframe availability was 98% or higher over the course of a quarter.
Buddy(Johnson)
Subject: Trivia Question Y2K @ FedEx for Y2K there were approximately 1157 different applications where the s ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/10/2013
Trivia Question Y2K
@ FedEx for Y2K there were approximately 1157 different applications where the software needed to be upgraded for year 2000.In one division there were 580 of these applications. What division was this in?
Deby Abbott Jolley3/10/2013
Revenue Systems?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/10/2013
not rev systems.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
Correct Answer was LHSD(Line Haul Systems Development) which had all the applications for trucking,weather,hub,fueling,pilot bid systems,message switch,gocc,mocc, and many more.
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Subject: ITD Trivia Quiz: Around the mid 1990's Dennis Jones was promoted to svp of ITD and he promoted Cynth ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/11/2013
ITD Trivia Quiz: Around the mid 1990's Dennis Jones was promoted to svp of ITD and he promoted Cynthia Spangler & Jon Ricker to VP's; Jon Ricker left to Bellsouth. DHJ required all his VP's to interview the 13 nominees to replace Jon.Question: Who was the consensus selection for the new VP?
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/11/2013
rob carter
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Jimmy Glenn Burk3/11/2013
Carl's memory is quite good!
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/11/2013
DHJ would say you never have to make a decision. If you did all the preparation, the decision would be obvious.
Buddy Johnson3/11/2013
Ron carter
Rachel Wilkinson Harvey3/11/2013
y
Rob, and that is when he inherited me almost 20 years ago now.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/11/2013
Rachel, what year was that?
Rachel Wilkinson Harvey3/11/2013
Rachel Wilkinson Harvey
1993
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Hi Rachel!!
Subject: Belle getting some rest riding home from Pensacola in Mimi's lap.
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/11/2013
Belle getting some rest riding home from Pensacola in Mimi's lap.
Subject: Technical Trivia: Just before Ron Ponder left to go to Sprint as CIO/COO,, and the end of all Ponder ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/11/2013
Technical Trivia: Just before Ron Ponder left to go to Sprint as CIO/COO,, and the end of all Ponderamas ceased to exist....he made a Solomon like decision ..something like splitting the child to determine it's parents:FedEx was using 3 major computer vendors on projects for Unix computers...he decided to split future purchases between the field & Memphis. Who were the two favored computer vendors???
John Wilkinson3/11/2013
Was it Sun and IBM?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/11/2013
Sun was one of the chosen ones, IBM was one of the three but not chosen. There is one more.
Gary Phillips3/11/2013
Certainly not Tandem?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/11/2013
not tandem...although they did hang around quite a while for Intl customs apps and to concentrate Powership dial in calls
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Sun and HP
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
Charlie is Correct! Sun for corporate because GOCC had a strong Sun presence and HP for the field, because we had just started changing all the DADS services from DEC to HP.
Charlie Derrick3/12/2013
Insider knowledge.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: Fred Smith and senior mgmt had tried to announce to employees any major decis ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: Fred Smith and senior mgmt had tried to announce to employees any major decision before it hit the newswire in the 1980's. As the company grew it was harder and harder to get to all the locations. When the Zapmail shutdown was announced....there were probably 30 different locations in Memphis to visit. FWS announced we've got to do something about this.....What did FedEx implement???
Marcie Littles Moss3/12/2013
FXTV
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
Correct!
Marcie Littles Moss3/12/2013
YAY ME!! :-)
Sammie Helton Butts3/12/2013
Dianne White shoulda known this one! She was voted "Mz FXTV of 1980 - 2000" (dates estimated).
Diane Conner White3/14/2013
More like 1990-2003!
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Diane, where you one of the anchors on fxtv?
Diane Conner White3/14/2013
Diane Conner White
No, although I wason camera when we implemented International FXTV. I worked in Tech Services and did maintenance planning, new installs and relocations. Worked closely with Steve Greer, Joe Hopkins and the Uplink engineers. Great job. I loved it.
Subject: Trivia Question: At the end of the 1980's FedEx had deployed over 40,000 DADS wireless terminals in ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
Trivia Question: At the end of the 1980's FedEx had deployed over 40,000 DADS wireless terminals in FedEx trucks. The terminals were bought from a Canadian company called MDI. Motorola bought MDI, then later shut down production of the FedEx terminal, then told FedEx they had to buy at least 20,000 of the Motorola terminals the next year at 200% the cost of the MDI terminal...and this terminal had less functionality than what FedEx MDI terminal had.What did FedEx do?
Wade Waldrup3/12/2013
Wade Waldrup
Designed our own?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/12/2013
Wade is correct! Bruce Lindow's group had already designed the shell of a new Dads terminal, and had completed designing new electronics package. FedEx designed ,then manufactured with a company in Alabama, over 40,000 new terminals over the next few years to replace the about 20 year old Dads terminals. On deployment there were a few failures due to a modem board not being scored and but properly but after those were weeded out, it was very successful. FedEx would have bought the terminals from Motorola if they hadn't tried to price gouge FedEx and also set minimum limits of 20,000 units to purchase initially. Cost to manufacture was 1/5 the cost of buying Motorola devices.
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: Around the late 1990's FedEx 1-Purchased a $10K souped up PC 2-Purchased a $1 ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/13/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: Around the late 1990's FedEx
1-Purchased a $10K souped up PC
2-Purchased a $100K software package and then
3-Paid $1M to modify the $100K software packageQuestion: Why did we do this?
Dan Elliot3/13/2013
Because Fred said so!
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Jimmy Glenn Burk3/13/2013
from Winn Stephenson: Because we got sucked in by a clever vendor??
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/13/2013
answer is related to the FAA
Marcie Littles Moss3/13/2013
To help us communicate better with ground control?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
Answer: We did it because without doing it, all our Boeing 727s could have been grounded. The 727s were the bulk of the fleet, but by flying heavy freight vs passengers the design limits of the 727s were about maxed out. There was a certification program that modelled all components of an aircraft that would model all the stresses on all components. The FAA would approve the 727s to keep flying if we had that program modified to model every 727 and certify it. It relatively inexpensive investment to keep them in the air. FedEx always maintained aircraft to the highest extreme as started by Jim Riedmeyer. At the end of this year, all the 727's will be replaced.
Dan Elliot3/14/2013
Never knew! Interesting!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question:
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
FedEx Trivia Question:
Name these 3 former FedEx SVP
s:#1 AirForce Fighter Pilot in Vietnam, Thunderbird Wing commander, SVP FedEx, Chairman FAA, President Airbus USA
#2 Air Force Pilot Vietnam, was shot down by missile & hung in a tree overnight before rescue, Thunderbird Pilot, FedEX SVP, COO American West Airlines, now retired
#3 Grumman test pilot, had 1/2 wing fall off his fighter jet while flying at the Paris Air show, FedEx SVP, CEO of his own Logistics company, now deceased
Jim Bentley3/14/2013
McArtor, Mckinney, Mook????
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
Jim B wins prize of the day....and for getting up before 9am
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Jim Bentley3/14/2013
LOL, whats my prize?? haha
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
Jim, I'll do what fedex does...we will set up a committee to study and pick prizes....haha
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: At one time FedEx had over 100 flight attendants?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz: At one time FedEx had over 100 flight attendants?Question: About When & Why?
Buddy Johnson3/14/2013
Flying tigers had a passenger charter service
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/14/2013
Buddy is correct. We inherited a passenger service that mostly flew military personnel but was for charter. We operated the service a short while but I understand we shut it down when we started getting a lot of union demands.
Sonny Holman3/14/2013
Sonny Holman
I was going to say that!!!!
Charlie Derrick3/15/2013
They used to keep one of the passenger 747s in St Louis. I got a chance to go aboard.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: Answer as many of the following that you can:
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/15/2013
FedEx Trivia Question:
Answer as many of the following that you can:What was the original computer language for the following:a. COSMOS
b. Billing
c. DADS
d. Customer Automation
e. SuperTracker
Buddy Johnson3/15/2013
A. ACP
B. COBOL
C. ?
D. ?
E. ?
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/15/2013
n
ACP was written in assembler language AKA TPF.
Bob Higgins3/15/2013
a. 370 Assembler
Bob Higgins3/15/2013
b. Cobol
c. C
d. Basic
e. forth
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Jimmy Glenn Burk3/15/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
a. COSMOS-370 Assembler under ACP which Bob Higgins helped develop; later rewritten in mostly COBOL under IMS
b. Billing-COBOL on the Burroughs then the IBM mainframes
c. DADS -Macro Assembler under RSX11M on the DEC
later rewritten in C
d. Customer Automation- written in BASIC
later converted to C
e. SuperTracker -Forth
Subject: Video interview of FWS this week on FoxNews
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/15/2013
Video interview of FWS this week on FoxNews
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/15/2013
the gov bureau of economic analysis charts at 34 min mark are telling....
Subject: A new Retiree Resource Page has been added to fedexlegends.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/15/2013
A new Retiree Resource Page has been added to fedexlegends.It consolidates tip, favorite travel links, discounts and retirement links that fedexr's might be interested in. If you want to share your tips or favorite links, send to JimmyB or just post on the ITD facebook site, or Yahoo fedexlegends group site, and your tips will be cross posted.
Subject: FedEx Fact: How time flies and goes full circle.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/15/2013
FedEx Fact:
How time flies and goes full circle.About 32 years ago, my sister in law Margie married Scott. My 5 year old son Josh was in the wedding. My 2 year old son Jonathan was there too. Scott works for the MOCC @ FedEx. Jim Bentley was the professional photographer.About six years ago my son Josh married Cathy.
Josh is a programmer in the architecture group at FedEx.
Jim Bentley was the photographer.Last year my son Jonathan married Jane.
Jonathan is the Manager of Marketing's IT.
Jim Bentley was the photographer.There is no telling how many weddings, kids and family photos that Jim has taken of the FedEx families....and Jim's son Chris also works for FedEx..not sure who shot Chris' wedding
Subject: Fleet totals: http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Federal-Express-(FedEx) ;this does not include th ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/17/2013
Fleet totals: http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Federal-Express-(FedEx) ;this does not include the Cessna Caravans
Charlie Derrick3/19/2013
No Falcons?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/19/2013
I don't think there are any falcons unless they kept some in the Corporate jet executive fleet.
Charlie Derrick3/19/2013
They've been all gone for awhile, but they were counting planes that were sold, retired or written off.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/19/2013
Not sure if I've posted this article before but it's a discussion on What Happened to the FedEx Falcons : http://discussions.flightaware.com/charter-and-private/what-ever-happened-to-the-fedex-falcon-jets-t10207.html
What ever happened to the Fedex Falcon Jets . . . : Charter, Fractional, and Private
discussions.flightaware.com
Charlie Derrick3/20/2013
Sweet! I started in 1976. The fleet consisted of Falcons and the 'supplemental' fleet of rag-tag DC-3's, Beech 18's and practically anything with wings that would haul cargo but carried less than 7000 lbs payload
Subject: FedEx History, thru the Pilots eyes: https://crewroom.alpa.org/fdx/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx? ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/17/2013
FedEx History, thru the Pilots eyes: https://crewroom.alpa.org/fdx/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=19085
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: Parallel to launching Zapmail, FWS started a program to develop a bus sized d ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/18/2013
FedEx Trivia Question:
Parallel to launching Zapmail, FWS started a program to develop a bus sized direct broadcast system to replace the terrestrial network. Discussions began with NASA to launch the satellite which was to be designed by Hughes.Question: What would FedEx get, in addition to launching a satellite from NASA?
Deby Abbott Jolley3/18/2013
Did they take a FedEx package into space?
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/18/2013
A t shirt and coffee mug?
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Jimmy Glenn Burk3/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Answer: If FedEx had contracted with NASA to launch the bus sized Hughes satellite, we would have gotten one slot to fly on the shuttle. Could have been a technician with the satellite, or an employee of Federal Express.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/18/2013
..and maybe a coffee mug and t-shirt
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Subject: Large Photo of Superhub...I think around 2002 http://www.airliners.net/photo/261983/L/
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/19/2013
Large Photo of Superhub...I think around 2002
http://www.airliners.net/photo/261983/L/
Subject: Facebook posting by Su Chang who was injured in bicycle accident with Gary Holmes, 1 year today(Mar ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/19/2013
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz to do at your leisure. Match as many as possible, some acronyms used for multiple ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/21/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz to do at your leisure.
Match as many as possible, some acronyms used for
multiple projects thru fedex history. You may want to print this.
a. POLARIS
b. RED
c. MARS
d. GENESIS
e. DIAMOND
f. DADS
g. COSMOS
h. ZODIAC
i. D01
j. MSDS
k. ZAPMAIL
l. COSMOS Squared
m. STAR
n. SUPER
o. PowerPad
p. GOCC
q. COSMOS IIb
r. COSMOS IIa
s. COSMOS IIc
__ 1983 Project to capture zipcodes from overnite letters
on a conveyor belt
__ Program to scan all packages at customer loc
__ mid 1980's project to scan airbills and send by satellite
to remote locations for data entry
__ Palm sized device developed for low cost Cust
Automation device by SIS
_
_ Capture airbills and dimension of packages and upcharge
__ Program to transmit customer letters in 1 hour
__ time card entry
__ Replacement of more powerful SuperTracker program
__ Integration of flight and operations data on one screen/unix
__ Mainframe app for central dispatching & Call Center function
__ Program to scan airbills at station & OCR overnite in MEM
__ Program to scan all packages @ station & HUB
__ System to dispatch drivers by computers in Vans
__ System that would proactively track packages on routes thru
FedEx system and know when they are misrouted
__ Early system to capture airbill info and key in Memphis
__ First system to put intelligent modems and system in Network
__ Proj Name to put overhead scanners in MEM and
capture zip code so keyers weren't needed.
__ System to consolidate info for HUB
__ Proj Name to integrate capture of all Package data before
midnite to plan flight and sort operations and deliveries*** disclaimer : I did this in 10 minutes from memory,
so descriptions were brief
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/22/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
How about TLA?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/22/2013
You got me on TLA...I remember TAC though
Carl Wayne Hardeman3/22/2013
a
Three Letter Acronym
Subject: Check out the 40 Fun Facts link on this page. (but I think there are actually 41 unless someone mis- ...
Deby Abbott Jolley3/21/2013
Check out the 40 Fun Facts link on this page. (but I think there are actually 41 unless someone mis-counted)
Subject: FedEx Trivia Answers:
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/22/2013
FedEx Trivia Answers:
Quiz Answers
i D01 -1982 Project to capture zipcodes from overnite letters
on a conveyor belt; Images were captured from overnite
letters and sent to keyers remotely to enter zip code;
project prototype was successful, but main contractor
went bankrupt during 1st phase installation. That is how
we inherited 2 Perkin Elmer computers to use in the Superhub.
q COSMOS IIb -Program to scan all packages at customer loc
Using SuperTracker to scan packages and transmit via
DADS or Smartbase for processing by COSMOS
b RED- mid 1980's project to scan airbills and send by satellite
to remote locations for data entry; Poor regions of the country
like coal mining areas were envisioned for key locations; project
did not meet schedule and was the last of the projects to be
named a color.
s COSMOS IIIc Palm sized device developed for low cost Cust
Automation device by SIS; code named Sally B after Jim
Barksdale's wife; it was successful, but prices of PC's had
dropped so fast, there were just a few hundred dollars diff
in buying one of these vs a fully functioned PC
j MSDS- Capture airbills and dimension of packages and upcharge
One of the most financially successful projects ever.
k ZAPMAIL- Program to transmit customer letters in 1 hour; not
a financial success. Volumes never went over 55,000 per day
m STAR- time card entry and reporting
o PowerPad- Replacement of the SuperTracker with more powerful dev.
Project championed by Winn Stephenson. Initially DGO wanted
to use a Palm, a Newton or anything off the shelf, but
eventually Motorola won the bid over Symbol
p GOCC-Integration of flight and operations data on one screen/unix
One of the first major Unix and router projects at FedEx. Used SUN.
g COSMOS - Mainframe app for central dispatching & Call Center function
d GENESIS-Program to scan airbills at station & OCR overnite in MEM
I believe the corresponding proj to scan the airbills in Memphis for
billing was DCI
r COSMOS IIa- Program to scan all packages @ station & HUB
First ever project to use bar codes for tracking packages. Used
the Norand HHT
f DADS - System to dispatch drivers by computers in Vans
A major project of the 80's championed by Jim Moore. It
put FedEx over 15 years ahead of UPS technology
.l COSMOS Squared- System that would proactively track packages on routes thru
FedEx system and know when they are misrouted
a Polaris - Early system to capture airbill info and key in Memphis
c MARS- First system to put intelligent modems and system in Network
Championed by Ancel Hankins to keep availability up in stationsh ZODIAC-Proj Name to put overhead scanners in MEM and
capture zip code so keyers weren't needed. SIS project to
increase capacity in the SuperHub. Proj cancelled when it
was decided to fix capacity in Mem
n SUPER- System to consolidate info for HUB; it used Tandem computers
e DIAMOND- Proj Name to integrate capture of all Package data before
midnite to plan flight and sort operations and deliveries for the next day
Jim Gonka3/22/2013
Jim Gonka
Originally Zapmail was called Gemini
Subject: FedEx History: 737's
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/22/2013
FedEx History: 737's
Subject: Charlie Derrick > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Charlie Derrick3/23/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/23/2013
I remember after a year of trying to get landing rights in just one city we were granted one right to land at Midway airport in Chicago. They decided to shut down the goal of a daytime passenger airline, to sell the 737s, and they offered the employees the opportunity to buy one of the many 737 seats. I thought about buying one, but couldn't figure out where my wife would let me put it in our home.....
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Subject: For those of you who ever programmed, a Timeline of Programming Languages
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/24/2013
For those of you who ever programmed, a Timeline of Programming Languageshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_programming_languages ----------------..and interesting history notesaround 1981 Chuck Deiotte who worked in COS, and had worked at Boeing, reviewed COSMOS under ACP and recommended that they put a version of Unix on the mainframe and start writing in C; no one took that seriously at the timearound the early 1980's Jim Barksdale made the decision to rewrite COSMOS from IBM assembly language under ACP to COBOL under IMS FastPath so that software changes could be done faster , & IT could keep up with the business changes.around 1983 approx, Jim Moore contracted w GDI to rewrite the DADS software in C under DEC's RSX-11M and then transfer the application to COSaround 1985 I think it was Jim Schmideke(Sp) who was MD over Automation mktg? hired Chuck(who had his own micro business in COS) to train the Automation group in Lattice C & to rewrite the BASIC application which was then running then on NEC APC's.Around the end of the 80's Chuck's replacement, Herman Derbort put out a recommendation for everyone to start using Modula -2(pascal type language) on all micro and minicomputers; no one did that thoughand I guess the next big change after the SUN/HP/IBM projects under C, was the migration to JAVA in the 90's
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: In 2004 FedEx bought Kinkos for $________________?
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/25/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
In 2004 FedEx bought Kinkos for $________________?and why did they buy it?
Buddy Johnson3/25/2013
Don't recall the purchase price, but FedEx bought Kinko's to qu ickly expand storefront access to the customer.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/25/2013
Answers above are correct: FedEx paid $2.2B in cash and assumed $200M in Kinkos debt. UPS had bought Mail Boxes Etc in 2001 and had 4,500 retail sites. Buying Kinkos added 1200 sites to FedEx's customer service outlets, and Kinkos gave customers many more options to spend their money.
Subject: Added Added FedEx discounts links available on the internet
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/27/2013
Added
Added FedEx discounts links available on the internetHertz, Marriott, Alpa Hotel list, Corporate Perks
Subject: I didn't know there was a FedEx Ski Club... http://fedexski.twomorrow.com/
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/27/2013
I didn't know there was a FedEx Ski Club...
http://fedexski.twomorrow.com/
Subject: FWS: After graduation, Smith enlisted in the Marine Corps and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. A ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/28/2013
FWS: After graduation, Smith enlisted in the Marine Corps and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. As the Yale-educated son of an affluent family, Lt. Smith had some adjustments to make to the realities of war, but he cherished the advice given him by a veteran Marine sergeant: "There's only three things you gotta remember: shoot, move and communicate."
Subject: FWS system:
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/28/2013
FWS system:FWS used to talk about his system of processing paperwork. It was Keep it simple stupid or something like that. He would read it, trash it, file it or delegate it etc . It was similar to this process below:
http://zenhabits.net/steps-to-permanently-clear-desk/..but I've been in his office 5-6 times...and magazines and books were stacked everywhere. I don't remember piles of memos or paperwork, but certainly he is an avid reader and student of history.
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/28/2013
Cross posted from FedExLegends Yahoo Group:
from Jim Moore
Agreed as to the student of information.. 2 things I remember..
1. If Fred called you to his office to discuss something, you can bet he’s already had conversations with the most notable person in the industry…
2. If he has to stand up in the monthly ops meeting and describe a solution to your area of expertise, you better rethink your career..
Speaking of offices: Fred’s was reasonably represented with relevant “stuff” not just stacked but relevant and handy for reference,,, However, Jim’s office was immaculate. If you had a meeting with him.. Sharon, remember Sharon, would come in place a folder in front of him, he’d open it, we’d have our discussion, then meeting over, folder closed Sharon takes it away and the next meeting begins…. I admired that style, and while not for everyone, me, I strive to keep my office clear of clutter and functional
Subject: Interview in HR Management Report with Judy Edge http://www.hrmreport.com/article/Time-to-Deliver/
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/29/2013
Interview in HR Management Report with Judy Edge
http://www.hrmreport.com/article/Time-to-Deliver/
Subject: 10 Thing you did not Know about Fred Smith
Jimmy Glenn Burk3/29/2013
10 Thing you did not Know about Fred Smith
1. Frederick Wallace Smith was born on Aug. 11, 1944, in Marks, Miss. Smith's father, for whom he was named, was a businessman—founder of the Dixie Greyhound Bus Line and the Toddle House restaurant chain. He died when the younger Smith was 4 years old, but left the family financially well off.
2. As a child, Smith had Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease, a birth defect that causes arthritis in the hips. He used crutches and leg braces when he was young but outgrew the condition by the age of 10, and by the time he was in high school, Smith was playing basketball and football.
3. Long interested in flying, Smith began piloting small planes when he was still a teenager
.4. While in high school, Smith and a group of friends started Ardent Records, a small recording studio, in a garage. Local rock and R&B acts began to record there, and after Smith left the company in 1962 to attend college, his friend, John Fry, expanded the business. Still in business today, Ardent became a nationally known studio where dozens of hit records by artists from Sam and Dave to the White Stripes have been recorded or mixed.
5. As an undergraduate at Yale University, Smith wrote a paper for an economics class in which he described a concept for overnight package delivery by air freight—very similar to what his company, FedEx, would later do. An often-repeated legend holds that his professor gave him a C for the paper, but Smith later admitted that he could not actually recall what grade he had received and had just guessed that it was his "usual gentlemanly C."
6. Smith was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society while at Yale. One of his closest friends in that group was John Kerry. Another Bonesman with whom Smith was acquainted was George W. Bush, who was also Smith's fraternity brother in Delta Kappa Epsilon. Years later, Smith said that because of his connections to the two men, he felt "kind of like the Forrest Gump of American politics."
7. After graduating from college in 1966, Smith enlisted in the Marine Corps and went to Vietnam as a second lieutenant. He served two tours of duty—one in the infantry and one as a pilot—and received a number of medals, including a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, and two Purple Hearts
.8. In 1971, Smith started the Federal Express Corp. He chose the name, in part, because he was hoping to get a contract transporting checks for the Federal Reserve system. He didn't get that contract but kept the name.
9. Smith played himself in the 2000 movie Cast Away, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx employee who was stranded on an island.
10. An avid reader of history, Smith has said that he has learned more about business by studying history than from modern leadership books.
Dan Elliot3/30/2013
Interesting guy!
Subject: Photo: fedexlegends.info site
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/1/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley4/2/2013
Happy Birthday, Jimmy!
Subject: Interesting Tidbit-Changes - Customer Service
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
Interesting Tidbit-Changes - Customer ServiceWhen FedEx originally began service, customers called a local phone number to dispatch a courier to pick up packages. The calls were answered at the local station. As volume grew, more employees were needed to answer the phone which became a nightmare to staff.Around 1979 FedEx started centralized call centers, and the local calls were routed to these major calls centers, which originally had 400-500 agents. The call center agents entered customer info into the COSMOS screens, which sent a dispatch message to that local station to dispatch the couriers. In 1980 the dispatch messages were sent directly to a DADS computer and forwarded over the radio links to the courier terminals in the vans. Later the local calls became 1-800-GOFEDEX instead of a local phone number.When I left FedEx in 2007 there were approximately 4,500 customer agents answering customer calls. There were distributed across 18 call centers in the U.S.By the end of 2013, these agents will be working from home using CISCO to route & manage the calls. About 90% are already working out of their homes.
Subject: I saw Jimmy Rowland at Lenny's in Collierville yesterday. Jimmy now works at Belden. He did many of ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
I saw Jimmy Rowland at Lenny's in Collierville yesterday. Jimmy now works at Belden. He did many of the FedEx Corporate presentations and was one of the first to incorporate Macs, graphics, and video into presentations. He worked for Winn, Ron Ponder & Dennis Jones.
George Moore4/3/2013
Jimmy Rowland and I came back to MEM from LAX one night with Bill and Hillary Clinton on a Republic 727. This was after he was a govener and long before he was a president. I could only tell you about the conversations and what happend on this 3-4 hour flight off line, but it's one he and I will probably never forget.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
My Clinton story:
At the Officer/Dir meeting in Orlando, Brett Bonner & I got Five Star Awards for the MSDS project. That night buses were going to take everyone & families on an hour drive to Cape Canaveral to watch the Shuttle take off around midnite. I think they had 7 or 8 buses.
Ted Weise came to my room, congratulated me on my award and invited me to fly on the Corp jet with him to Cape Canaveral, instead of taking the bus. They had arranged to meet Hillary Clinton & the Women's U.S. Soccer team, who had just won the world championships I think.
I found out the jet was only for employees and I had my wife with me, so I thanked him, declined and told him I would go with Stephanie...and thus preserve my marriage.
He then found Brett and asked him.....Brett didn't hesitate...and went on the jet...where his wife went...I know not
The shuttle didn't launch due to a bad sensor that night...but Brett received an autographed 8x10 photo of himself & Hillary to proudly display.
It was a simple choice for me....Hillary or the wife
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
Ted Weise, one of FedEx's first employees
:http://influence.mst.edu/alumniofinfluence/weise_ted.html
Missouri S&T
influence.mst.edu
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
Occasionally FWS would address me as Dr. Burk...I never knew why,,, it might have been because I was an assoc professor at CBU for professional studies for a couple years.
I one meeting just after Ted Weise had been promoted to President of Federal Express, FWS addressed me this way.
Mr. Weise had his admin...call my admin to make sure he formally copied me on memos correctly, and wanted to know how I wanted to be addressed personally in meetings...he wanted to make sure he did the right thing.
My admin who was as professional as any person at FedEX said: 'He likes to be called Jimmy'
Subject: One of FedEx's first patents (Bill Cummings, Mike Taube, Tom Bullion, Jack Poole, Robert Estes) for ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
One of FedEx's first patents (Bill Cummings, Mike Taube, Tom Bullion, Jack Poole, Robert Estes) for organizing Containers for air/truck transport
Subject: http://www.memphismagazine.com/Memphis-Magazine/April-2013/FedEx-at-Forty-Fred-Smiths-Million-Dollar ...
Deby Abbott Jolley4/3/2013
http://www.memphismagazine.com/Memphis-Magazine/April-2013/FedEx-at-Forty-Fred-Smiths-Million-Dollar-Dream-Machine/
Subject: FedEx trivia: I knew that FedEx started out on Burroughs mainframes(now Unisys after they merged wit ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
FedEx trivia: I knew that FedEx started out on Burroughs mainframes(now Unisys after they merged with Sperry Univac) and went to IBM after absorbing Cook Industries IT staff. Talking with Jimmy Sowell this week, FedEx also had an Amadahl mainframe and a Hitachi mainframe, both of which would run IBM software.
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/3/2013
Amdahl was water cooled and you could grill on the Hitachi, wait that was a hibachi.
Chris Apalodimas5/8/2013
Don't forget the knockoff hardware for the Comten (front end processors for the network) we used to run too.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/8/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I remember the Comten. It was a 3725 IBM front end look a like. I was supposed to do some coding on the ncr comten to put polling in remote locations, after the DADS project, but by that time those in the company that were loyal to IBM had decided not to take a chance on something new in the system.
Subject: FedEx got an enormous lead over emery, purolator and later UPS in the priority package business with ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/3/2013
FedEx got an enormous lead over emery, purolator and later UPS in the priority package business with COSMOS, the radio network and DADS. Can't imagine the company without these systems. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first cell phone call, which I think Motorola made to one of its competitors.
Deby Abbott Jolley4/3/2013
Wow!
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/3/2013
Some of us were talking with motorola around 1990 and they said before DADS they were thinking RF was dead.
Jim Gonka4/4/2013
I worked for Motorola in the late 70s. I was the depot level repair bench tech for the IMTS mobile telephone system. We were still experimenting with cell phones at that time.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/4/2013
From Richard Dunn: The cell phone 40 years ago is somewhat misleading - a phone with no network. The cellular networks didn't get started until the early eighties. To put the DADS radio network in perspective:
First FedEx radio system in New York City - January 1977
First Alpha DADS system in Chicago - June 1980
Followed by Beta DADS system in New York City - December 15, 1981 (peak season?)
The DADS program began in 1982 and was rolled out nationwide by 1986. This was about the timeframe the cellular networks became viable...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/4/2013
Randall Jackson: I remember when Richard asked me to think about how to put together a network of radio systems not too many years after I started at FedEx on 1981. I got a piece of octagon graph paper and started drawing cells with repeating frequencies separated as far apart from each other as possible. I personally feel that FedEx invented the cellular radio system in the greater New York area years before cellphones came into full use.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/4/2013
Richard Dunn: Hey Jim(Moore),
That Motorola Guy must have been talking on a DynaTac VHF/UHF radiotelephone using a mobile radiotelephone system in New York. In the seventies, it was a mobile radio telephone system, the predecessor to the cellular world. The $3500 trunk mounted radio, roof mounted antenna,and a telephone console inside the vehicle. Monthly phone bill of $150. There were limited analog channels per market. I think Memphis had two VHF and six UHF channels - total of 8 simultaneous conversations at one time. Anybody with a good monitor could listen in...
The DynaTac 8000x, Motorola's first handheld cell phone was FCC certified in 1983
Subject: From: Winn Stephenson
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
From: Winn StephensonQuestion for the Legends Group....What is the first PC that you owned?Mine was a Radio Shack Color Computer (CoCo). It had 4k memory and used a cassette tape for storage. You had to save your data at least twice to have a good chance to read it back in. I used Turbo Pascal and actually could do a lot. You used a traditional TV for a monitor and needless to say was not very sharp. Graphics were very, very basic and most apps (we called them programs in those days) were text based.But being my first foray into computing, I loved it and wish I still had it as memorabilia, but I'm sure the cassettes would have deteriorated by now and be unreadable.What was the first computer you used at work?I started as a programmer trainee at the Memphis City Schools and we had a IBM 360 model 30, which was quite the berries at the time. It had 32k (core memory) and we developed in Cobol. The disk drives were 2311's and had 7 megs (I think). My cell phone has about 27x power and 4 million times the memory.I, like several posts I have seen, got hooked on computing with the ole 1620 at Memphis State, using Fortran and punch cards.Ah, those were the days.........Winn");
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
My first ‘PC’ was an Intel computer running CP/M(Control Program for Microcomputers).
At work my first ‘PC’ was some type of 386 based desktop.
At home the first computer I played with was a TI-99(Texas Instruments) and later I bought a MAC Plus which I programmed in C, but bought primarily to develop technical courses for CBU.
Bob Higgins4/5/2013
I bought my first computer in 1978, from a small Denver company called "The Digital Group" (not related to DEC). It came as a kit that I had to assemble. Bare circuit boards, plus bags of components. The CPU board had 4k of Ram on board, plus three 8K memory boards. Each memory board had sixty-four 1024 bit chips. I still remember hand soldering well over 1000 points on each of these boards. My monitor was a 21 inch surplus flight display monitor from the Denver Airport. I mostly programmed in Z-80 assembler, but also had a primitive Basic compiler. Mass storage was cassette tapes. I wrote a fairly nice full screen editor that I could use in place of the included simple line editor.
My first computer at school, was an IBM 1620. In the summer of my junior year, I started writing payroll and simple accounting programs in Fortran on an IBM 1130, for a local CPA firm.
Jim Gonka4/5/2013
Commodore 64
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Bob, did you also look at the Altair....I almost bought one, but got really busy at work and no time to play.
Bob Higgins4/5/2013
I did look, but when I was ready to buy, the DG system seemed to be more functional for the price.
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/5/2013
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First I wired accounting machine panels IBM 407, then programmed 1401 and 1440 and 7090. First PC commodore.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
What caused Jimmy to buy his first PC:
Around 1983 or 84 FWS would have Sunday meetings at Corporate Headquarters on Airways.
The Satellite execs (McArtor, Mook) had purchased 300 small satellites to connect future small Tandem computers into the Zapmail network. Gil Mook made a presentation on the delivery of this system,,,and was asked.... but what are you going to connect those 600 ports to?(there were two 56kbps ports per satellite link). Gil didn't know, and there weren't any spare ports on the current network.
Gil returned to the meeting and said...Please figure this out.....we need a solution for it...and by the way..you have to give a presentation on Sunday to Mr. Smith about what we are going to do....
I came up with a configuration that put in a tandem system which would handle 70% of the traffic on that system, and the other traffic could be routed to the current network with a fiber optic link,,,,requiring only one port.
I didn't have a PC or MAC at that time, and hand drew the slides and made overheads. I presented this to FWS, who had been told there was no solution...and he seemed satisfied with the answer.
He then paused and said, "Jimmy, why in the world don't you have a MacIntosh or something to make those slides'....I paused and said,,,"they won't give me money for a MACIntosh....so these are done using the BurkIntosh method"...he laughed and I survived that meeting...but I went back and ordered a PC
One group under Jim Whitworth, who I worked for, had already bought two of the infamous Apple LISA systems...at $10,000 each.
Dan Elliot4/5/2013
Mine was a stick and some rocks!
Deby Abbott Jolley4/5/2013
Mine was one of the earliest IBM PCs around 1982/3 - It has two 5-1/4" floppy drives - no hard drive.
Subject: 10 Long Lost Operating Systems http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9129459/Gone_but_not_forgotten ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Subject: Randall Jackson : My first PC was a cassette load TRS-80 with 1 Kb memory. I used basic to do my lab ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Randal Jackson
:
My first PC was a cassette load TRS-80 with 1 Kb memory. I used basic to do
my lab reports.
Subject: Some of the early computers before the IBM PC was introduced in August 1981; Pricing for the IBM PC ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Some of the early computers before the IBM PC was introduced in August 1981; Pricing for the IBM PC started at $1,565 for a bare-bones configuration without disk drives.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
FedEx did use the Apple II in one of the first Customer Automation Devices. They were used to prepare airbills and to trace packages. At least 30 were deployed before beginning deployment of a cheaper EPSON 'Meter' which used micro cassette tapes to record billing information. The micro cassettes were fedex'd to fedex to be read into the billing system.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley4/5/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley
What was the Automation device that used the 8" floppies?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
That was the NEC(Nippon Electric Co) APC. Before ZapMail was shut down, the SVP committed to ordering thousands more zap machines(without approval possibly); When these machines weren't needed, NEC told FedEx that they could order anything they made instead of the zap machines. Dennis Jones was over the Automation project at the time, and he took the PCs with the 8" floppies..since they were essentially free to his budget. I think he may have deployed 25,000.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk4/5/2013
Subject: There were responses to Winn's question on what was your first PC , on both the FedExLegends Yahoo G ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/6/2013
There were responses to Winn's question on what was your first PC , on both the FedExLegends Yahoo Group & the ITD Retiree group Facebook page.I consolidated the responses HERE
http://fedexlegends.info/firstpc.htmlIf I left you out, or you want to add your first pc to the list, just post here or send me an email.thanks,
Jimmy
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/6/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Mine was the Lhasa Yak Ii came in kit of strings and beads and i was up all night tying strings building that abacus.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/7/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Carl....for some reason....I believe you could have tried to build an abacus..... I fortunately was more advanced and got me a slide rule.
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Carl Wayne Hardeman4/7/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
LOL
Subject: Short bio-Fred Smith http://www.islandconnections.com/edit/smith.htm
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/8/2013
Short bio-Fred Smith
http://www.islandconnections.com/edit/smith.htm
Subject: Chuck Sertich wife Katie: From Linda Carpenter
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/8/2013
Chuck Sertich wife Katie: From Linda CarpenterTo all of you who loved Chuck Sertich so much, I thought you should know that his beloved wife, Katie, died unexpectedly at home on Saturday, April 6. Katie had not been ill. They suspect a heart attack or stroke; to be determined by an autopsy.Since August of last year, Katie, Nick and Jake have endured their own individual grief, going through the holidays and birthdays without Chuck. It wasn’t easy, but they were making it, and holding each other up through these stressful times. Today someone reminded me that it’s Chuck and Katie’s wedding anniversary (April 8th). Perhaps Chuck and Katie are once again together for their anniversary.Please keep Nick and Jake in your thoughts and prayers. They are not children, but we all know that at the tender age of 23 and 20, to suddenly lose your Mother so close to losing your Father must be devastating.I will let you know as soon as funeral arrangements have been made.Thanks,
Subject: Katie Sertich: from Linda Carpenter Katie’s brother, Kurt, sent me a copy of the obituary that will ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/10/2013
Katie Sertich: from Linda Carpenter
Katie’s brother, Kurt, sent me a copy of the obituary that will run in the Commercial appeal (see below). Nick and Jake, quite understandably, cannot handle another funeral service, so an informal farewell gathering will be held at the Botanic Gardens, Goldsmith Room & adjacent garden on Saturday, April 13th, starting at 2:00pm. Kurt emphasized to me that this will be an informal gathering (minus the suits and ties), and wanted me to tell everyone that while the service is starting at 2 o’clock, the family will be there until 6. If your schedule prevents you from arriving at 2, please stop by anytime between 2 and 6. Your presence will mean a lot to the boys.Flowers & Gifts: In lieu of gifts/flowers, the family is asking you to consider making a donation to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice. Cards are also welcomed. Nick and Jake’s address is:8658 Dogwood Oaks Cove
Germantown, TN 38139Care for the family: We would like to provide the family with food during this time of bereavement. If you would like to donate a meal, please sign up on the meal schedule at www.takethemameal.com (recipient last name: Sertich; password: boys)Or, if you would like to donate funds to go towards the purchase of food, please get with me.The meal for tonight is taken care of. The rest of this week and next week is available, if you’re interested.Thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers.Linda
Subject: 24 Hour Flight Map Video of FedEx launch
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/10/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/11/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Some used to call this video..the Ant Farm
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: What was the first Unix application at FedEx?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/12/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
What was the first Unix application at FedEx?
Jim Bentley4/12/2013
Jim Bentley
I think it was Dads?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/12/2013
I believe the first unix application to be put into production was the GOCC or Global Operations Command & Control and sometimes called C3I
GOCC was contracted, I think for $25M and was based on Sun workstations. There were over 200 of them.
Parallel to the GOCC was the Station Processor project and also DADS was converted to linux on PC's and then Winn worked a 1/2 price deal on HP servers that replaced all the DADS DEC machines (which had a long & successful life).
Hard to believe that HP and SUN didn't exist when DADS began,,and DEC no longer really exists.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/15/2013
Jim Bentley may have been correct, DADS could have been the first system to convert to Unix. It was converted to sco unix on a PC, I believe in the late 90's, and GOCC was around 1990-91; the conversion to HP/UX was done after GOCC was deployed.
Subject: A tour of the Memphis Hub
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/15/2013
A tour of the Memphis Hub
Subject: Rumor tidbits: from what I am hearing, the directors are going to or have met to go thru all the lis ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/15/2013
Rumor tidbits: from what I am hearing, the directors are going to or have met to go thru all the lists of people taking the volunteer buyouts and determining who can go in the first and largest wave. So, lots of changes to the company coming soon as lots of expertise leaves. For Y2k, there were over 25,000 applications in the company and over 1550 subsystems to manage, and there have been many added since 2000, so it will be a new era to maintain, or even outsource some of the older systems.
Dan Elliot4/15/2013
Dan Elliot
Yeah they met last week... It will be interesting!
Subject: A more expanded bio on Jim Barksdale:
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/16/2013
A more expanded bio on Jim Barksdale:
Subject: First time I met Jim Barksdale
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
First time I met Jim BarksdaleIn 1980, I was hired into FedEx initially, to write software that would allow the DADs DEC PDP11 computer to communicate with COSMOS over an SDLC link. DEC had no interface available that would work.I had been at FedEx for a few weeks and made contact with DEC and discussed what I needed. I was working in the computer room and Jim Barksdale comes over and introduces himself and starts asking me questions about the interface. He wanted to know what I needed to make this happen, and relayed that it was a priority to get this done.I told him that I knew there was a travel freeze, but if I could get 1 week in DEC assembly class, it would speed up the progress and I could have the software ready, when the board came in.He said, 'well I've talked to management at DEC, and they said that you know what you are doing, and if anyone can develop this interface you can. I will send you to two weeks of classes....and I want you and your wife to go to Justine's (fancy restaurant) on me, and enjoy yourself'.So, I went to Justine's with Stephanie, we enjoyed ourselves, and then went to 2 weeks of classes with Jim Bentley in Los Angeles. The class allowed me to finish the sdlc comm driver, way before the DUP-11 board arrived.I was impressed 1) that he even talked to me and 2) he listened and 3) he was generous.
Subject: Article: Why Federal Express became FedEx http://www.cdf.org/issue_journal/why_federal_express_becam ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Article: Why Federal Express became FedEx
http://www.cdf.org/issue_journal/why_federal_express_became_fedex.html
Subject: Legend sighting: went to Howards Donuts on hwy 64 Sunday before church around 630am and there was Ly ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Legend sighting: went to Howards Donuts on hwy 64 Sunday before church around 630am and there was Lydle Simpson. Lydle retired from Fedex, then worked as a contractor for 11 months and is still working. Lydle and Mark Ramsey developed the first automation device on an apple II with tv & TI810 printer in the early 80's
Subject: FedEx Retiree Club: UPCOMING LUNCHEON May 9, 2013 - Our Memphis area May 2013 luncheon will host gue ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
FedEx Retiree Club:
UPCOMING LUNCHEON May 9, 2013 - Our Memphis area May 2013 luncheon will host guest speaker, Josh Pastner, head coach of the University of Memphis Men's basketball team. Coach Pastner is finishing his 4th year as head coach. Season 2010-2011 included a Conference USA tournament championship and appearance in the 2011 NCAA tournament. March 21, 2013, the Tigers defeated the St. Mary's Gaels 54-52, for Pastner's first NCAA tournament victory as a head coach. The Memphis Tigers are in Division I of the NCAA and moved from Conference USA into the American Athletic Conference in 2013.
Marcie Littles Moss4/17/2013
Marcie Littles Moss
Hey Jimmy - I won't be "officially" retired until June 1....can I still attend? :-)
Marcie Littles Moss4/17/2013
Marcie Littles Moss
And where is the luncheon?
Gary Phillips4/17/2013
Gary Phillips
Are future retirees allowed to attend?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Here is the link, and it is at the Ridgeway Country Club; I'm thinking they would love future retirees to come. http://ferc1.org/luncheon.html?reloaded=true
Federal Express Retiree Club | Monthly Luncheon
ferc1.org
Subject: Photo of Lydle Simpson(far right) from 2011; Lydle volunteered many years at the FedEx St Jude Golf ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Photo of Lydle Simpson(far right) from 2011; Lydle volunteered many years at the FedEx St Jude Golf Tournament also
Chris Apalodimas5/6/2013
Chris Apalodimas
It's good to to see Lydle! I worked with him at Clark Tower in the good old mainframe days. . Anyone remember FMR and it's replacement FAMIS?
Buddy Johnson5/7/2013
Buddy Johnson
FAMIS?? Remember it well. I hired many who now support the app. Wonder how many on that team are taking the BO?
Buddy Johnson5/7/2013
Buddy Johnson
And, I agree with Chris - Lydle does look good.....Golf is good for longevity!!!
Subject: Legend Sighting: Had lunch with Jim Bentley. Jim is probably the 5th person I met at FedEx and we wo ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Legend Sighting: Had lunch with Jim Bentley. Jim is probably the 5th person I met at FedEx and we worked together for about the first 6 months.Jim is enjoying retirement, riding his motorcycle, taking photos and playing with his grandchildren and small zoo of many animals.
Subject: Interesting article on dynamics of taking a buyout: http://www.seniorsite.com/finance/many-workers-s ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Interesting article on dynamics of taking a buyout:
http://www.seniorsite.com/finance/many-workers-sitting-pretty-after-buyouts.asp
Subject: Interesting article on Milo High who was a pilot on one of the FedEx Corporate jets. Prior to this h ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
Interesting article on Milo High who was a pilot on one of the FedEx Corporate jets. Prior to this he was Elvis Presley's pilot. He passed away in 2007.
http://elvis-tkc.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=8181I flew with him many times and remember that he always wore a TCB (Taking Care of Business) necklace that Elvis gave to his friends.
Gary Phillips4/17/2013
Gary Phillips
I flew (rode) with Milo to and from COS many times. I remember one time sitting on the couch near the cockpit and as we were approching the COS airport, Milo looked back at me and asked me to tell the passengers that it was too foggy to land and that we had to circle for a while. After about 15 minutes, he asked the guy in the right seat what he thought. He told Milo it looked about the same. Milo then said, 'what the heck, let's try it'. We made it.
Jack Brown4/18/2013
Jack Brown
I flew on the corporate jet during Milo's tenure. The one thing I remember is I never really knew when we touched down. He was an excellent pilot. May he rest in peace.
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/18/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
I was in the jumpseat on corporate jet Milo was co-pilot. Landing in San Jose CA. Going over the last ridge down into the fog shrouded bay, he said: I hope there aint any cumulo granite in that.
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/18/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
His wife Paola worked here too.
Subject: From Winn Stephenson: I remember Milo clearly as I also flew a few trips with him. Cool article. If ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
From Winn Stephenson:
I remember Milo clearly as I also flew a few trips with him. Cool article.
If I remember correctly, his co-pilot was Pat Cloud. What a pair - Milo High and Pat Cloud.
Winn
Subject: From Buddy Johnson: I too recall visiting with him many times on the corp jet. He was always ready t ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/17/2013
From Buddy Johnson:
I too recall visiting with him many times on the corp jet. He was always ready to share an Elvis or a flying story.
Subject: Had lunch with Jim Moore and Winn Stephenson today. Jim was the force driving development of FedEx's ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/19/2013
Had lunch with Jim Moore and Winn Stephenson today. Jim was the force driving development of FedEx's Private Radio Network & DADS. Jim sold his company in San Diego but still works there as a principal of the company. Left-Right: Jimmy, Jim Moore, Winn Stephenson
Carl Wayne Hardeman4/19/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Jim Moore and I enjoyed many racquetball games together. He's an athlete for sure!
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/19/2013
From Jim Moore: Hi Carl, yes, I do remember, also Dennis Jones, rest him,,, and hello again to you Mary Alice.
Remember the “purple blood” that we all got.. it still works.
No matter where you go as you fly into an airport you find yourself looking for the purple tails…
And all those great memories come flooding back…
One of the enjoyable times for me was at the very beginning very early 77 jump seating on the Falcon’s to the major cities getting to know the management, their issues, and helping them with communications.
Just FYI, the racketball was a necessary regime for me to control anxiety attacks,, gee wonder why…and it worked.
All part of maturing into a unending set of challenges and opportunities and learning how to pace yourself. Still a challenge.. Best to All....Jim
Angela Maynard4/20/2013
Looking Good!!!!!
Subject: Around or before 1990; Winn Stephenson's all management training meeting at the Millington Naval Bas ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2013
Around or before 1990; Winn Stephenson's all management training meeting at the Millington Naval Base
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2013
Subject: If I am not mistaken, this is the same mgmt camp with Angie and Jimmy successfully completing some t ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2013
If I am not mistaken, this is the same mgmt camp with Angie and Jimmy successfully completing some type of assigned task....in the tree to the right is Denise Wood...either completing a task or hiding in a tree
Ezra Fried4/22/2013
Ezra Fried
I think we had to build a raft and ferry our teammates across the lake. I think I have some photos of that event.
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Subject: Where in the World is Beth Lee?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/22/2013
Where in the World is Beth Lee?Beth who was VP of IT in COS is now owner of her own business:www.homeservicescare.com
http://www.homeservicescare.com/staff.html
Subject: Quarterly Department Meetings
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2013
Quarterly Department MeetingsMy first director job was over Network Engr, and it was a special group of people. I had about 160 in the group and also about 40 overseas in Hi Wycome, Brussels and Hong Kong.Once a quarter we would have a department day. Half the day was group updates from the managers and myself. After lunch, everyone was allowed to bond and do whatever they wanted as long as they did it in small groups..and it was legal.This photo was on a Memphis Riverboat where about 30 of us enjoyed a river cruise.
Some did golf, a movie together, shopping, tennis softball, volleyball and other activities. It was a great way to bond with your FedEx family.
Gary Phillips4/24/2013
Gary Phillips
The good old days.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2013
A funny story(whom is your neighbor)
One quarterly meeting was held at a pavilion at the zoo. We took a break and I asked everyone to go meet someone else in the group, they had never met, learn what they did, and I was going to call on 3-4 people to introduce whomever they met.
I called on Roger Donaphon. He introduced John Baugh who worked on airline message switching, weather and other ops things.
I paused...shook my head and said 'Roger, that couldn't be someone you just met, you are in an office, and the person that has been in the office next to you for over a year...is John Baugh... " Roger paused and said John was in the office next to him, but they had never met each other.....
Subject: Has anyone (retired) used FedEx Perks?
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus4/24/2013
Has anyone (retired) used FedEx Perks?
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2013
Do you mean Corporate Perks? the discount website?
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus4/24/2013
Yes...the emails I get are from FedEx Perks but I think it's the same.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2013
I just looked it up; FedEx Perks is the company's point system where you ship packages, get points and awards. Corporate Perks is a website employees/retirees can access to get discounts from other stores: http://fedexlegends.info/retiretips.html#discounts
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Charlotte Benton Hieronymus4/24/2013
Interesting...the email comes from FedEx Perks and in the body of the email is has a "Corporate Perks Employee Pricing" logo. when I click on the logo I'm taken to the Corporate Perks web site. I would like to know if any "retiree" has been able to take advantage of any of these perks. Recently, I received a message re: a software discount. The offer was for active employees and had to be shipped to a FedEx location.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/24/2013
I have bought a couple things thru the Corporate Perks account a few years ago. Now, I can usually price shop on the internet and get the same type deal.
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Subject: forwarded from Ric Honey http://fedexlegends.info/superhub/hubhistory.html#org1980 ----- From Ric Ho ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/26/2013
forwarded from Ric Honey
http://fedexlegends.info/superhub/hubhistory.html#org1980
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From Ric Honey:
I started as a consultant to FedEx in 1982.I designed the installation of AS 21 – 44 with “Howard Miller” sort controllers.This chart was given to me one morning after we’d been up all night with 10 of the 32 Primary AS belts not running and I was doing the troubleshooting.Some guy name Burkholz kept interrupting me asking when the belts would be back up.My response… “about 10 minutes after I figure out what the hell is wrong!”…He never flinched.And I’m still here.Thought you’d enjoy the trip down memory lane.
FedEx: SuperHub
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/26/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Note from Ted Merida: ....It was a fun time in my career. Being around Birkholz all the time kept you on your toes...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/26/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Ted & Becky Merida retired to The Woodlands around Houston Texas.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/26/2013
Another Howard Miller Story: After I worked on getting the rapistan issues worked out for the superhub launch...the hub got tired of working with Rapistan and had installed a few howard miller controllers. they worked and they were thinking of expanding them. Ken Willoughby asked me to fly with him to see Howard Miller somewhere in the East. A few others also went.
when we got there it was an older building...kind of like a garage with one office. there were a couple of chassis being built and a couple college students putting them together.
Howard was an older but likeable fellow, but it was really a garage operation.
After a review by Howard,,,,it was certain that this was a small shop, but he had a workable solution.
Ken looked at him and said 'can you at least show us a letterhead for your business'...ie saying could you show us something that makes you look like a big business
Howard said 'oh, sure...I have something here somewhere...' he started going thru his file cabinets and after several minutes finally found a letterhead
it was a blank piece of paper where he had used a letter stencil and traced his company name at the top...so it was handmade
we thanked him and left
on the jet back, I told Ken I thought it would work...and one of us said....this guy is likable and you can tell he isn't putting us on....someone trying to fool us would have put a lot more work into fooling us
it was decided to proceed with them...primarily because they were tired of Rapistan
Subject: Where in the World is Brett Bonner? Congratulations to Brett Bonner and his OR team at Kroger.
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/26/2013
Where in the World is Brett Bonner?
Congratulations to Brett Bonner and his OR team at Kroger.He is an Edelman Laureate for 2013https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Franz-Edelman-Award/Franz-Edelman-Laureates2/Franz-Edelman-Laureates-Class-of-2013He and his team have now been awarded 19 Patents.
What is the Edelman Award?https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Franz-Edelman-Award
Subject: Where in the World is Patty Regenold? My brother Ray Burk saw Patty this week, and she asked him to ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/28/2013
Where in the World is Patty Regenold?
My brother Ray Burk saw Patty this week, and she asked him to tell me that she is taking the Buyout & opening one of these Pastry shops. Much success to Patty on her new venture.
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk4/30/2013
Subject: Article on Airline Pilots Forum: FedEx to outsource some shipments to other carriers in Asia.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/1/2013
Article on Airline Pilots Forum: FedEx to outsource some shipments to other carriers in Asia.
Deby Abbott Jolley5/1/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley
Carl - I think you may be right.
Subject: The New FedEx Heard from random rumors that number of people taking buyout will be close to 20%, and ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/2/2013
The New FedEx
Heard from random rumors that number of people taking buyout will be close to 20%, and for managers maybe even 40% under some vp's. None of the numbers are official, but it seems more have decided to take the buyout than originally predicted.Lot's of expertise leaving, but of course there are lots of people close to retiring in some departments and they would be leaving in the next 5 years anyway. I remember that there were studies each year on how many could take retirement, and usually the number was 25% of the IT population would be eligible...and those studies were from the early 2000's so that number is even higher now.Heard story of a 40 year old leaving because he was locked into a Cobol job w/oncall all the time, and couldn't be retrained due to his schedule.Managers who are still young, but can start a new career rather than face the culture change that is expected.And several stories that they are just close to retiring, would like to stay, but it seems like a good opportunity to leave now versus later.I wish them all well.
Roger Yannett Sr5/2/2013
Roger Yannett Sr
I've been hearing the same thing. What is so sad and disappointing in Management for the lack of planning for this exodus. This lack of planning will bite them in the behind. Instead they are planning to outsource these jobs to India and beyond. I'm glad I sold my FEDEX stock when I retired.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/2/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I've been hearing they are initially focusing on outsourcing 1st and 2nd level support for some apps, all of some fixed apps like financial systems, and systems which aren't going to have too much future development or aren't too critical. They've been outsourcing much of the testing for probably 7+ years.
It will take some time to work it all out and transition skill sets to those that are left I'm sure.
Subject: Short bio Bill Magaritas: http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/12819/Bill-Margaritis-Stepping-Down- ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/2/2013
Short bio Bill Magaritas: http://www.holmesreport.com/news-info/12819/Bill-Margaritis-Stepping-Down-From-CCO-Role-At-FedEx.aspx
Subject: from Brett bonner: Kroger's New Weapon: Infrared Cameras
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/3/2013
from Brett bonner:
Kroger's New Weapon: Infrared CamerasThis is another system from my team. It started out as an operations research project, we identified the opportunities through discrete event simulation, and then developed a system around the findings. Actually, this was an ideal innovation project.I sincerely hope that other fedexers will go to kroger, look up at quevision, and know this is part of our shared experience.
Deby Abbott Jolley5/3/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley
I've wondered what that screen was all about...
Thanks for sharing!!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: 1. What was the orignal device called that connected the SuperTracker quadrac ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
FedEx Trivia Question:
1. What was the orignal device called that connected the SuperTracker quadracks to the Network & Cosmos?2. What was the replacement device called?
Roger Yannett Sr5/4/2013
I remember a device before the super-tracker, was it the HHT?
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
not HHT, I think that was the name of the scanner for Comos IIa though
John Toscano5/4/2013
The Smart Base and the PC Base?
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
john, you and brett bonner got the correct answers
John Toscano5/4/2013
Do you remember who developed them?
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
it seems like Norand did the smartbase and the pcbase was inhouse in kurt wulffs dept. maybe bill strange and gary pantlik and some others, jimmie williis group in cos was also involved in dev ....but that was all probably 25 yrs ago
John Toscano5/4/2013
Norand did the Smartbase. Bill played a major role in the PC Base development with Gary. At least that's my recollection. 1987?
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
That is about the right time.
Dan Goss5/5/2013
Mr Gary Pantlik developed the API in the Norand Smartbase while a guy at Norand (last name was Seiko) developed the SLU-P (LU-0) SNA protocol. Ponder chewed my ass because Pantlik worked alone and he had no back-up. So Bill Strange and I think Gary Holmes pitched in.
John Toscano5/5/2013
Sounds right.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: For you zapmail historians, what was 555-1212?
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
FedEx Trivia Question:
For you zapmail historians, what was 555-1212?
Jack Brown5/4/2013
Telephone company information line
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
Correct: and for Zapmail it was the MPN to the node directing admin messages about documents to the Tandems & then onto COSMOS
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Ezra Fried5/5/2013
Here are some more Zapmail Trivia questions. What was a GOT? What was 12185? What was the size of the disk drive on the IPS2?
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/5/2013
I am stumped on this one
Ezra Fried5/9/2013
I see that no body got this one. GOT Gemini Operating Terminal. The GOT was the interface between the Scanner, Printer and Zap Central. It sported a dual 81/2 FDD.
12185, was the default password that was used to access the IPS2. The numbers 12185 were chosen because the IPS2 was released to the public on January 21, 1985.
The IPS2’s were originally equipped with a 10meg drive; they were soon upgraded with a whopping 20meg drive.
Jack Brown5/9/2013
I should have remember that since I was in the Control Center for awhile.
Ezra Fried5/20/2013
Now, if I can only remember where I put my car keys.
Subject: Thanks to all who have served our country. And thanks to FedEx who gave me many opportunities.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/4/2013
Thanks to all who have served our country. And thanks to FedEx who gave me many opportunities.
Dan Elliot5/6/2013
He looks familiar!
Subject: One of Fred Smith's first speeches (approximately)after the move from Little Rock to Memphis:
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/5/2013
One of Fred Smith's first speeches (approximately)after the move from Little Rock to Memphis:'This will be a fresh, fast paced company that cares about its people, where teamwork is the norm and everyone pitches in to contribute to its success. You will be treated with respect, honored for your dedication, and acknowledged for your special contributions. Each one of you is a vital member of the team with an important job to do, a job just as critical to the success of the company as every other job.You will be recognized as the expert on the job you are doing and will be free to use your creative talents to improve that activity. We will provide training for your benefit, promote from within, and commit to a no-layoff policy so long as the company survival is not at stake. You will receive a fair wage for your work; you will have a protective benefit package including medical, dental, sick leave, disability coverage, as well as a retirement plan, all of which will expand as Federal Express matures. Each of you will share in the profits of the company, and at some future point you will have an opportunity to own stock in the company.''Each of you, doing your job to the best of your ability, will produce a strong company with a surplus to reinvest in our future. The surplus will fund wage increases, provide a profit sharing program, and ultimately provide your retirement benefits. Profits will also provide a fair return on invested capital for our shareholders. This dedicate core group is going to make Federal Express a model for other companies to emulate.'From 'Changing How the World does Business' by Roger Frock, FedEx's first COO. P 66-67
Jack Brown5/5/2013
For so many companies today, the people are just a means to an end The bottom line is all that matters.
Subject: Good article on FedEx startup history: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/fedex-corpor ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/6/2013
Good article on FedEx startup history:
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/fedex-corporation-history/
Subject: Jim Barksdale speaks to an MBA class on his career and advice he would give people today.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/10/2013
Subject: Update Gary Holmes/from Barbara Geater/facebook
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/10/2013
Update Gary Holmes/from Barbara Geater/facebookGary, who was involved in a tragic bicycle accident, has been moved to live with his family in West Memphis, from his home in Cordova.Here is an update on Gary Holmes who was critically injured in a bicycle car accident/from Barbara Geater/facebook:Good visit with Gary Holmes today. His family has him living with his Dad in West Memphis. Looks like a good situation for both Gary and his family. Gary smiled at old race stories, especially the one about trying to "blend in with the cro...wd" at a race (IM Louisville or IM USA?) so Brian Wamble would not realize Gary was ahead and catch him. He also seemed to love all the new Terrapin nick names. Chubb Rubb seems to be his favorite. We'll be sending him race pictures throughout the season so he can keep with with the Terrapins and other Triathlete's performances.
....
It is difficult to call it real communication. But he does react with facial expressions.
Hard to know how much he understands, but he does follow the mood of the people
in the room with smiling and laughter.
Subject: Internal ad for FedEx IT featuring Alex Vergos who one of the most knowledge able people on FedEx hu ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/15/2013
Internal ad for FedEx IT featuring Alex Vergos who one of the most knowledge able people on FedEx hub applications. Alex's hobby was finding and refurbishing old juke boxes
Subject: A bit of history, One of the first peer PC applications
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/15/2013
A bit of history, One of the first peer PC applicationsAround the late 1980's FedEx was rolling out 25,000 NEC APC's (personal computers) that were received in lieu of buying more Zapmail machines(after it was shut down). Dennis Jones rolled them out, and thus began the march to increasing the amount of billing done automatically from these machines. Jim Colson's field organization was servicing these computers and every time there was any problem, they would dispatch a field service tech to look at the computer.Gary Holmes saw a need and wrote a piece of software where techs could dial into any machine, with permission of the customer, and look at all the software and files as if he were there. This was way before the internet, PC Anywhere type software or any peer to peer software.Jim Colson cut 8 future service techs out of his organization because of this innovative idea. Now it seems obvious there was a need, but then everything was new.And I believe Joe Williams of COS also wrote something like this but it wasn't deployed into the FedEx network.
Charles Morgan5/15/2013
Jimmy, that was called TRAP and it stood for Telecom Remote Access Program - I actually wrote that instead of Gary.
We put the word Telecom in the name so it would be identified with our division. Sherry Hawks and the hotline support team were the main users of TRAP; we received a QAT award in 1991 for it.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk5/15/2013
My apologies Chuck......it was a great idea, Jimmy
Charles Morgan5/15/2013
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Jimmy - thanks! Gary was actually very helpful in many projects that were communications related. We collaborated together 20 years ago to produce the first FedEx Tracking Software that was mass distributed on a diskette, that anyone with a Windows or DOS box could run. I wrote the GUI and he wrote the communications layer; this was more than a year before the Internet based tracking was available.
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Chris Apalodimas5/17/2013
Anyone remember the original Epson meters, that preceded these?
The Customer Automation program was originally an Epson Meter laptop (programmed by Steve Stewart, I think, before he was a Fedex employee). It was sponsored by Craig Bell, VP Sales. We put the original ones at Holiday Inn (commerce Center), one at Otis Elevator in MS, can't remember the rest. The program was under Paul Lucking in Information Central?
Eventually they started Customer Automation & it was under Roy Hawkins & Lydle Simpson (both of which had come out from the mainframe FMR/FAMIS, and actually swapped mgt levels), eventually under Dennis Jones.
They had a cassette tape that was to be mailed in each night with the revenue info on them. They originally were started by the AE receiving a check from the customer, entering the amount into the meter (via super secret password).
I wrote the original procedures for handling the tapes & receipts. . . We accumulated 6 mos worth of cassette tapes in Clarke tower, before anyone got around to programming the mini-computer that was supposed to read them . .. the start of the original pipeline.
Charles Morgan5/17/2013
Chris, I think Wade Waldrup may have worked on those Epson meters, post ZapMail... - maybe he can comment... I seem to remember him telling me about the meter devices one time years and years ago...
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Chris Apalodimas5/17/2013
Chuck, I'm sure Wade did work on them. I was in on the initial launch in the mid-80s. I was a ProjEng in Ground Ops at the time, so my interest then was Operations not IT.
Subject: Photo from about 7-8 years ago...my son Josh Burk munching with Charles Sherwood
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/16/2013
Photo from about 7-8 years ago...my son Josh Burk munching with Charles Sherwood
Subject: I started a list of FedEx friends leaving with the Buyout: http://fedexlegends.info/buyout.html If y ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/17/2013
I started a list of FedEx friends leaving with the Buyout:
http://fedexlegends.info/buyout.html
If you are leaving or know of others leaving, send to me and I'll update the list.
Jimmy
Gerald Herring5/17/2013
Leaving in May, 2014
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/17/2013
Thx, added
Subject: This is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FedEx PowerShip/3!
Charles Morgan5/17/2013
This is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FedEx PowerShip/3!PowerShip/3 was launched in 1993 and was an online client/server solution for customers who shipped 50 packages or less. Each customer who used PowerShip/3 received a small footprint computer and thermal printer, which dialed into FedEx to perform online shipping real-time as opposed to end of day. The concept paved the way for Internet-based shipping a few years later. Miley Ainsworth and led the development effort of PowerShip/3. I was glad to have been a part of that development effort back then; we learned so much from that experience.
Deby Abbott Jolley5/17/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley
And it was so cute!
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Sonny Holman5/17/2013
Sonny Holman
Didn't know this was happening, would have come out to cheer you on.
Charles Morgan5/17/2013
We designed the shipping screen to look just like a paper airbill so that the customer would relate to filling out an airbill; I explained in meetings as the WYSIWYG GUI design philosophy (What You See Is What You Get) see Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
This is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FedEx PowerShip/3!
Subject: FedEx volumes, courtesy of Gil Hennon
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/18/2013
FedEx volumes, courtesy of Gil Hennon
Subject: History Federal Express volumes, courtesy of Gil Hennon
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/18/2013
History Federal Express volumes, courtesy of Gil Hennon
Marie McVay5/18/2013
I remember the posters when we hit 300,000. They had champagne bottles popping corks and confetti :).
Mark Baugh3/28/2014
The math is wrong, total should read 1,020,299, as I recall this error was the reason we never printed another one of these. I still have a copy in my file....
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Don Rose3/29/2014
I still have this too.
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/18/2013
Subject: The FedEx SuperTracker implemented about 5 years before UPS did the DIAD device.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/18/2013
The FedEx SuperTracker implemented about 5 years before UPS did the DIAD device.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/18/2013
From my faint memories, around the mid 80's there were two people doing program management for the SuperTracker for change management. David Dietzel would coordinate Supertracker changes which were done in COS, and Carl Nehls who would coordinate COSMOS mainframe changes which were also done in COS. David retired around 7 years ago, and Carl will be leaving FedEx this year with the buyout.
Charlie Derrick5/18/2013
Whatever happened to Dave Dietzel?
Jack Brown5/18/2013
And I msnaged the team who managed the system that dowlnloaded the software and URSA tables. The system was DSMS and was developed in COS.
Jack Brown5/18/2013
Jack Brown
man, i wish my phone would correct my spelling errors.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/18/2013
David Dietzel did live in Fayette County and I was told he had some land along the 385 Interstate that was being built. People Search shows David living in Franklin Tennessee.
Charles Morgan5/19/2013
I have one still in the box never used, but it's not the model in the picture, it is the Enhanced Super Tracker (EST)... An interesting detail is that the Super Tracker was programmed in the FORTH language, which was quite an innovative choice and held up very well over the decades.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk6/8/2013
Interesting fact: At some station a courier van drove over a SuperTracker and crushed it pretty flat. It was sent in for repair with the tag "Keyboard Does Not Work"
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Jimmy Glenn Burk6/13/2013
Some device history:
DADS 1980: wireless terminal in the courier van for dispatching
Norand HHT- 1981 : used in stations and hub to scan packages;
Could find out if package was at which station, or in the hub
HHP SuperTracker-1986: used to scan package on pickup (PUPS), then transmitted Via Dads, at the station( SOPS), at the Hub( HUB), into Station (SIPS)And at destination (DEL); provided what FWS called Custodial Scanning
SuperTracker Plus
At home, Bruce Lindow built a Flash memory chip which allowed the SuperTracker to use flash memory vs a serial memory interface which made it much faster
Enhanced SuperTracker
Redesigned the Supertracker; new case, all new electronics, Laser scanning, infrared communications, 6 meg of memory; Engineering & Design by Bruce’s team.
PowerPad
Courier scanning and Dads dispatching on one integrated wireless terminal.
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
I have the promotional version which is a writing pin.
Subject: Before FedEx got too big they had several perks for families:
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/19/2013
Before FedEx got too big they had several perks for families:-a small silver spoon for each child born
into the FedEx family
-Easter & Christmas parties for kids of employees
-you got your birthday as a vacation day each year
-Data Systesm Christmas parties (one year at the
Peabody, and another year at the Marriot)
-Some really heavy Hotel discounts
(example: Marriott at $39 a nite)
-for a couple years, inflation raises each quarter
-profit sharing a couple times a year, before it
was incorporated into yearly bonus
-merits every 6 months if you were under midpoint salary
-and othersnow...off to Church
Charles Morgan5/19/2013
Didn't we have FedEx family briefings? Seems like I remember a meeting in the 80s where the families were invited...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/19/2013
We did, and they did Satellite feeds for families for a few years.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/20/2013
...and in Data Systems, when IT was about 200 people in Memphis, and about 60 in COS; we got a day off per quarter when stats were met...only stat they had was getting printed reports out 100% of the time....
David Hunt5/20/2013
And there was Family Day at Liberty Land. That is where I meet my wife of 34 yrs.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/20/2013
I remember the Liberty Land day...took my son Josh specifically to see SpiderMan
Subject: FYI: Jimmy will be posting very few messages between May 23rd and June 7th; I will be in Alaska tryi ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/19/2013
FYI: Jimmy will be posting very few messages between May 23rd and June 7th; I will be in Alaska trying to keep warm.
Charles Morgan5/19/2013
Jimmy - have fun! We went on an Alaskan cruise in 2006 out of Seattle and it was really enjoyable!
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus5/19/2013
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Enjoy! We will be headed to Alaska June 8.
Deby Abbott Jolley5/19/2013
Enjoy!!!
Subject: I hate ties:
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/20/2013
I hate ties:I am going on a cruise I was talking to a friend about our dis-taste in wearing ties; and from 1974 to 79 at Burroughs & DCC I had to wear ties...and from 1980 to 1995...had to wear them as a professional at FedEx.I brought back a memory from Burroughs days..that I didn't witness but was relayed to me.Some of the computer consoles had moving metal print balls, so that they could print thru multiple carbon copies. One employee at a local hospital(wearing a tie) was working with the console adjusting the paper. The console grabbed his tie and started jerking his head to and fro as it printed something. Screaming...a security guard came in and didn't know how to stop it or unplug it...so he did the next best thing.He pulled his sidearm and started putting bullets into the computer...until it stopped jerking the employee's head around. I don't think the computer survived to hurt any more humans.
Jack Brown5/21/2013
that brings back a memory of a young man in Zap Central who was going to shred a customer's document after retransmitting it. He leaned over the shredder and it grabbed his tie. He started to panic until someone ran over with a pair of scissors and cut his tie.
Subject: Story from Winn Stephenson: I'm going to check Snopes on this - sounds fishy.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/21/2013
Story from Winn Stephenson:
I'm going to check Snopes on this - sounds fishy.The story I remember that is a little similar to this was when I worked at Cook Ind in the early 70's. Yes - there were computers then. I was a programmer and Jim Covington was computer ops. We had a IBM model 40, 2 tape drives, a 1403 printer and a gaggle of IBM 2311 disk drives. The arrangement was a square with the disk drives on one side, followed by the CPU, tape drives, and printer to close out the square. The tape drives had a sliding door to load/unload the tapes with a little tab at the bottom to grab for sliding. So the operator could just spin around and with a few steps do all the things operators do. Long setup, but I hope you have the picture of Covington in the center of all the hardware.As you would imagine, Covington was a whirling dervish as the operator and was a blur in motion. So, he was at the console, up pops a console msg to ready the tape drive. Immediately after that an intervention on the 1403 printer rang out. So JC pops up and moves like lightening to ready the tape drive, grab the tape door to slide it closed and proceeded to the printer to ready it. Unfortunately he did not unhook the printer door from his finger and the momentum launched the tape door into the 1403 printer glass.Quite a mess. Covington never said a word.
Subject: FedEx Outsourcing Article May 19 Comm Appeal article on FedEx Outsourcing http://www.google.com/url? ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/21/2013
FedEx Outsourcing Article
May 19 Comm Appeal article on FedEx Outsourcing
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.commercialappeal.com%2Fnews%2F2013%2Fmay%2F17%2Fit-outsourcing-could-decrease-fedex-head-count%2F&ei=UmqbUbSEHcKKqwGLt4HwCg&usg=AFQjCNHRvE1P1lfVKov1o2F6sCVEI6U6dg&sig2=ecO23zxvHtywkIB6KdZBrw
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk posted in FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club — with Cheryl Bowen.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/22/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/22/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
This collage is just some photos I had in one file.
1-Ancel Hankins, responsible for bringing FedEx networks
out from under the floor of the computer room;
2- Chuck Sertich, Wendy Mundie and Alex Vergos
Chuck and Alex made quite the team to ensure LineHaul
and Hub apps were availble every night
3-Terry Cox
4-Cheryl Bowen-one of COS first employees
5-Bob Higgins- designer & contributor to COSMOS
6-Bruce Lindow- former NASA engineer who managed
DADS and much of the hardware development at FedEx,
inHouse DADS terminal, Enhanced Supertracker,
SuperTracker+, PowerPad and many more
7- Jill Bradbury & Kay Moody who did much of the analysis
and statistics for FedEx applications
8-Cynthia Spangler -VP Revenue, Judy Edge SVP HR
9-Wade Waldrup who worked on many of the PowerShip
systems and with Bruce on hardware projects
10-Data Systems group of the 1980's- Jimmy Burk, Terry Cox, and
Manager Ancel Hankins
11-Buddy Johnson and Kay Moody
12-Kathy Crockett who was over the first Mem call center
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Subject: from Pete Dangerfield: All,
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/22/2013
from Pete Dangerfield:
All,Please note my contact information in retirement, just in case you do want to reach out and say Hi!It’s been a pleasure working with you all over the years and hope we can cross paths from time to time.I will be over at Pickwick Lake enjoying the peace and quiet and taking trips from time to time.All the best to you and I hope you have a long and happy life.Best Regards
Pete(if you want Pete's address info, send Jimmy a note)
Subject: Dale Browning and I run with the Bartlett Runners Club - here we are just yesterday evening after th ...
Charles Morgan5/23/2013
Dale Browning and I run with the Bartlett Runners Club - here we are just yesterday evening after the run! Dale and I worked together in the Telecom Division at 2828 Business Park Building H, back in the late 80's thru the 90's...
Subject: Bruce Lindow will be leaving FedEx on May 31sr
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/25/2013
Bruce Lindow will be leaving FedEx on May 31srjimmy from Vancouver
Charles Morgan6/1/2013
I met Bruce in 1986 on a trip when he and I were riding the corporate jet to COS, and we had about 3 hours to just chat. We were both working in ZapMail at the time, but in different areas. He's a really smart engineer and was always great to work with.
Wade Waldrup6/1/2013
I was a direct report to Bruce for a number of years. He had a number of great projects under him: EST, ASTRA+ Printer, DADS, FMT, PowerPad, etc. A great guy to work with!
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Subject: Jill Bradbury Greer will be taking buyout on may 31st
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/28/2013
will be taking buyout on may 31stjimmy from juneau alaska
Subject: Just FYI to add me to the list of those taking the voluntary buyout - my last day is this Friday, 5/ ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/29/2013
Just FYI to add me to the list of those taking the voluntary buyout - my last day is this Friday, 5/31/13, after 29+ years…and yes, I was obviously only about 5 or 6 when I started :). While I will not be leaving as a retiree (I turn 55 in Aug 2014), my husband Greg has his 'R' badge so he can still take advantage of FedEx Retiree discounts, etc. We are very thankful and excited to start our new phase in life - we have a sailboat currently in Mobile, AL and plan to head south and begin cruising full-time November-ish of this year (post-hurricane season). Destination Florida & Bahamas for winter & US East Coast next summer, and then who knows….?Anyway, I 'joined' the FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club on FB, so if you see my request, this is why! I'm already a member of the Yahoo group (not really a 'Legend' but I KNOW a lot of FedEx Legends-ha), and may have some artifacts for you. It's amazing what you find when you clean out your desk :).Thanks,
Jill Bradbury Greer
#31956 (Jan 9, 1984)
Shirley Lovelace Williams5/29/2013
Shirley Lovelace Williams
Congratulations Jill. Happy Sailing.
Molly Hale Moss5/29/2013
Congratulations Jill. Sounds like an amazing plan. Have fun!
Charles Morgan5/29/2013
Jill, we worked together back in 1985 in ZAPMAIL, for Antony Kong - it's hard to believe 28 years have past by - have a great time with your new sailing adventures!
Wow, sounds dreamy Jill! God bless you in this new phase of your life!
Chris Apalodimas5/29/2013
Jill, good luck and enjoy a long, & healthy retirement!
Carl Wayne Hardeman5/29/2013
Add me too, Jimmy. Thanks for all your work on this group page. BZ!
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Linda Cook Thorn5/29/2013
I, too, will be leaving this Friday.
Jim Gonka6/3/2013
Jill, Congratulations and good luck! I will be forever grateful for all I learned from you!
Subject: Patty Dugger & Chuck Haire are also taking the buyout.
Jimmy Glenn Burk5/30/2013
Patty Dugger & Chuck Haire are also taking the buyout.
Subject: Charles Morgan > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Charles Morgan5/31/2013
Subject: I'm officially in the group!!
Dan Elliot6/1/2013
I'm officially in the group!!
Subject: Does anyone remember a Jim Schillo who may have worked in Logistics or the Parts Bank in the early 1 ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/3/2013
Does anyone remember a Jim Schillo who may have worked in Logistics or the Parts Bank in the early 1980's? His son was trying to find information about what his father did at fedex.
Buddy Johnson6/3/2013
Jim, I worked with him - believe was in early
to mid 80's - on some logistical things. One
I recall was movement of the old Airbill Pre-
Print operation. He was surprised it was completed
on time.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/3/2013
Thanks Buddy, I sent your email address to rob carter, who was asking on behalf of fws...jimmy
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/4/2013
got a note from mary alice taylor. jim was her predeceasor(sp) when she was promoted to vp of logistics
Subject: Took the VBO and my lat day was 5/32/2013 after 28 years
Richard Taylor6/3/2013
Took the VBO and my lat day was 5/32/2013 after 28 years
Subject: Congratulations to all of the new FedEx (VBO) Retirees!!!! Yay!!!
Deby Abbott Jolley6/3/2013
Congratulations to all of the new FedEx (VBO) Retirees!!!! Yay!!!
Subject: got an email from johnny wong and he is also taking the buyout
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/4/2013
got an email from johnny wong and he is also taking the buyout
Subject: Ben with 25 years and me with 33.5 years and I are officially FedEx Retirees.
Amy Armstrong6/4/2013
Ben with 25 years and me with 33.5 years and I are officially FedEx Retirees.
Jack Brown6/4/2013
Jack Brown
Congratulations!!!
Chris Apalodimas6/4/2013
Chris Apalodimas
Amy, best wishes for a long & healthy retirement!
Dan Elliot6/4/2013
Dan Elliot
Congrats Amy! Me too, 35yrs.. you need to post your vbo poem you wrote...
Deby Abbott Jolley6/5/2013
Deby Abbott Jolley
Amy - Did you write that poem that was going around?!? - Yes, Please post it!!!
Subject: I wonder exactly how many new members we will have by this time next year??
Dan Elliot6/4/2013
I wonder exactly how many new members we will have by this time next year??
Subject: Some more names from Buyout List, from Buddy Johnson:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/5/2013
Some more names from Buyout List, from Buddy Johnson:Barbara
AaronDanny
AbrilCathy
AckermannDave
AhrensAlice
AldridgeNancy
AndersonBen
ArmstrongAmy
ArmstrongDoug
ArndtJewel
ArnoldLorene
BaileyTerence
BakerAndy
BaldovskyTess
BaldovskyJim
BarkleyGlenda
BarrattAnita
BensonChris
BentleySubba
BhimavarapuAnnie
BillingsRichard
BlackburnDiana
BresingerJoy
BrooksMary
BrownSusan
BruceJosh
BrumfieldPatty
BrunthaverBobby
BurgeErcelia
ButlerJoyce
ByarsTroy
CampbellTeri
CappellucciManuel
CeliRyan
ChanDan
ChittickMichele
ChrzanowskiDaniella
ClearwaterVicki
CookeMatt
CoplasKeff
CouchChris
CrisologoSharee
CristMark
DarlingDeni
DavidsonFrank
DavisDon
DavisLindsey
DayTony
DiazKris
DickinsonGlen
DixonRodger
DonaphonJohn
DubachMary Ann
DubachApril
DurenLinda
EarleyJim
EddyGinny
EdwardsJanelle
EnglandMary
FanionHowie
FeldmanHowie
FeldmanChris
FergusonLunita
FergusonAhmed
FerozeElaine
FieldsMike
FlyScott
FragerAlan
FrameGary
FreitagSteve
GalbreathAnn
GlisanClaude
GodfreyDennis
GoldsbyCarol
GraftonJohn
GrillsGreg
GurleyChuck
HaireKay
HamiltonLarry
HansenCarl
HardemanJodie
HardenSally
HarderCharles
HardyDavid
HartLinda
HarveyJeff
HeacockPaula
HebertDoris
HellyerKeith
HelmsGil
HennonJerry
HerringLinda
HerringMelissa
HintonLamora
HissJohn
HoffmanPaula
HollowayDan
HolmesVianne
HowardGene
HudgensSusan
HuffRay
HuffMark
HughesJune
HurstonCarrie
HuttonEddie
JenkinsDave
JenningsBrodie
JohnsonMinnie
JohnsonLillie
JohnsonSteve
JohnsonBob
KingMike
KingRon
KinneyPat
KoCliff
KotnikCarolyn
KulmNorma
LambJaneene
LarkinElecia
LeeJohn
LeonardVernon
LewisAndy
LillistonKevin
LindholmJulie
LlewellynPercy
LopezJim
LovellBetsy
MakeeverTess
MalcheskyGlenn
MalchowRoger
ManginLou
ManusLois
MartinGwen
MartinSandra
MartinDan
MarvinSandy
MashburnDavid
MashburnKim
McBrideJohn
McCorkleGerard
McCoulloughGlen
McFarlandJohn
McGeeJeff
McIntoshDawn
McKenzieEverett
MeadowAlann
MeadowsTeresa
MeisterLori
MeltonRick
MerrillCarolyn
MetonHank
MillsDonna
MooreMarsha
MooreMike
MorganKen
MourerDee Dee
MunozChet
MyersLyndell
MyersMaureen
MyersTheresa
NaborsCarl
NehlsMargaret
NestorGene
OsegovicMonica
ParhamDana
ParksChristina
PeytonJohn
PhillipsKaren
PhillipsRuss
PittsMagdalena
PolchCharlie
PowellDaniel
PowellCynthia
PrattScherryNancy
SegarsMike
SelphRobert
SeymoreBonnie
SilerSam
SimpsonTracy
SjobeckJeff
SkinnerSteve
SlaybackLaura
SmithBob
SoderstromCarol
SommersHongjun
SongEdna
SperlingMike
SpisakLinda
StatenKen
StegallLynn
StephensBill
SteppDan
StoryAnandhi
SubramanianAuthur
SuperiorKen
SwainShirley
SwansonMike
SwimGlen
SwisherLaura
TaylorRoss
ThackerSue
ThomasRachel
ThomasElaine
ThomasDiane
ThompsonTom
ThompsonDiane
TurechekJamal
UsmaniMike
WallaceJohn
WardJeff
WashingtonGertrude
WatkinsCynthia
WedamanRandy
WheatleyGinger
WhiteBecky
WickertAnita
WieduwiltGarry
WiermanSally
WigginsMike
WilburnSue
WilkinsonRick
WilliamsJud
WillifordJim
WingoHere's some non-IT folks, many of which you already had noted.Sherry
AaholmGloria
AbrilSusan
AlbiniakCharles
BresingerCharlie
BresingerKevin
BrinkmannJoan
ChildressDoug
ConreySylvia
CouchMichael
CraigDon
CrockerJudie
DickeyJohn
DillardKimberly
DoaneAustin
EgedegbeRicky French
FrenchPat
FurrDennis
GeigelTammy
GoffRobert
GroomJoanne
HardyDianne
Harris-CooperSherrye
HawksPamela
HelmersEdward
IwachowDonna
JonesArun
KumthaRay
LipmanJulie
MallardBart
MooreBob
MooreGeorge
NixonSurinder
PalleKatie
ParkerMeera
PutmanAlan
SandersJay
SartainBruce
SnowChristina
TatRichard
TaylorDebora
WallerLisa
WarrenCarla
WilsonMark
ZborowskiNancy
SegarsMike
SelphRobert
SeymoreBonnie
SilerSam
SimpsonTracy
SjobeckJeff
SkinnerSteve
SlaybackLaura
SmithBob
SoderstromCarol
SommersHongjun
SongEdna
SperlingMike
SpisakLinda
StatenKen
StegallLynn
StephensBill
SteppDan
StoryAnandhi
SubramanianAuthur
SuperiorKen
SwainShirley
SwansonMike
SwimGlen
SwisherLaura
TaylorRoss
ThackerSue
ThomasRachel
ThomasElaine
ThomasDiane
ThompsonTom
ThompsonDiane
TurechekJamal
UsmaniMike
WallaceJohn
WardJeff
WashingtonGertrude
WatkinsCynthia
WedamanRandy
WheatleyGinger
WhiteBecky
WickertAnita
WieduwiltGarry
WiermanSally
WigginsMike
WilburnSue
WilkinsonRick
WilliamsJud
WillifordJim
WingoHere's some non-IT folks, many of which you already had noted.Sherry
AaholmGloria
AbrilSusan
AlbiniakCharles
BresingerCharlie
BresingerKevin
BrinkmannJoan
ChildressDoug
ConreySylvia
CouchMichael
CraigDon
CrockerJudie
DickeyJohn
DillardKimberly
DoaneAustin
EgedegbeRicky French
FrenchPat
FurrDennis
GeigelTammy
GoffRobert
GroomJoanne
HardyDianne
Harris-CooperSherrye
HawksPamela
HelmersEdward
IwachowDonna
JonesArun
KumthaRay
LipmanJulie
MallardBart
MooreBob
MooreGeorge
NixonSurinder
PalleKatie
ParkerMeera
PutmanAlan
SandersJay
SartainBruce
SnowChristina
TatRichard
TaylorDebora
WallerLisa
WarrenCarla
WilsonMark
Zborowski
Subject: From Diane White: Jimmy, I ran into Elaine today. She would like to be included in the Legends group ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/7/2013
From Diane White:
Jimmy, I ran into Elaine today. She would like to be included in the Legends group. I know you are probably still on vacation but when you get a chance, please point us in the right direction!Thanks...Diane White
Subject: Added Patty Dugger, David White, Bruce Lindow, Chuck Haire & Johnny Wong to buyout list:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/7/2013
Added Patty Dugger, David White, Bruce Lindow, Chuck Haire & Johnny Wong to buyout list:
Subject: Interesting Tidbit:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/14/2013
Interesting Tidbit:An employee at the St.Louis station heard that FedEx was starting to look at a replacement device for the SuperTracker(around the mid 90's). He spent his own money and produced a mockup of what he thought the new device should look like(a Klingon Phaser) and he also produced a video explaining his ideas.The new device would have laser scanning, voice input, so no keyboard needed and an array of many futuristic technologies that could go into his wooden model. He did a great job, and was thanked for his efforts but at the time, none of his ideas could be incorporated, and laser scanning was already on the plate.He was thanked for his efforts.
Subject: A little levity from 2001. The original PowerPad hardware development team paying homage to the firs ...
Wade Waldrup6/14/2013
A little levity from 2001. The original PowerPad hardware development team paying homage to the first Motorola prototype.
Subject: It has been reported that 4 COS employees have lost their homes to the fires burning.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/16/2013
It has been reported that 4 COS employees have lost their homes to the fires burning.
Subject: Article: Commercial Appeal http://wreg.com/2013/05/31/last-day-on-the-job-fedex-employees-accept-buy ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/17/2013
Article: Commercial Appeal
http://wreg.com/2013/05/31/last-day-on-the-job-fedex-employees-accept-buyout-package/I heard comments, that at some of the joint going away parties, management wasn't allowed to announce names of people leaving/retiring, due to some legal issue
Deby Abbott Jolley6/17/2013
I was asked for permission to share that I was taking the buyout - which I granted. Some of the going away parties were pretty lame, but mine and my co-worker's was a ton of fun! We had the Will Tucker Band (Laurie Tucker's son) play for ours! (I paid for the band, which was totally worth it!) http://goo.gl/XoLiW
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Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
I wanted to say good buy to people I have worked with over the last 35 years and most of the retirement partie i press were behind closed doors with only immediate co-workers invited.
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Subject: FedEx alert: fires
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/17/2013
Subject: FedEx had various commercials that were never used. One was of spaceships (fedex,rps,ups etc) battli ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
FedEx had various commercials that were never used. One was of spaceships (fedex,rps,ups etc) battling in outer space. Another one was supposedly with some of the Star Trek actors in a Zapmail commercial, but it was shut down before airing.One of my favorite. UPS had started their overnite air service using Birmingham as the air hub. Birmingham had heavy fog for 3 days, and the UPS fleet couldn't get in or out of Birmingham, thus delaying their service.The commercial showed an airport with heavy fog with other couriers bumping around in the fog who could not find their customers or packages. Then out from the fog jumps up a FedEx courier with his package, and announces 'FedEx'......an obvious dig that FedEx's hub was open for business.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Around 1973, the Capital groups that backed Federal Express determined that someone older than FWS(then 29) was needed to front the company, especially to raise money. They went around FWS and the management group & hired a person who served as President of FedEx for a short while.Who was this person?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Correct Answer from John Schwarzmann: General Estes was named Chairman and chief executive officer
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
from Scott Harris: Wasn’t he the guy that had the reserved parking space in front of the admin building, and the day Fred got rid of him, he went down and pulled the reserved sign out of the ground?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
from Jim Moore: Yep, that was he
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I also read that the first order of business at FedEx(and maybe only thing he did) was to spend maybe $25K or more remodelling his office and installing a personal bathroom.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk6/19/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
from Bob Massie: a few details.... http://books.google.com/books?id=ASXou2TUwe0C&pg=PA147&lpg=PA147&dq=General+Howe\
ll+Estes+Jr.+Federal+express&source=bl&ots=Bh_cO1LaBI&sig=cVv4C6ws1dt-uw15EiQxLj\
lPqBM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LM7AUcCeNIi69QTC5IDABQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=General%2\
0Howell%20Estes%20Jr.%20Federal%20express&f=false
Changing How the World Does Business
books.google.com
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/19/2013
I would highly recommend Roger Frock's book 'Changing How the World Does Business' as well as "Absolutely, Positively Overnight" The Unofficial Corporate History of Federal Express " by Sigafoos and Easson for FedEx history buffs.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: who was the first InfoSystems employee hired into FedEx?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: who was the first InfoSystems employee hired into FedEx?
Amy Armstrong6/20/2013
Oh, that's a good one. I want to know the answer. Jim Barksdale is my guess.
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Geana Allen6/20/2013
Sounds like a great answer to me . Also congratulations on retiring
Buddy Johnson6/20/2013
Dale Brewington, I believe.........
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
Answer(I think): In Little Rock, around 1972, Roger Frock hired Leon Tyree who he had worked with on a project for Jones Truck Line in Pennsylvania. Leon hired Wes Terry. They leased a Burroughs 2700 and the first application was a program to track Falcon maintenance schedules. The second program was a rudimentary billing application. In Memphis hired were: Chuck Graham, Larry Brock, Jere Bledsoe, Bill Stuart, Colen Kelly Steward, Don Rose and Jimmy Fuller. Larry & Jimmy left a few months after Chuck Graham was hired.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Jim Barksdale came to FedEx sometimes after the Cook IT acquisition. He was President of one of Cook's subsidiaries. Charlie Brandon had decided he didn't want to run a large IT shop and JimB was the replacement for him. Data Systems at the time was about 220 people including the staff in COS.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Mr. Barksdale came in 1979.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
re: Tom Bullion hired in 1973: I then helped Wes Terry break the revenue functions out of data processing and started the Billing System. This is where I met my lifelong friend Tom McNeal. He was hired as the Credit & Collections manager. We fought like tigers and became best of friends.
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Buddy Johnson6/20/2013
Tom was a great guy...enjoyed playing golf with him.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
Subject: section from "Changing How the World Does Business" by Roger Frock, first COO of FedEX
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
section from "Changing How the World Does Business" by Roger Frock, first COO of FedEX
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus6/21/2013
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus
I actually worked for Leon and Wes...way back in the day!
Subject: FedEx gets in on the Zombie craze
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
FedEx gets in on the Zombie craze
Subject: McKaylee Borklund, 4, fist pumps after a FedEx Cessna is named after her during the FedEx St. Jude C ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
McKaylee Borklund, 4, fist pumps after a FedEx Cessna is named after her during the FedEx St. Jude Classic Championship Pro-Am Wednesday. FedEx has a tradition of naming planes after children of employees; she is the first who is also a St. Jude patient. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal) www.commercialappeal.com
Subject: Posted a summary of the Federal Express Startup with some key dates.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
Posted a summary of the Federal Express Startup with some key dates.http://fedexlegends.info/history/startup.htmlI'll add to this as I have time. Send any corrections and I'll be glad to change.
Untitled Document
Subject: In 1973 FedEx searches for a firm to create a logo for the new company. The minimum is $100K from Ne ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
In 1973 FedEx searches for a firm to create a logo for the new company. The minimum is $100K from New York firms. Rick Runyon from LA, flew a Cessna 310 to Little Rock to meet with FWS and offered to do a logo for $25K, and will only charge for it, if Federal picks his design. FWS accepted his offer.
Jack Brown6/21/2013
Jack Brown
and the rest is history.
Dan Elliot6/21/2013
Dan Elliot
Good choice!
Charles Morgan6/21/2013
Charles Morgan
I have one those blue hats with that logo on it that I bought used for 75 cents - I'll upload a picture of it! I am not sure if it is an original hat from the 70s...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
The Story Behind the Current FedEx Log: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671067/the-story-behind-the-famous-fedex-logo-and-why-it-works
The Story Behind The Famous FedEx Logo, And Why It Works
fastcodesign.com
Jack Brown6/22/2013
Jack Brown
I remember being told the reason for going from "Federal Express" to "FedEx" was because customers were referring to the company by FedEx. I remember someone who was a new hire saying it was the first company that he knew of where the name had become a verb, I.e. "I'll FedEx it".
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Subject: forwarded from Deby Jolley:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/22/2013
forwarded from Deby Jolley:JUNE Y. FITZGERALD, 79, member of Balmoral Baptist Church in Memphis and benefactor of The Church of the Good Shepard in Milford, PA, passed away June 20, 2013. She was employed for 33 years at FedEx as the Administrative Assistant to Frederick W. Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil E. Fitzgerald, Jr. She leaves her cousin, Janine Vernon and numerous other cousins and friends. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m., Monday, June 24 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. A graveside service will take place at 3 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Balmoral Baptist Church, 2676 Kilby Rd., Memphis, TN 38119 or The Church of the Good Shepard, 110 W. Catherine St., Milford, PA, 18337.
Subject: Final Flight of the last 727 in the FedEx Fleet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIeyLjNJ6U
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
Final Flight of the last 727 in the FedEx Fleet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIeyLjNJ6U
Subject: FWS makes Profit from Robbery
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
FWS makes Profit from Robbery: Roger Frock tells this story from his book "Changing How the World Does Business" that happened at the Little Rock facility before the Memphis startup."One Monday morning, I learned of some unusual excitement the previous Saturday. While the staff was busy working, a masked gunman entered the facility, ordered everybody into one office, and demanded all their money. Fred, never one to carry cash, had only a dime in his pocket. He turned this over to the nervous robber while trying to calm him, concerned that his revolver might accidentally discharge. Everyone else emptied their pockets, but the gunman, apparently unaccustomed to his weekend career, was shaking so badly that he dropped some change on the floor. A quarter rolled toward Fred as the robber fled the scene.Fred calmed the others and promised to reimburse their lost funds. Then he picked up and pocketed the quarter, thereby making a profit of fifteen cents. I felt if he could make a profit from a robbery, we somehow were destined to make the company a success."
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I've heard several stories of people travelling with Mr. Smith to stations and ramps...and he wouldn't have any cash with him...whomever was with him would cover any lunch or whatever was needed.
Subject: Dog Story...true but a long time ago.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
Dog Story...true but a long time ago.A lady FedEx employee told me this story that happened probably in the early 90's.She lived in a subdivision with her spouse and kids close to the Ridgeway area.It was summer and very hot and the kids found an older dog outside. She had the kids bring the dog inside to be in the air conditioning and they gave the dog water. The dog tag had a phone number on it, and she called and told the owner that their dog was at their house, and to come get their dog...the owner said, 'I'll be right over'Well, the dog drank the water, then used the bathroom on her floor. She screamed and said, 'get that dog out of the house, put him in the back yard....'A short time later, an older station wagon drives up and she sees who the owner is...She screams....'get that dog back in the house in the air conditioning!!!'..as Mr Smith came up the driveway to get his dog.....
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
Debora Williams Waller
That is too funny!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/25/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Two things FWS did at Yale in addition to writing the paper on a hub and spokes system was
1) start a flying club at Yale
2) join a secret society whose members have included George W. Bush, John Kerry & William Howard TaftWhat was the name of this Secret Society?
Jack Brown6/25/2013
Skull & Bones...I read about this several weeks ago.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk6/25/2013
Jack is correct.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/25/2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones
Skull and Bones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Subject: So happy to be a part of this group of FedEx folks. Seems like just yesterday that I retired in 2005 ...
Linda Shelley Morton6/25/2013
So happy to be a part of this group of FedEx folks. Seems like just yesterday that I retired in 2005 after 27 years. Linda (Shelley) Wilson Morton.
Buddy Johnson6/25/2013
So true, Shelley. We had an grand opportunity to with a bunch of fine professionals. Was great fun to see and help FedEx grow,,
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: Around 1991, Federal Express had some issues with taxes in Memphis and especially ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Around 1991, Federal Express had some issues with taxes in Memphis and especially a Payroll tax that Memphis was considering levying on anyone who worked in Memphis.They briefly looked at moving Memphis Operations & the SuperHub out of the city.What was the name of the city they looked at relocating to?
What was the name of the military airbase?
Mike Farrah6/26/2013
Mike Farrah
That was just before I came on board (as I was still in the Navy in '91). I think it was Blytheville, AR & Blytheville (Eaker) Air Force Base. My coffee pot chatter recollection close?
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Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2013
Very Close...the correct answer. If my numbers are correct, it was going to cost $1B to rebuild a SuperHub in Blytheville plus there wasn't as big a pool of college kids to man the growing hub.
Mike Farrah6/26/2013
They should have looked at Jonesboro as it boomed and continues to do so. Of course, I would never have met your cute secretary in the corner office...so I 'm glad the deal fell through :)
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Subject: FedEx Biography page http://fedexlegends.info/bio/bioa.html
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2013
FedEx Biography page
http://fedexlegends.info/bio/bioa.htmlIf you would like your name entered in the Biography section of the www.fedexlegends.info website, send the following information, or what you can remember to vorlonjb@yahoo.com and it will be posted as I have time.and if anyone has a photo of Jim Tollefson or Dave Dalton, send that alsoInformation:
Photo
Name
Empno
year at FedEx
who hired you and into what department
package count if you remember when you started
any brief memories of your time at FedEx
Subject: good article about the Marine Corp/FWS/Federal Express http://www.usni.org/userfiles/file/%20Sept/AT ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/27/2013
good article about the Marine Corp/FWS/Federal Express
http://www.usni.org/userfiles/file/%20Sept/ATC%20Sept%2008.pdf
Jim Gonka6/28/2013
Semper Fi Fred! Maybe he'll join us here some day!
Subject: Article: How Rick Runyon came up with Purple for FedEx's logo and jet paint scheme
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/28/2013
Article: How Rick Runyon came up with Purple for FedEx's logo and jet paint scheme
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: Who was the first Managing Director of Telecom @ FedEX?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/28/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Who was the first Managing Director of Telecom @ FedEX?Who was the second MD of Telecom?
Carl Wayne Hardeman6/28/2013
Winn? just a guess
Jim Bentley6/28/2013
Larry Lake, John Schwarzman
Marie McVay6/28/2013
Larry Lake, WRS
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/28/2013
Marie has the Correct Answer:
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Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Larry Lake stayed but a couple years. He was replaced by Winn Stephenson who remained MD, until around 1986 when he was promoted to VP of Telecom. Reporting to him as VP were MDs Jim McKinney, Jim Colson, Jim Whitworth, Jim Moore, Randy Roy & Ray Grantham, although Ray was transferred to MD over truck mx. And Jim Whitworth was transferred to SIS as I remember.
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Subject: From Carl Hardeman: Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble getting their first retirement c ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/30/2013
From Carl Hardeman:
Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble getting their first retirement check. they say they have to recalculate and its nothing i have done. i have been told june 20, july 20, july 10, and possibly aug 1 but it could be aug 10. WTH
Jack Brown6/30/2013
I may have to do with the volume that are being processed.
Linda Cook Thorn6/30/2013
Received my first one a couple of weeks ago. Received my statement advice for the one to be deposited on the 1st of july yesterday.
Marcie Littles Moss6/30/2013
s
Me, too, Linda. No problems here.
Dan Elliot7/1/2013
Oh yes, me too Carl, it's been a headache!
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/1/2013
from Kandi Tippit: All is good here I have received 2.
Be Healthy, Be Happy
Kandi Tippit NHP CHC
Natural Health Practitioner, Certified Health Coach
Website: http//www.treatwithnature.com.
treatwithnature.com
treatwithnature.com
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
FedEx Trivia Quiz?Who was the leader over the first call center in Memphis?Who started and led Zap Central Customer Service?
Marcie Littles Moss7/1/2013
Man, I should know that. :-/
Subject: Where in the World is Everett Meadow?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2013
Where in the World is Everett Meadow?Went grocery shopping and ran into Everett Meadow in Lakeland. Everett had just retired in is living in LaGrange, TN.He is enjoying retirement and staying very busy.Everett was a Manager in Telecom when I first met him. When Dennis Jones had his first all management meeting, there was a group singing contest. Everett & his other friends from Telecom took first prize.
Shirley Lovelace Williams7/2/2013
Everett was a manager for one of the many Directors I worked for and I believe it was Denise Wood.
Sammie Helton Butts7/2/2013
I worked for Everett in Telecom many years ago. You always felt the cold hand of death grip your heart when he would call you up and say, "Ah...could you step around to my office?" It was never a good thing. Lol... Or, maybe it's just that it was never good for ME! Lol...
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Molly Hale Moss7/2/2013
I worked for Everett for a number of years, and Sammie I agree, just the words "step around" could ruin a perfectly good day.
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Molly Hale Moss7/3/2013
Wow, I just remembered, Everett used to call our voice mail on our birthday's and sing Happy Birthday to us He did have a great voice.
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Before there were PC's there were Word Processors. In 1980 FedEx looked at Wang , then Jacquard before deciding on Wang. Wang could double as a 3270 CRT screen, Jacquard could not.1. Who was the sales rep for Wang when we bought them, who later came to work at FedEx?2. Who was the young FedEX programmer who wrote the initial programs for Wang, then went to work for Wang, and later returned to FedEx? JLB wanted to promote the young programmer to keep him, but there were so many programmers with more experience that he decided he couldn't leapfrog those older programmers. JLB said, 'let him go get more experience at Wang...then we will hire him back and promote him...."The two people above are of course different people.
Gary Phillips7/3/2013
1. Dick Winter?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Not Dick W.
Buddy Johnson7/3/2013
1. Jim Candler
2. ???
Charles Morgan7/3/2013
Charles Morgan
Mark Depperschmidt
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Answers: Buddy is correct, the Wang rep who came to work at FedEx was Jim Candler.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
The young programmer who left FedEx then returned was Brent Ross.
Subject: FedEX Trivia Quiz, for those that are familiar with the Telecom department:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
FedEX Trivia Quiz, for those that are familiar with the Telecom department:1. Who was the first Senior Manager of Network Engineering?2. Who was the secon Senior Manager of Network Engineering?
Gary Phillips7/3/2013
2' Roy Beard.
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Gary Phillips7/3/2013
Chuck Jowers was a sr mgr but I think he only worked with a small group on the Flying Tigers prkject. I don't think he was officially a part kf nrtwok eng.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Roy Beard was the 2nd Senior Manager. And Chuck was a mgr in Telecom reporting to the first sr. mgr of network engr.
Marie McVay7/3/2013
Randy Roy and Roy Beard...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
from Jill Bradbury: In reply to the trivia question, I worked for Terry Cox in (Data) Network Engineering in'84-85, & Antony Kong came over from Ops Research (under Joe Hinson) in'85 to become our Sr Mgr. That was during the time we were housed in the double-wide trailer behind 2955 Republican (good times, especially if you had the desk closest to the restrooms, the day then men's room, um, 'flooded', shall we say). Antony went over to Satellite Systems (Zapmail) to work for Gil Mook in late '85 & several of us followed.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Answer: John Schwarzmann was the first Senior Manager of Network Engineering. Reporting to him were(I think) managers: Gary Ragsdale, Jim Moore, Ancel Hankins & Chuck Jowers. I think the second Sr. Mgr was Roy Beard, but forgot about Antony coming over. It seems like when Winn Stephenson was made MD over Telecom, he reorganized and made Roy Sr Mgr of Engineering, and Randy Roy the Sr. Mgr over Network OPs...but my memory clouds with each passing year......
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Gary Phillips7/3/2013
Gary Phillips
True. I forgot sbout Antony. Roy Beard may have been the 3rd sr mgd?
Gary Phillips7/3/2013
Terry Cox was the net eng mgr under Antony when I moved to net eng.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Tidbits: I worked in Zapmail for a year, before Jim Barksdale transferred me to Gil Mook's area in Satellite Systems. I was shortly, forced into management(I had previous mgmt experience before coming to FedEx) and the first person I hired was Terry Cox, from his Mgr Job in Net Engineering. His replacement, as I remember was Mike McCarty. Antony also transferred to Satellite Systems with several in his group to develop models for Satellite traffic and planning. Later, when Alan McArtor was taking the head of the FAA, many reorg rumors were rustsling about. Antony decided who he wanted to work for, and over the weekend, just moved his entire department to a new location, without any approvals, except probably Ron Ponder's. Antony moved to Ed Whites department in Computer Ops.
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Gary Phillips7/3/2013
Gary Phillips
Interesting stuff happened bsck in the day it seemed .Antony always pretty did what he wsnted.
Mike McCarty (from IBM in Dallas) did repksce Terry.
Jill mentioned the old double wide days. As I remember Network Eng at that time..it was Terry Cox, Eddy Honeycutt, Denise Wood, Jill Bradberry, Msrtha Ditto, maybe Kay Moody and myself. Not sure if I missed anyone.We were totally separated from the folks as t 2955. We had a bbq grill out back and had cookouts at times. Remember watching the Tigers '85 run th o the finsl four in the trailor.
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Subject: Finally! They are going to ticket people that go too slow in the left lane!
Dan Elliot7/3/2013
Finally! They are going to ticket people that go too slow in the left lane!
Subject: Around 1981 or 82, COSMOS was written in assembly language and ran on an IBM mainframe under the ACP ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
Around 1981 or 82, COSMOS was written in assembly language and ran on an IBM mainframe under the ACP(airline control program); Most all other apps were written in COBOL for billing and backend systems under IMS. Ops Research went to PL/1. DADS was about the only minicomputer application, written in assembler on a DEC computer.
There 20+ Customer automation Apple II's in the field written in Basic. The IBM PC had just been released but there were no apps for it.There were over 25 applications identified that weren't mainframe or minicomputer, but microcomputer based. Many of these were in the SuperHub.Jim Barksdale formed a new group to handle these micro apps.What was this new group called?Who did he make the Director of this group?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
The Group was called Telematics. JLB promoted David John, his office mgr to the MD position. Managers reporting to him were Chuck Deiotte, Herman Derbort (both who have passed away) and later, Jim Candler. I was selected as a manager but turned down the offer and transferred to Ron Ponder, so I could continue in a technical direction.
Charlie Derrick7/8/2013
Where is David these days?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
When I retired, David was working in the Air Ops group, but I think he has retired since then. He was on facebook, but I don't see his profile.
Chris Apalodimas7/9/2013
COSMOS to IMS: I worked on the original emulation that we did with IBM on how to convert from ACP to IMS. Daryl Skoog was manager of the DBA group at the time. . want to say 1980-81?
We provided some basic transaction profiles that they (IBM) ran at the Raleigh System center. Eventually, Bart Simpson volunteered from the DBA group and was assigned to COS & helped get COSMOS into IMS.
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizWho is this person?He was SVP Sales for Zapmail, became EVP or equivalent COO of Federal Express; sometimes called 'little Ceasar' by some in Sales.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
Answer: Bill Razzouk
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
Ahhhh ZapMail where I felt like I work 8 days a week and 25 hours a day. I remember driving home one evening after a big snow fall. Cars abandoned on the side of the roads.
Subject: Name this Person a doctoral graduate of Mississippi State University 2nd mgmt leader of Ops Research ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
Name this Person
a doctoral graduate of Mississippi State University
2nd mgmt leader of Ops Research
Tour of duty in Advanced Research group
The second SVP of IT
Jim Bentley7/8/2013
Was it Ronny J??
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
Jim you are correct? Dr. Ron J. Ponder
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
Dennis Jones was actually the 3rd SVP of IT.
Buddy Johnson7/8/2013
Ron Ponder. I met him when he was working on PhD at Miss State.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/10/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I made a typo above: Ron Ponder was 3rd SVP of IT: Charlie Brandon, Jim Barksdale, Ron Ponder, Dennis Jones and then Rob Carter were the SVPs/CIO's
Subject: Sherry Aaholm, new position
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
Sherry Aaholm, new position
Subject: New Position for Govan Hornor: Chief Information Officer at Distributors Corporation of America (DCA ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2013
New Position for Govan Hornor: Chief Information Officer at Distributors Corporation of America (DCA)
Dan Elliot7/8/2013
Wow, that's a step up...
Linda Cook Thorn7/8/2013
Wow! So happy for him!
Subject: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/cummins-names-sherry-aaholm-chief-information-officer-nyse-c ...
Dan Elliot7/8/2013
Buddy Johnson7/8/2013
Yea. And, I kinda laughed at the comment from Cummins on her "People first" program. From the small group meeting I was in with her and random other IT folks, it was all about her. Not sad to see her leave.
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Gary Phillips7/9/2013
Gary Phillips has accepted the position of Chief Research Officer of daytime TV and local area fishing ponds.
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Subject: This may have been posted previously, can't remember:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2013
This may have been posted previously, can't remember:
Carla Slattery Moore7/9/2013
Carla Slattery Moore
Thank you for sharing. It was good to hear Winn's voice again.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/10/2013
FedEx Trivia QuestionWhen FedEx package volume got up to 100,000 per night FWS proclaimed that a 96% successful delivery rate was not enough. We had 4000 customers we disappointed every day. He projected the volume to go to 1,000,000 per night where we would disappoint 40,000 customers each day(at 96% service level)Air and Ground Ops were continually saying...we need more money to improve service levels, and decrease failures.At some point, FedEx created over 200 new positions and gave everyone 3-5 days training to redefine how we did things.What were these new positions called?
Carolyn Fiveash Perkins7/10/2013
Carolyn Fiveash Perkins
Quality Specialists
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Jimmy Glenn Burk7/10/2013
Carolyn got the right answer. Quality Specialists and sometimes were called Quality Administrators. These positions were eliminated in the 90's or integrated into other workgroups.
Deby Abbott Jolley7/10/2013
Was that when they started training everyone on TQA?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/10/2013
I think it was: Focus groups, Pareto diagrams, QAT's etc
Deby Abbott Jolley7/10/2013
Yep - I remember all that in the early 90's - and then they re-launched that program as Quality Driven Management (QDM) in 2009-ish.
Charlie Derrick7/11/2013
Charlie Derrick
Q=P!
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz? Around 1991, Dr. Ron Ponder left the FedEx CIO position to become the COO of Spri ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Around 1991, Dr. Ron Ponder left the FedEx CIO position to become the COO of Sprint.Dennis Jones became the 4th CIO/SVP of the Information and Telecommunications Division(ITD).Who were some of the other candidates interviewed for the CIO position?
Buddy Johnson7/11/2013
I believe Rob Carter was one.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2013
Rob Carter wasn't interviewed for the svp job. He had just come to the company in the past year, I think, and was an MD at the time.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2013
Answer(as relayed to me): Some of the ones interviewed were Ed White, Winn Stephenson, Dennis Jones, Jim Tollefson
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2013
for history buffs; Rob was promoted into Jon Ricker's VP slot, after Jon went to Bellsouth as the CIO in waiting. Bellsouth wanted Jon, because he had been the VP over the GOCC/Sun project.
Subject: Condolences to the Smith Family. Fred Smith's mother,Sally Hook, passed away Sunday, at the age of 9 ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2013
Condolences to the Smith Family. Fred Smith's mother,Sally Hook, passed away Sunday, at the age of 93.
Dan Elliot7/11/2013
Condolences..
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/12/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz?1. What was the code name for redeveloping FedEx's system called that led to COSMOS & DADS? This was initially led by Charlie Brandon.2. What was the code name for the project to develop a system to let Pilots see thru fog called?
Jim Bentley7/12/2013
Magic window
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Jimmy Glenn Burk7/12/2013
Jim wins again........Magic Window for answer # 2
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
Ya'll are killing me with the memory flashbacks. Loving it.
Subject: 1. What was the code name for redeveloping FedEx's system called that led to COSMOS & DADS? This was ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/12/2013
1. What was the code name for redeveloping FedEx's system called that led to COSMOS & DADS? This was initially led by Charlie Brandon.Answer: Project Butterfly (stages caterpillar, chrysalis & butterfly)
Subject: Memphis/Germantown/Collierville Cant get to other Farmers Markets because you have to work during th ...
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/13/2013
Memphis/Germantown/Collierville
Cant get to other Farmers Markets because you have to work during theday, well fret no more.
The Germantown Farmers Market is open Thursdays 5-7pm. Stop by on your way home.
Eat local, eat fresh, eat healthy, support the local economy, help preserve diversity of varieties, eat fresh sweetcorn, eat delicious homegrown heirloom tomatoes (dont buy the shiny ones).
Call me if any questions 485-6910
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: After two years of SuperHub operations, airplanes left ontime less than 50% of th ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/15/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
After two years of SuperHub operations, airplanes left ontime less than 50% of the time. Two major changes in the hub were made which got ontime departures to 96% in less than two months. What were these changes?
Eddie Garrison7/15/2013
Project Memphis
Dan Goss7/15/2013
1) Fred put a second coffee pot in the Pilot's lounge.
2) Cliff Kotnik wrote a program to determine which gate planes used based on their destination and which planes departed first.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/15/2013
...a second coffee pot may have delayed the launch....
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/15/2013
Answers:
1. Implemented a 4 hour minimum pay per night
The employees were paid 2 hours minimum. If they finished the sort, they could go home. They were already working 2 hours every night, so there was little incentive to work any harder. Mike Basch changed the minimum to 4 hours per night and they could go home when the sort ended.....thus he gave them an incentive to make the sort go down faster.
2. Installed a Countdown clock
A countdown clock was installed , providing incentive to beat the sort time.
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/15/2013
Positive pull
Charlie Derrick7/16/2013
Charlie Bresinger wrote a graphic front end to an airport simulation model. It helped to visualize the congestion problems we created for ourselves.
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/16/2013
Someone named Gafford wrote gate scheduling program which sposedly is in smithsonian.
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Subject: Shortly after Rob Carter came to Memphis to replace Jon Ricker, he got a challenge from Winn Stephen ...
Charlie Derrick7/16/2013
Shortly after Rob Carter came to Memphis to replace Jon Ricker, he got a challenge from Winn Stephenson for the CSD to meet Telecom on the field of battle at the local paint ball establishment. Needless to say Telecom kicked our collective buts.
Subject: Cadillac Plans
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/17/2013
Cadillac PlansI'm hearing of changes to FedEx's Health plan due to the Obamacare tax on 'cadillac' plans. They may raise the deductible to a much larger amount. I'm not sure if this affects Retirees since they pay much more for the health plan than employees.If you hear of any info, please post."If an employer offers a plan that costs more than $10,200 for an individual or $27,500 for a family, the employer will be forced to pay a 40 percent tax on the portion of the plan cost that exceeds those thresholdsv"
Roger Yannett Sr7/23/2013
Roger Yannett Sr
Good
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/23/2013
I still haven't heard anything about the Retiree health plan options, but current employees are being given information on two options to keep FedEx and costs out of the Obamacare tax for 'cadillac plans'.
One option has a much higher deductible, but costs $2400/year less than the more expensive plan with a lower deductible.
Deby Abbott Jolley7/31/2013
I received a notification about the changes. Not much detail included, and it didn't specifically say that retirees were included. But since I received it and am retired, I guess maybe we *are* affected. Did you receive the notification?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/31/2013
My sons received a newsletter outlining some of the changes and saying there would be group presentations. Primary goal was to enact changes so that FedEx didn't have to pay tens of millions in luxury cadillac plan taxes. Retirees may not be included hopefully. I attended an officer presentation in the early 2000's that said that FedEx contributed something like $12K per employee into the insurance program. For retirees they were going to freeze that subsidy to $4500 per year, with retirees making up the difference over what employees paid. "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010) imposes an annual excise tax on plans with premiums exceeding $10,200 for individuals or $27,500 for a family (not including vision and dental benefits) starting in 2018."
Deby Abbott Jolley7/31/2013
I guess we'll know in the coming months...
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
r
I went to a presentation about the new health care plan last week and they did say changes are also coming for retirees but they have not sent any communication yet. Typically retirees are communicated to later than current employees. P.S. I'm joining the retiree life May 2014. :-)
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Subject: I put on 20# at my favorite eating spots @ FedEX; I eventually lost that 20 plus another 15
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/17/2013
I put on 20# at my favorite eating spots @ FedEX;
I eventually lost that 20 plus another 15What were your favorite lunch spots @FedExElan's(Clark Tower)
Fred Gangs
91st Bomb Squadron
Pete & Sams
Sawmill
Nat. Guard Armory
Front Street Deli
Grisanti's
Catfish Cabin
Dan Elliot7/17/2013
Beer-cheese soup!!
Deby Abbott Jolley7/17/2013
the absolute best! And I also loved Grisanti's. I miss those places the most!!
Connie Morgan7/17/2013
Catfish Cabin
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizIn the early 1990’s FWS proposed a low cost service for internet shipping to residential customers. He proposed that the Couriers would be part time, something like Newspaper delivery people. Packages would be trucked to a locality, and possibly under a large tent, then transferred to these couriers personal vehicles, who would then deliver to their neighborhoods. The couriers would know their neighborhoods and could deliver when people were actually at home. He hoped that scanning technology would decrease in price and tracking could be provided.What is this service called today?
Deby Abbott Jolley7/18/2013
FedEx Ground
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
not fedex ground
Gary Phillips7/18/2013
Home?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Yes, FedEx Home Delivery
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz?Who first thought of COSMOS?
What other company systems was it modeled after?
What was the first city tested?
Marie McVay7/18/2013
Jim Barksdale
Chris Apalodimas7/18/2013
I think it was that wizard of Avis guy that started up COS. He was gone when I got to Fedex in 79.
It ran on ACP (Airline Control Program) modeled after all the airline reservation systems; Lots of cryptic short commands to do things; Mostly coded in 370 Assembler, I think.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
not the avis guy(Howie Bedford), but correct for question#2: was modelled after Wizard of Avis car rental system.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
and not Jim Barksdale; he came about 12-18 months after the prototype which was done on the Burrroughs mainframe.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
Who first thought of COSMOS?
Sydney Tucker Taylor; project codename was Sydney
What company system was it modeled after?
Wizard of Avis
What city was it first tested in?
Newark
Roger Yannett Sr7/19/2013
Was it Dave Dalton
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/19/2013
It was Tucker Taylor. (he held senior management positions including Customer Service, National Sales, Ground Operations, and System Engineering. ) Tucker was enamored with the the Wizard of Avis system. For the first time in any industry, you could call a company, and no matter which agent you got, they had information about your car rental reservation, likes, dislikes etc. He asked Charlie Brandon...why can't we do this with our customers?
Carl Wayne Hardeman7/19/2013
n
ron ponder thunk up package tracking and tracing
Subject: Who was the first Mgr of Telecom?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
Who was the first Mgr of Telecom?
Marie McVay7/18/2013
Vernita Rogers, Dianne Tuttle or Linda Wilson?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
nope.
Laura Ladd Beard7/18/2013
susan wright?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/18/2013
Answer: The first person mentioned as in charge of Telecom in the mid 1970's was Jack Cockrell. Later there were 3 people hired/promoted to be engr managers: Ancel Hankins(Data engr); Gary Ragsdale(Voice engr) and Jim Moore(Radio Engr); they all reported to sr mgr John Schwarzmann who was hired from AT&T. Susan Wright was also a manager reporting to John over telecom administration.
Subject: Birds of Prey Know they are Cool
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/21/2013
Birds of Prey Know they are CoolWorkgroup in the early 1980's (Brad Simmons, Jimmy Burk, Gary Holmes)
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/22/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz
In the early 80's FedEx started a separate corporation called FITC that could sell and resell telecom circuits around the world. It eventually owned parts of fiber optic oceanic cables and a share of a fiber laying ship. Some of it's customers were Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines & Costco.Who was the first VP of FITC?
Marie McVay7/22/2013
Randy Roy?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/22/2013
Not Randy.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/22/2013
this person was actually President of FITC, but a VP at FedEx. His father was the head of ITT in Europe and he grew up in Geneva, Switzerland.
Sammie Helton Butts7/22/2013
Sammie Helton Butts
Keith McGarr?
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/22/2013
FedEx Trivia QuizWho was the first VP over the COS development group?
The second?
The third?
The fourth?
Roger Yannett Sr7/22/2013
Was it Jim Tolleffson (not sure of Spelling)
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/23/2013
1- Howie Bedford
2- Hank Howell
3- Jim Tollefson
4- Chuck Kirk
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/23/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
I came to FedEx in February 1980. At that time Jim Tollefson was Director over the COS facility and the initial people I interfaced with were Dave Dalton, Jim & Bob Higgins.
Jim was the ambassador for COS spending half his time in Memphis in meetings and looking to expand the work in Colorado Springs. I think COS probably grew from 50 to 200 in the first ten years under Jim’s oversight.
When Dennis Jones was made SVP over IT, Jim Tollefson & Dave were casualties of the regime change. It was sad for them to leave. Both good ambassadors of FedEx.
John Toscano7/25/2013
I think that Howie Bedford started as a SVP.(Advanced Systems Division) Hank was actually the first VP. Would that make #4 Rob Carter?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/25/2013
I checked with Cheryl Bowen, and Howie was a VP, although it seems he wanted to be the SVP.
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John Toscano7/25/2013
Oops! I'd need to yield to Cheryl on that one. I remember the Bedford/Brandon controversy but got the ranks confused.
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
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Interesting...maybe svp reporting to svp. was Hank in COS or in Memphis at the time?
John Toscano7/25/2013
John Toscano
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 Quiz
FedEx 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 Question
A 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) :-)
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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 ?
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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)
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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.
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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 poem I wrote:
Stopping By Windows On A Showy Workstation
.
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.
.
My 3270 must think it queer
To stop with no character data here
Icons buttons and GUI fluff
Slide bars and other Windows stuff.
.
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
.
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 Quiz
In 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
Jimmy Glenn Burk
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 Quiz
In 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 Question
Management 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
The future of survey feedback:
Dilbert
Subject: FedEx sightings
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/1/2013
FedEx sightings
Had 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?
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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...
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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
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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.
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Marie McVay8/10/2013
I will always remember our Glo!
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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........
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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
Waffles and FedEx: An American tale
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
Jill Bradbury Greer
WAR?
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Charlie Derrick8/15/2013
Charlie Derrick
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 Question
In 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.
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Subject: Jim Barksdale's wheels
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/17/2013
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/18/2013
zIn 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
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Jimmy Glenn Burk8/18/2013
Chuck,,,,you are quick...and correct.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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.
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! |
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
Dr. James Edward Whitworth Obituary: Visitation & Funeral Information
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..
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Subject: For those of you who know Doyle Childress
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/25/2013
For those of you who know Doyle Childress
Doyle 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.
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 Question
One 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
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Smalltalk
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's
c-FedEx flies military missions
d-FedEx once bought it's own company that built Vans
e-FedEx once owned a share in a ocean ship that laid fiber optics in the Pacific
f-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 night
g-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 flights
h-FedEx almost invested in a $B fleet of Ocean going dirigibles
i-FedEx looked at building the largest seaplane for ocean transport
j-FedEx looked at building the fast ship possible for ocean transport
k-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.
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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
Larry Sparks
I think k is true, I went over to train them on supertrackers and they had their own way of doing things,
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
all below are true except for K...which is a trick question. It was milano italy where they had trouble with couriers...who wore high cost and fashionable shoes around town...fedex uniforms and shoes were beneath them.....
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Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
Some more info for you that are history buffs
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. (FedEx Spacetran)
b-FedEx once had 200 Flight Stewardess's(inherited from Flying Tigers which chartered 747's for transporting Military personnel around the world)
c-FedEx flies military missions (Thru the civilian aircraft fleet; they don't fly missions but do fly cargo to dangerous places...they have many volunteers to fly these missions)
d-FedEx once bought it's own company that built Vans( they build Z-Vans)
e-FedEx once owned a share in a ocean ship that laid fiber optics in the Pacific
(had part ownership thru FITC which resold telecom products and circuits to companies like COSTCO and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines)
f-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 night (One of the many Multi Distribution wireless systems that Jim Moore looked at)
g-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 flights(FedEx bought five 737's to start this service, but it took one year to get one license to land at Midway airport in Chicago, that plus some oil embargos cancelled the project )
h-FedEx almost invested in a $B fleet of Ocean going dirigibles.. (Tom Bullion led the project)
i-FedEx looked at building the largest seaplane for ocean transport
j-FedEx looked at building the fast ship possible for ocean transport
both i,j were some of the many possible options researched for ocean going traffic
k-FedEx had difficulty in getting couriers in Great Britain to dress in courier uniform
(this one is false, kind of, It is true but happened in Italy where it was fashionable for couriers to wear fashionable & pretty shoes...not plain black ones...)
Carl Wayne Hardeman8/30/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
Another one: Fred owned many of our planes at one time and leased them to FedEx.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
I heard that FWS and a group of execs formed a company to buy and lease some of the jets back to FedEx since it has been the strategy to not own most assets. At one time, some of the leases were actually owned by Disney, thru which we sponsored Space Mountain for several years.
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Subject: FedEx Trivia
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
FedEx TriviaIn the mid 80's Ron Ponder was instructed to consolidate the telecom & IT for International under his domain. International groups, trying to turn a profit and build the business had invested minimally in infrastructure. FedEx's approach was to buy small companies and convert them to FedEx standards.Ron Ponder went on a tour of the countries.In one country he was especially startled. There was one AS400 computer in a basement, one programmer and something on top of the AS400 that shouldn't be there.In which country, and what did he find on top of the AS400??
Connie Morgan8/29/2013
Connie Morgan
Brussels Belgium?
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Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
not Brussels.
John Wilkinson8/29/2013
John Wilkinson
I think I remember that it was a coffee machine, but can't remember the country.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
not a coffee machine, although I have no doubt that a coffee machine was probably on a computer server somewhere
Dan Elliot8/29/2013
t
If it was a vending machine in Europe. It was a beer machine!
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
or cigarette machine...
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Jimmy Glenn Burk8/29/2013
The correct answer,
from Winn Stephenson
Milano, Italy - a pigeon. No AC so they left the window open to help cool the computer??
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and there was also a birds nest on top of the computer....
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz
When I worked in LineHaul, I was surprised to find that 580 of the Corporation's 1140 applications were in Linehaul(Air, Hub,Trucking apps). Some of these were small compared to COSMOS etc but were critical components in daily operations.This is a simplified view of a file/table which verifies which products can go to which stations.What is this downloadable table/file called?
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It begins with Operations Research, who for each month gives a file with one day of operations for that month. Every product type that flows to every zip code. It also takes into account historical data, how many weekends in the month, holidays and where the end of the month falls to generate the next months table.From there over 20 applications operate on that data, which expands to an operations volume and sort plan for every day of the month, for every sort location for several months.This data generates sort tables, Powerpad, PowerPickup, Automation and any other sortation device to generate labels or to sort packages.This data generates the number & schedule of aircraft, on which lanes and types of aircraft for every flight for the month.Also these applications feed into app that generates routes for the Pilot bid system to bid and schedule flights for all pilots each month.And dozens of over systems not seen are affected from this Table.
Carl Wayne Hardeman8/30/2013
Fwiw there were far more programs and files and lines of code in payroll/personnel system than in cosmos, but you could argue about complexity.
Jill Bradbury Greer8/30/2013
URSA?
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
URSA it is!!!
Deby Abbott Jolley8/30/2013
And what does URSA stand for?
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
My memory fades,,,but I think it is Universal Routing & Sorting Aid
Deby Abbott Jolley8/30/2013
The UR and S are correct. I can't remember exactly what the A stood for - but Aid sounds right! Your memory is not so bad, Jimmy!!
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
from the fedex shipmanager site: Universal Routing and Sort Aid (URSA) routing table
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Carl Wayne Hardeman8/30/2013
anyone remember the acronym TLA
Johnnie Edwards10/8/2013
Johnnie Edwards
Talk, Listen, and Act.........came from UPS.........served us well in the Mem Hub.......
Carl Wayne Hardeman10/8/2013
TLA Three Letter Acronym too
Subject: Fast Ship: from Winn Stephenson As a side note, I was at a lunch mtg with FWS and the fast ship guru ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
Fast Ship: from Winn Stephenson
As a side note, I was at a lunch mtg with FWS and the fast ship guru. The hull design was the main driver of a fast ship. The Atlantic and Pacific have different wave cycles with one being about 6 feet different that the other. So a fast ship for the Pacific would not be as fast in the Atlantic and vice versa. It was a very interesting conversation and I re-discovered that there are great amounts of detail about things you would never think of by personal you have never heard about. I was humbled.
FWS clearly was in the mind to do this, but backed off for some reason unknown to me.
Jimmy Glenn Burk8/30/2013
from FedEx Legends Site(Ops REsearch page) & Tom Bullion: Aircraft Carrier Freighter: Another design was a fast ocean going large freighter called Fastship. This ocean going freighter would be 1000 feet long. Mr. Smith hired a naval architect named Reuven Leopold and Tom was assigned to be his FedEx rep. They actually had a 40 foot model of the ship designed for testing. To test the design and obtain a hull classification for insurance purposes, they shipped the model to Das Veritas, Norway. It passed all of the sea keeping tests but one, breaking into two pieces when a humongous quartering wave hit it.
Tom looked at extremely fast submarines, sea planes, wing-in-ground effect aircraft and many other concepts that FedEx could consider for new businesses.
Subject: FedEx Trivia In the mid 90's, Harry Dalton's group strategy was to provide couriers with an ASTRA pr ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/2/2013
FedEx Trivia
In the mid 90's, Harry Dalton's group strategy was to provide couriers with an ASTRA printer & get URSA barcode labels on all FedEx packages. Around 40% of the package volume were shipped with just airbills, and they didn't have a bar code for automatic sorting. Automation and EDI(Powership+) customers provided shipping labels. With barcode and URSA the error rates would go down.Finance was presenting pushback to financing these courier printers and he couldn't get the project approved. Finance wasn't happy with the maintenance costs of the printers and scenarios to fix.In a meeting, Harry quickly made a major strategic decision, in which finance had to approve his project so he could move forward. What did Harry say?
Dan Elliot9/2/2013
Dan Elliot
it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission! :)
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/2/2013
....if you knew Harry....he didn't ask for forgiveness...
Dan Elliot9/2/2013
Yes, I knew Harry well...
Subject: Harry said something like this to Finance:
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/2/2013
Harry said something like this to Finance:‘Well if you are having trouble with the Maintenance costs…I’ll make it simple for you…Whenever any ASTRA printer fails…I’m just going to throw it away and buy another one…that way you don’t have to worry about maintenance costs… and I’ll replace them each year.’This dropped the ROI(return on investment) slightly but was still too good a return, so Finance approved the project.Of course the blunt way Harry had in proclaiming this to finance was fun to watch.The printer actually lasted longer than planned. Instead of couriers wearing the printers, most just left them at their van, and printed the labels when they brought the packages from the customer.
Subject: A wiki type video on FedEx; it is audio only.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/8/2013
A wiki type video on FedEx; it is audio only.
Subject: Happy Birthday to Bruce Lindow and congratulations on reaching 72; enjoy your retirement, you have e ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/8/2013
Happy Birthday to Bruce Lindow and congratulations on reaching 72; enjoy your retirement, you have earned it.
Subject: From Marie McVay: Casey Carter, worked in IT, passed away unexpectedly Friday. I don't think arrange ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/8/2013
From Marie McVay: Casey Carter, worked in IT, passed away unexpectedly Friday. I don't think arrangements have been made yet....I thought you might want to know....She leaves behind 2 young daughters and her husband
Kathy Guererri Heatherly9/9/2013
So sad worked with Casey on a few projects many years ago Thought and prayers go out to her family.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/9/2013
From Kandi Tippitt: How sad please let me know if you hear of any arrangements
Deby Abbott Jolley9/9/2013
The Memorial Service for Casey Carter will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11th, at Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home in Hernando, MS. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Husband, Kevin has requested that memorial contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The funeral home address and driving directions are listed below. Please continue to keep Casey’s family in your thoughts and prayers.
Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home
2470 Hwy 51 South,
Hernando, MS 38632
Directions
From I-55 – Travel I-55 to Exit 280, Commerce Street/Holly Springs Street. Exit west onto Holly Springs Street and proceed to U.S. Highway 51. Turn right (north) onto Highway 51 and proceed to the funeral home, located on the right (east) side of the street.
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Linda Cook Thorn9/9/2013
Thorn
This news is heartbreaking I pray her friends and family have the support and love they need and deserve during these difficult times.
Casey has been a friend for many years. So sorry!
Subject: from winn stephenson: To add to Doyle's illustrious career, he was the voice of God in the Bellevue ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/9/2013
from winn stephenson:
To add to Doyle's illustrious career, he was the voice of God in the Bellevue Baptist church various productions, including the Christmas play. His deep voice was perfect for this role as he would boom out some appropriate message from God.We are boyhood friends going back to high school. My school was one of the first to have running water and electricity.So, whenever I had lunch with Doyle, I would always say I was eating with God today.Winn
Subject: Where in the World is Jim & Linda Brigance?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/9/2013
Where in the World is Jim & Linda Brigance?At Whole Foods today, ran into Jim Brigance. Jim is retired and was a VP of Kinkos and later VP of FedEx Intl. Linda will retire in May. Jim said they have relocated back to Memphis and just finished a new house downtown on the River close to Tennessee Street.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/9/2013
Jim Brigance: http://www.mbaaa.ust.hk/HKUST_enews/2007/Nov/Bio_%20Jim%20Brigance_2007_Feb.htm
Biography of James L. Brigance
mbaaa.ust.hk
Carl Wayne Hardeman9/10/2013
Trivia question: What was Linda's maiden name?
Patricia Ross9/10/2013
Scammatchia..... however, may not be spelled correctly!!
Carl Wayne Hardeman9/10/2013
Scatamacchia or that's close.
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Deby Abbott Jolley9/10/2013
Maybe without the 'h', Carl?
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Buddy Johnson9/10/2013
Linda Scat, for short. I trained her when she was hired at FedEx in early 80's.
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Subject: Some early SuperTracker prototype concepts.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/10/2013
Some early SuperTracker prototype concepts.
Chris Apalodimas9/12/2013
What, no wand scanners ;-)
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz? When Federal Express purchased Caliber Systems, that corporation included about 4 ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/11/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz?
When Federal Express purchased Caliber Systems, that corporation included about 4 entities.FDX was formed as the Corporate entity over all the companies and colors were assigned to logos for each company.The FedEx color scheme remained the same Purple plus Orange.FedEx Ground chose Purple & Green.Why did Ground choose green?...and why did FedEx Services Not get a real color?
Deby Abbott Jolley9/11/2013
Just guessing - but was the green for prosperity - the color of money?
And Services was designed to service all of the op-cos, so it shouldn't have a color, but be "color-less" - as in, the absence/presence of all colors. (another guess)
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/11/2013
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answer to services is correct
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Deby Abbott Jolley9/11/2013
Can I have a second guess? Green for growth??
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/11/2013
The President of Caliber Systems who became the President of FedEx Ground was Dan O'Sullivan who was of Irish extraction....thus Irish Green.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk9/16/2013
spelling correction: Dan Sullivan
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question When FedEx Services was formed Marketing, Sales & almost all of the IT groups ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/11/2013
FedEx Trivia Question
When FedEx Services was formed Marketing, Sales & almost all of the IT groups were moved.
Which two IT groups were slated to stay with FedEx Express and which vice-presidents?Eventually one of the groups moved to Services & years later the second group moved plus all of Customer Service.
Jill Bradbury Greer9/11/2013
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Tech Services, Netter is one ?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/11/2013
Tech Services is one! Larry Netter wasn't the VP then.
Jim Gonka9/11/2013
Jim Colson
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
Not Jim,it was he who was between Jim & Larry
Larry Sparks9/12/2013
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Harry Dalton.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Harry Dalton & Tech Services is correct for one of the groups.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
The other group was LHSD(LineHaulSystemsDevelopment) and VP was Jimmy Burk
Gary Phillips9/12/2013
Who?
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Subject: Zapmail Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
Zapmail Trivia Quiz
Zapmail I was customer calls FedEX> courier dispatched to pick up document>document scanned at FedEx station>printed at destination station> delivered by courier -in less than 2 hoursThe transmission of the document was thru 16 X.25 Packet Switches that connected to all the zapmail machines.What was the other technology that FedEx researched to transmit these documents?
Charles Morgan9/12/2013
Charles Morgan
Switch 56K?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
switch 56 not really available in 1983
Charles Morgan9/12/2013
oops, sorry, I didn't join until 1985!
Deby Abbott Jolley9/12/2013
Was it by satellite? - and btw, there's still a Zapmail machine at the FedEx Training Center in Collierville. It has a little plaque with some information about Zapmail.
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Not satellie, although Satellites were used for circuits between some of the packet switch nodes.
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Gary Phillips9/12/2013
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Started using switched 56 for backup in the call centers around '85.
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Gary Phillips9/12/2013
Voice switching was considered but our voice switches (ACDs) couldn't handle 56k.
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Jimmy Glenn Burk9/12/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk
Gary is correct!
Subject: Off to the Gulf Coast for the week!
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/15/2013
Off to the Gulf Coast for the week!
Carla Slattery Moore9/15/2013
Carla Slattery Moore
Have a wonderful time!
Subject: Sandy Butler Stone was added to FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club by Bob Higgins.
Bob Higgins9/16/2013
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: What is the system called that takes feeds of scans from all the FedEx compan ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/17/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: What is the system called that takes feeds of scans from all the FedEx companies and puts stores in one database to provide a common view of package/freight shipments to customers?
Larry Tieman9/17/2013
Shipment FUSION
Gary Phillips9/17/2013
Insight?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/17/2013
Larry be correcto. Insight does consolidate scans for individual shippers that sign up for that service.
Carl Wayne Hardeman9/17/2013
Carl Wayne Hardeman
the Gordian knot?
Subject: Fedex Trivia Quiz: who was the first Vp of Operations over the Superhub?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
Fedex Trivia Quiz: who was the first Vp of Operations over the Superhub?
David Warren9/18/2013
Ed White?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
not ed. ed was vp of computer operations after kramer was fired in that group.
David Warren9/18/2013
Birkholz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
correct!
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
Karl Birkholz who is the president of the FedEx Retiree Club
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Subject: FedEx Trivia quiz: in 1995 Fedex did something that was called "the first practical application on t ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
FedEx Trivia quiz
: in 1995 Fedex did something that was called "the first practical application on the Internet". this was done by Dale Browning & Miley Ainsworths groups under jimmy burk & winn stephenson. what was this application?
Angela Maynard9/18/2013
tracking
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Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
Angie is correct! before this app Internet applications all just displayed information or were a hodge podge of usenet user groups. Steve Benton was the programmer on the project.
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Marie McVay9/18/2013
Tracking
Gary Phillips9/18/2013
Twerking?
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Subject: soes jim tollefson live in aurora where the flooding is?
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/18/2013
does jim tollefson live in aurora where the flooding is?
John Toscano9/18/2013
I believe Jim lives in Louisville closer to Boulder where the floods are at there worst. Aurora was spared for the most part. I don't think that Jim was in any danger, however.
Dan Elliot9/19/2013
Yes, he lives in Louisville...
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/19/2013
Thanks
David Warren9/21/2013
Better known as JET........
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/21/2013
email from Jim Tollefson to Winn Stephenson: Winn, we are in good shape. There are no water sources near our place. Thanks for asking.
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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz(Networks)
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/23/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz(Networks)
In the late 1980's FedEx had established Network Operations Centers around the World.
Canada & South America operations were handled by the Memphis Computer Ops group.What cities were Network & Telecom groups established for the folowing:1. Great Britain
2. Europe
3. Asia South Pacific
Dan Elliot9/23/2013
Hursley, Brussels, narita??
Jimmy Glenn Burk9/23/2013
Brussels is correct for Europe.
Gary Phillips9/23/2013
High Wycombe for GB?