Brann steers steady course at the Litton Industries Inc. helm.Brann Brann can refer to:
A month ago, Alton J. Brann was one of eight corporate vice presidents at Beverly Hills-based Litton Industries Inc. Two weeks ago his responsibilities at the company changed significantly when he was named to succeed Roland Peterson as president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , effective Nov. 1. Peterson's early retirement, at the age of 59, and Brann's promotion caught many industry analysts off guard but company spokesman Robert Knapp said the former president, who is staying with the company as chief scientist, wanted an orderly orderly /or·der·ly/ (or´der-le) an attendant in a hospital who works under the direction of a nurse. or·der·ly n. An attendant in a hospital. change of power. "The retirement age for company executives is 65. Mr. Peterson will be 59 in January but he wanted to retire early as president to give the board a chance to name a successor early and maintain the continuity of the company," Knapp said. Brann, 48, has been with Litton since 1973, when he joined the company's guidance and control systems division as director of reliability engineering Reliability engineering is an engineering field, that deals with the study reliability: the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.[1] It is often reported in terms of a probability. . A native of Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. Portland is Maine's cultural, social and economic capital. Tourists are drawn to Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, which is at the mouth of the Fore River and part , Brann has a bachelors degree in mathematics from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. in Boston. Brann, who has been traveling much of the time since he was named president, has held several scientific and administrative positions at Litton. He has been involved in both the commercial and military side of the company's business, said Knapp. Worldwide Litton has 50,000 employees and in its last fiscal year had sales in excess of $5 billion. "As far as any changes in strategy, there wouldn't be any. We will continue our four businesses - military and commercial electronics, shipbuilding, industrial automation and resource exploration," Knapp said. "I think the trend away from military work will continue, as it has over the past couple of years." Before he joined Litton, Brann was with Dynamics Research Corp. in Wilmington, Mass., where he worked for 10 years and was manager of advanced programs in the company's systems division. Brann, who lives in Encino with his wife and four children, will report to Litton Chairman Orion L. Hoch. PHOTO : Brann: New corporate responsibilities |
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