Jennings promoted to AFS' VP Technology.Jennings Promoted to AFS' VP Technology Thomas D Thomas D. (born Thomas Dürr, December 30 1968 in Ditzingen close to Stuttgart, Germany) is a rapper in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. He frequently works on solo projects. Life After finishing Realschule he took on an apprenticeship as a barber. . Jennings, technical director of the American Foundrymen's Society, Inc since January 1989, has been promoted to vice president technology. In this position, he serves as a technical resource for the AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System membership, involved in committee work and participating in AFS-sponsored courses and other training efforts. A Roanoke, VA native, Jennings received his B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering with honors from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1952. He began his foundry career as a metallurgical trainee and later process engineer at the Clairton, PA plant of U.S. Steel The United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States and Central Europe. The company is the world's seventh-largest steel producer ranked by sales (see list of steel producers). Co, where he was involved with all areas of steel plant operations. Jennings joined the Elmira Foundry of General Electric Co in 1955 and was later transferred to the firm's Schnectady, NY foundry, where he was responsible for controlling iron and steel melting practices, as well as heat treating and welding. He moved to the foundry division of Newport News Newport News, independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. Shipbuilding in 1968 and during the next eight years served as general superintendent General Superintendent can refer to more than one thing:
In 1977, Jennings joined Cooper Industries as manager of its Springfield, OH foundry and later manager of the Cooper-Bessemer unit at Grove City, PA. He was engineering manager for American Standard, Louisville, KY, before coming to AFS last year. |
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