Subject: FedEx Trivia 1/28/14 Answer any of the questions below(all relate to ITD, not aircraft):

FedEx Trivia 1/28/14 Answer any of the questions below(all relate to ITD, not aircraft):

a. Which company built the first scanner/Cosmos IIa?

b. Which company built the original SuperTracker?

c. What was the first non-Apple Customer Automation device?

d. What was the first word processor at FedEx?

e. What was the first mainframe used at FedEx?

f. What was the first hardware component FedEx Engineers designed and implemented in the field?

g. What was the first device that FedEx engineers designed and replaced in the field? h. What was the second device FedEx designed inhouse and replaced in the field.

Answer for all you historical fedex Sherlocks:

a. Which company built the first scanner/Cosmos IIa? Norand

b. Which company built the original SuperTracker? HHP (Norand also built one, but not selected for rollout)

c. What was the first non-Apple Customer Automation device? Vector Computers(ran both the Apple dos & cpm)

d. What was the first word processor at FedEx? Wang (Jacquard was also used but failed to meet 3270 support)

e. What was the first mainframe used at FedEx? Burroughs

f. What was the first hardware component FedEx Engineers designed and implemented in the field? Bruce Lindow, at home, built a Flash memory card that could be installed in the original SuperTracker, vastly extending memory & increasing speed

g. What was the first device that FedEx engineers designed and replaced in the field? 42,000 DADS terminals were designed & installed in vehicles

h. What was the second device FedEx designed in house and replaced in the field. approx 72,000 Enhanced SuperTrackers replaced the supertrackers, adding laser scanners, IR communication, 6 meg of memory & other enhancements

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a. This is James B. Moore ( aka Jim Moore)

b. What did he do? Jim was hired by Charlie Brandon and he built the Radio Engineering Group; later became MD of Network Engr, then over Network Ops. He was the main instigator in getting FedEx to procure a private radio network for dispatching. His group procured the licenses, selected the sites, rolled out the equipment, maintained it; started a BERT group to help support it, then was the champion to push DADS into the field. He also helped train Dispatchers on how to efficiently use the wireless network. He built a maintenance organization inside the company & later pushed the formation of an external company that FedEx could utilize to roll out 42,000 DADS terminals(Cetacea Sound). As the MD of Network Engineering he was in the middle of a direction change. After Zapmail there was a desire to utilize a Satellite system for the field locations. He strongly pushed a solution proposed by Roy Beard & Denise Wood, to utilize T-1 Multiplexers and build an internal network using the call centers as nodes in the network. It allowed bandwidth to be efficiently utilized and made the network cheaper and more flexible. It probably wouldn't have happened without his hard headedness and pushing to do something new. As a side note, when UPS attempted to reproduce what Jim's group had created in the radio realm, they tried 2 times and failed, finally outsourcing a cellular solution to McGraw Cellular. Edited · 1 ·

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Subject: Trivia Quiz March 19, 2014

Trivia Quiz March 19, 2014

An early outsourcing experience.Around the mid 90's an IT Director & about 70 FedEx employees in Memphis were told they were being displaced. They were all offered jobs doing the same thing they were doing in an outside company that their jobs were outsourced to

.a. What did these employees support?

b. Why were they told they were being displaced?

c. Where did their open positions go?

d. How many employees took these outsourcing jobs?

Almost all the answers above are correct:

a. What did these employees support? LineHaul Apps especially AOD, on the mainframe, written in COBOL; as was about 90% of the applications running in the company at that time

b. Why were they told they were being displaced? they were COBOL programmers, and hadn't updated their skills to Unix/C; all new appls were to be written on open systems ie Sun, HP unix systems in C

c. Where did their open positions go? The 70+ positions were all posted in a new group formed in Dallas which mostly supported AGFS(trucking); and at least another 80 new positions were posted there.

d. How many employees took these outsourcing jobs? only about 2 employees took the outsourcing positions; because almost all the applications in the company ran COBOL at the time, it was easy for them to bid on jobs elsewhere.

Notes: in about 3-4 years the outsourced applications were all moved back into the company. The Director who was also displaced was Steve Steilling, a great person who had come in with the Cook IT acquisition.

Subject: Interview with Tom Bullion from www.fedexlegends.info

Interview with Tom Bullion from www.fedexlegends.info

Tom began his career at FedEx in 1973 and was employee 920.Federal Express Initial Concept

FWS's initial plan was to start FedEx service by flying Federal Reserve checks from major cities to check clearing locations, then fly the sorted checks back to the original banks. For this reason the company was named Federal Express.A problem with the plan was the many of the banks had long term contracts with many contract air carriers to transport their checks and couldn't break those contracts, to sign on with Federal Express.It wasn't till FWS engaged Art Bass and Vince Fagan that the idea of making Federal Express the package transportation system like UPS was flushed out. Vince came up with the idea that we were a trucking company whose trucks travelled at 550 miles per hour.FedEx Corporate ColorsThe Falcon jets were initially painted Red, White and Blue but the Post Office sued the company saying that those were the colors of USPS.

So, Federal Express changed colors to Purple, Orange and White.

The General ( I asked Tom about the General who was brought in as a CEO to run the company in the mid 70's; ie story from Roger Frocks book on FedEx history:)General McNeally was known for edicting that he have his own personal bathroom and personal parking space and other perks. He tried to get together his own investment group to take over FedEx stock, but this failed and FWS eventually fired him.Rating, Scanning, Customer Service, DispatchingTom worked on most of the original concepts that made FedEx great.He wrote one of the original rating Cobol programs, so that we could give customers rates on services and help locate exception packages.He also worked with Memphis programmers like Chuck Graham and they worked the original scenario to move Customer calls for pickups from the stations to a centralized call center, because calls were overloading manpower at each station. The original prototype was called DIC-Aids (Delivery Information Center – Automated Information and Dispatch System and ran on the Burroughs 6700. Mr. Smith loved the demonstration but paled at DIC-AIDS and wrote COSMOS on a napkin at the Sawmill. This became COSMOS SYSTEM. Tom worked with Bob Higgins and others in Colorado Springs to plan COSMOS transfer to ACP on IBM mainframes, and to begin working on a system to track the packages.Federal Express wanted to give proof of delivery and attach to the customer's invoice. One part of the signed airbill from the delivery was keyed when returned from the courier.One of the early concepts to track packages was an airbill with colored rings on it, where the courier would tear off and put on a belt, the rings would be returned and info on them keyed.In initial discussions, Tom knew that this would be a burden on the couriers. Larry Stoltenburg (who had been hired in Memphis & transferred to Colorado Springs) came up with the idea to put bar codes on the airbills and use scanners to verify delivery. Larry's manager though, was a proponent of the ring solution, and Larry was fired. Eventually though, this manager was fired, and the bar code scenario went forward.One of the initial problems was how to get bar codes and make numbers for every airbill different. Janice McNeal found a German company who produced print wheels that could index the number and figure the mod-7 check digit fast enough to print these new airbills. That is the initial solution the company went with.Tom then worked with Intermec, Norand and others to see what technology was out there and they came up with a 12 city test scenario. Some of the locations would test full functionality (ie end to end scanning) and others would use basic scans to start the process.Norand HHTHand Held TerminalThere wasn't a lot of scanner technology in the late 70's, and Tom selected Norand to start the initial tests.Knowing that the labor of scanning these airbills would be onerous to the couriers, and just something else they had to do; Tom discussed this issue with Mr. Pete Willmont and said we really need someone from the field, who can interface to the field and push the tests and for the field to do the tests.The person selected was a District Director named Harry Dalton. Harry was well respected by the field and he relocated to Colorado Springs to work with the software development team, and eventually moved to Memphis.Tom remembers the early testing. In a skydiving incident, his parachute failed to open, but when he landed, he fortunately landed on his back, on his parachute backpack. He did break his back in 6 places but survived. As he was recovering Harry visited him and wanted to know if or when he could travel. Tom was the only one who knew how to execute the test plan. The 12 city test had been scheduled and since Tom was the project lead, and had all the info, Harry needed him to travel.Tom relayed that he indeed did travel, and helped Harry, and Harry helped him by carrying his bags giving him some of his pain medicine…After testing it was decided that the full blown software (IIA) was too onerous so COSMOS IIB project was funded and deployed. FedEx would scan packages in and out of Stations, delivery and exception. Container scans and scans and in and out of the Memphis Hub were put on hold.After Tom deployed the scanners, when a customer called about a package, Customer Service could tell them what city it was actually in.After IIa, Tom transitioned the tracker inventory and management to Jimmy Sowell (see Jimmy Sowell video).InternationalAfter COSMOS IIB Tom transferred to International working with Jim Dunkel. FedEx was starting to expand into Canada. FedEx would fly packages to a Cleveland, OH, transfer packages to Air Canada. Air Canada would fly to Canadian cities and hand off to a delivery company called Canseca.One of the initial problems was how to use zip codes for the destination address. The US zip code used 5 numeric digits. Canada used 6 digits which could be alpha or numeric.Tom worked with the billing staff to come up with a translation table using dummy zip codes.Eventually Air Canada decided they didn't want to be in the package business, and FedEx started flying the Falcons into Canada. Business just went vertical and growth was at a fast pace.Tom was working with Customs, but no one at FedEx was an expert in customs.He posted a job nationwide and received about 27 resumes.As he was going thru the stacks of resumes, one kept falling on the floor and he kept picking it back up and putting it into the large stack. He finally picked it off the floor again, and looked at it closely. He liked what he saw, and called this guy named Al Basemore who had just retired from Customs. Tom said something like " I'm Tom Bullion from Federal Express and I just got your resume….is anything in it true?......"Tom hired Al on the spot.ClearanceIn 1982 FedEx was transmitting facsimile manifests to Customs, but clearance was slow. Tom talked to one the Customs officials up north about how they can speed this up. The Customs guy relayed well there was one computer system they were using in Miami that pre-cleared packages from Latin America. Information about trusted shippers was sent before the packages were transported and Customs would pre clear some of the packages and select other packages that they wanted to open.Tom's department started working on this concept to pre-clear packages and discovered they could even get paid by customers to do this work.These systems were eventually called Broker and Select and allowed FedEx to clear packages faster than other companies, around the world.ZAPMAIL & International TelecommunicationsEventually Tom was transferred to work on a special project to make way for International Zapmail and another company to be called FITC (Federal Express International Transmission Corporation) internationally. FedEx could buy telecom services in bulk and sell to other companies or interface with International Networks as a Public carrier.To establish the links into these foreign PTT's (Public Telephone & Telegraph); FWS contracted with the former head of ITT for all of Europe.His name was Tom Greenish. (Eventually his son Pat Greenish would be hired to run the FITC entity at FedEX).Tom G. had been based in Geneva or Zurich Switzerland, knew 5 languages and was networked to every PTT in Europe and most of the world. Tom Bullion was selected to travel with him, as the FedEx rep and to take care of transmitting contracts and agreements.FedEx AeronauticsAfter Zapmail Tom was transferred to an Advanced Projects group under Alan McArtor.The group was called FedEx Aeronautics and Tom worked with Noan Samples, Julie Ellis and Bill Cummings. They worked on several concept projects such as the following:Trans-Oceanic Transports ConceptsA Later Prototype of Lockheed's Air ShipsAir Ships: they designed a new dirigible with Lockheed Skunk Works to ply the oceans as cargo freighters. The plans included operating scenarios, fueling stations, new docking maneuvers etc. This project was presented to the Board as a new potential venture. Tom worked with Lockheed on the concepts and designs for this new era of air ship. The Lockheed team that had designed the stealth fighter/bomber had completed their work and Lockheed assigned all of them to FedEx's Air Ship project.Reference: FedEx & Airships Wiki ArticleFederal Express (FedEx) was reportedly "negotiating the possible purchase of a non-rigid training airship" in early 1981, with the possibility of an order for "75-tonne payload R.150 cargo airships" to follow, and Redcoat—through which FedEx had approached AI—switched its order to the R150, ordering four airships with options on another 10. FedEx was motivated by fuel-efficiency concerns and considered airships suitable for lower-priority 48-hour package deliveries.However, FedEx stated in late 1981 that its airship plans had been "put aside for the time being" and Redcoat went into voluntary liquidation in mid-1982 The R150 design was inherited by Wren Skyships when AI's rigid division was split off (see below), and Wren went on to propose new metal-clads of varying sizes.Supersonic FedEx Model of the ConcordeConcorde: Tom had earlier in his career worked a concept team to utilize Concorde supersonic jets to fly packages internationally. One problem was that the emergency manual system for lowering the landing gear was amidship of the jet. The floor would have to be taken up, and pole inserted into a cranking type device to manually lower the gear. With freight on the aircraft this wasn't accessible to the pilots. The team came up with a gear concept that would allow the pilots to take up the floor and manually deploy the gear from the cockpit. A major issue was that to put a cargo door in the Concorde, 3 more bulkheads had to be installed. These jets were going to be leased for 10 years. A requirement by the French was that FedEx had to return the jets in original condition. We would have to remove the cargo door, remove the bulkheads, and relocate the emergency gear extension system back amidships.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.I asked Tom Bullion and Chuck Graham the following questions:What were the most enjoyable times working at FedEx?Chuck: I enjoyed up until the last five years I was there. I especially got satisfaction when we had to work 20 hours straight to fix something but got immediate satisfaction in our success and in meeting the customer's expectations.Tom: I also enjoyed almost all my career except maybe the last 5 years. I really enjoyed my director in Operations Research but, the executive management culture had changed from taking care of the customer to reporting to the stockholder – the new corporate world is not conducive to entrepreneurs. I especially enjoyed working in FedEx Aeronautics, and working for Allan McArtor.Who are the people you most appreciated at FedEx?Chuck: Pete Wilmott, he provided stable financing and a level head and pushed for a high service level. It provided stability for us. And Jim Barksdale. He put the People element back into the company.Tom: Pete Wilmott, Art Bass, Vince Fagan, Jim Barksdale and of course Mr. Smith. Art Bass and Jim Barksdale kept the company and upper management on an even keel.

I started in July '73! Emp #731!!! 1 ·

Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 3/20/14: Answer any of these history questions:

FedEx Trivia Quiz 3/20/14: Answer any of these history questions:

a. Who was the ZapCzar?

b. Who was the first CIO of FedEx Express?

c. Who was the first CIO of FedEx Ground? d. Who was the first Director of Communications Software?

e. Who was the VP of Zapmail Marketing?

f. Who was the VP of Zapmail Sales?

g. Who was the first VP of Telecommunications?

h. Who was the first CTO of FDX?

Answers a. Who was the ZapCzar? Bob May, his license plate was ZAPCZAR

b. Who was the first CIO of FedEx Express? Chris Hjelm

c. Who was the first CIO of FedEx Ground? Mike Hmel

d. Who was the first Director of Communications Software? I think it was Les Wilcox

e. Who was the VP of Zapmail Marketing? Carl Williams

f. Who was the VP of Zapmail Sales? Bill Razzouk

g. Who was the first VP of Telecommunications? Winn Stephenson

h. Who was the first CTO of FDX? Rob Carter Edited ·

Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 3/20/14:

FedEx Trivia Quiz 3/20/14:FedEx's 1st scanning device was a Norand HHT scanner (similar to grocery store scanners with a wand)

.a. How did the scan data get from the scanner to the mainframe(ie Cosmos)?

b. What was the project called, and who was in charge of the rollout?FedEx's 2nd scanning device was the HHP SuperTracker.

c. How did scan data get from the SuperTracker into Cosmos?

d. What was the project called and who was in charge of the rollout?

Answers: FedEx's 1st scanning device was a Norand HHT scanner (similar to grocery store scanners with a wand) .

a. How did the scan data get from the scanner to the mainframe(ie Cosmos)? Norand provided a rack, and the HHT's were placed in the rack to charge and it dialed a 3705 front end processor to transmit the scan information. Calls were long distance. Les Wilcox and Winn Stephenson wrote the assembly code for the mainframe collection program.

b. What was the project called, and who was in charge of the rollout? Project was COSMOS IIa, and rolled out by Tom Bullion. Jimmy Sowell was later tagged with task to process the equipment. Only packages in the stations and in the hub were scanned. FedEx's 2nd scanning device was the HHP SuperTracker.

c. How did scan data get from the SuperTracker into Cosmos? Norand provided a PC called the SmartBase. Software for the IBM side of the device was from SSI and modifed by the Comm Soft group. SuperTrackers were placed in QuadRacks to charge and upload in station scans. A shoe rack was placed on the DADS device so the courier could insert the SuperTracker. Pickup and Delivery scans were then transmitted wirelessly from the Van to the Dads Processor(Digital Equipment PDP-11), and then up the SNA link to COSMOS.

d. What was the project called and who was in charge of the rollout? Project was called COSMOS IIB and was led by Harry Dalton. Jim Tollefson's group in COS did the scan processing. Jim Turpin and David Dietzel under Harry were the leads for the rollout. Packages were scanned in station and at the customers location.

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Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz 3/24/14 Answer any of these that you can...... a. which manger at FedEx was a prof ...

FedEx Trivia Quiz 3/24/14 Answer any of these that you can......

a. which manger at FedEx was a professional hockey player?

b. which two svp's at FedEx flew the Air Force Thunderbirds

c. which director at FedEx worked for AT&T, Bell Labs and did communications for Presidential overseas visits

d. which SVP pushed the modelling effort called the Optimizer, later renamed the Union-izer by the pilots

e. what round thing sits on the bookcase in the Corporate Jet lounge

a. Richard (Dick) Braley who came to FedEx from NASA with Bruce Lindow in mid 80's

b. Alan McArtor & Gil Mook; Gil flew after Alan; I believe the same position

c. John Schwarzmann who came from AT&T

d. Gil Mook

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a. Whenever the launch of flights happens, typically the forecast for the destination airport weather was done many hours before the flight, so it isn't as accurate as it can be, and sometimes you can't take off if the forecast is bad at the destination. If you have your own meteorologists, they can check/re-evaluate the conditions at the destination at launch and change the forecast if conditions permit. So having your own meteorologists can save you a lot of time and money.

b. As of 2013, there were over 14 meteorologists on staff.

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Subject: Note from Kevin Humphries Re: Larry Netter:

Note from Kevin Humphries

Re: Larry Netter:After more than 30 years of service to FedEx, Larry Netter has made the decision to retire effective June 15, 2014. His incredible legacy will be remembered for many years to come.Larry started working at FedEx in 1983 as a Sr. Manager to lead a group that supported Zap Mail. This organization eventually became known as Technology Services in 1986 when the team began supporting additional equipment throughout the company.During his tenure at FedEx, Larry was responsible for implementing desktop management and the first enterprise email system. He also spent one year on special assignment in the United Kingdom and Europe building a service organization. In 2002, Larry assumed the role of VP of Technology Services, leading the largest IT team at FedEx for more than 12 years.While he is a four-time FedEx Five Star Award winner, he is most known for his philanthropic spirit in the community. Larry led the American Liver Foundation of the Mid-South’s annual golf tournament for many years, and he could always be found with a hammer in his hand on the first day of FedEx Habitat for Humanity builds. He was a 10-year board member of a non-profit school, a supporter of Forever Young, and started a laptop donation program for Operation Homefront in support of military families and veterans.I have worked closely with Larry over the years, and I have always appreciated his dedication to the company and his passion to put his team and customers first. He will be missed.Please join me in wishing Larry well on all of his future adventures!Kevin

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Subject: The FedEx Fleet as of June 4, 2014

Subject: Chris Hjelm, former CIO of FedEx Express talks about Kroger

Subject: JP Sarkis, former VP of Chronos, now at Dell, gives video talk

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Subject: Mark Dickens: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/mar/07/animals-tails-of-hope-flies-four-dogs ...

Subject: Where in the World is Joel Tracy?

Subject: New consulting company formed by Laurie Tucker & Karen Rogers: Calade LLC

Subject: For those that knew Randy Roy who retired as a VP of Telecom, he teaches for the Univ Arkansas in Fa ...

Subject: Announcement from Denise Wood: I wanted to let you know that Belinda Watkins, IT VP, Enterprise Info ...

Subject: FedEx IT-Info Week # 14

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Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk updated the group photo in FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club.

Subject: http://www.informationweek.com/robert-carter-cio-fedex-on-software-innovation/v/d-id/1112249

Subject: Govan Hornor appointed new CIO of Ducks Unlimited http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/ducks-unlimited-app ...

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Subject: http://www.wired.com/2013/04/40-years-of-fedex/

Subject: from a 2009 article: FedEx Chairman, President and CEO Fred Smith said in April that his Memphis, Te ...

Subject: FWS Net Worth as of 6/20/14 $3.5B http://www.forbes.com/profile/frederick-smith/#

a12Subject: 10 Things You Might Not Know About FedEx Billionaire Fred Smith This story appears in the February 1 ...

10 Things You Might Not Know About FedEx Billionaire Fred Smith This story appears in the February 10, 2014 issue of Forbes.Fred Smith’s overnight delivery service was anything but an overnight success. But now he’s worth $2.3 billion, FedEx FDX +0.34% ships more than 10.2 million packages daily in 220 countries, and, while UPS left gift givers stranded this Christmas, Smith’s company soared. Below, 10 things you might know about Smith, the latest prosperous story in our new Path to Success feature:

1. CHILDHOOD CHALLENGE Born in 1944, Smith is crippled by a bone disease as a small boy and watches sports from the sidelines. Regains his health by age 10, becomes an excellent football player and learns to fly at 15.

2. THE BIG IDEA Enrolls at Yale in 1962. A disagreement with a professor leads to his developing the business model for an express EXPR -0.9% delivery service. Decides it will need to carry small, high-?priority packages at night, when airports aren’t congested.

3. G.I. Fred Joins the Marines in 1966 and does two tours in Vietnam. Narrowly survives a Vietcong ambush after losing his helmet, grenade and gun. Brings his attacker down by aiming at his head but then hitting him in the knee.

4. TAKEOFF Returns to the idea he developed at Yale and founds Federal Express in 1971 after raising a then astonishing $91 million in venture capital. Operations start in 1973.

5. A BIG GAMBLE In his first 26 months in business he racks up $29 million in losses. Desperate to pay bills, he flies to Las Vegas, wins $27,000 at blackjack and wires it back to FedEx. Yet by 1976 FedEx is flying smoothly and bringing in $75 million in revenue, though it remains heavily indebted. It goes public in 1978.

6. TURBULENCE Looks east to Asia in 1989 with the $880 million purchase of the Flying Tiger cargo line. Integrating the two is difficult, and FedEx’s net income drops from $185 million in 1989 to just $6 million in 1991.

. PACIFIC OVERTURES In 1998 introduces the only next-business-day express cargo service from Asia to the U.S. It pays off. An international priority delivery brings in more than three times as much revenue as a domestic one.

8. DIVERSIFYING Buys Kinko’s for $2.4 billion in 2004 to compete with UPS’ recently purchased Mail Boxes Etc. Kinko’s is later reorganized into FedEx Office.

9. THE CRASH The Great Recession batters FedEx. The company barely ekes out a $98 million profit in 2009, down from $2 billion two years earlier.

10. ALOFT AGAIN Belt-tightening, international growth and e-commerce help the company surmount the financial doldrums. Posts a $1.6 billion profit on record-high sales in 2013.Reach Abram Brown at abrown@forbes.com.Here is the direct article in Forbes:

10 Things You Might Not Know About FedEx Billionaire Fred Smith

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Subject: Winn Stephenson story. Winn was svp at FedEx.

Subject: Where in the World is Jim Turpin? Jim is still living in Collierville. He was instrumental in direct ...

Subject: David Dietzel & Margaret Cole - 1985

Subject: Johnny Wong & Jimmy Burk - 1985

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Subject: For those that knew Ancel Hankins,here is an update ;

Subject: updated the fedexlegends.info website with history posted here by Jere & Don:

Subject: Jimmy - Does anyone know where Mike Morgan ended up? He was in COS and I had heard he was taking the ...

Subject: from Ace McInturff: Photos of the first Gemini Machines: First Two Gemini machines, original COS Dat ...

Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: Which of the following vendors were NOT used at FedEx Express?

Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: In 1992 Jim Barksdale was COO of FedEx when he left the company.

FedEx Trivia Quiz: In 1992 Jim Barksdale was COO of FedEx when he left the company.Answer any of the following:

a. Where did he go? (1st company)

b. Who bought the company he went to a year later? (2nd company)

c. And what was 3rd company he worked for?

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Subject: Trivia Quiz: I worked as a sr. mgr Telecom in the late 70's and 80's

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Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk added 19 photos to the album: July 7, 2014 in FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club.

Subject: Michael Taube: Nice job, Jimmy! Some great memories about folks who had faded from mine. Working wit ...

Subject: Michael Greene: Great info that brought back a lot of fond memories of being in the ITD group

Subject: video on jim barksdale; sound has a little interference in it, but still good on jlb's career

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