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Company went through change of generations in leadership; the
process was additionally complicated by archetypical Father
and Son conflict. Several people at the top of the company didn't
have children, they called themselves “dead genes club”—hardly
a lot of extra dedication to work came from that fact, but some
might. The work on Turbine was combined with other projects—
not a trivial task for a small company. In nutshell, the design
environ-ment was not particularly favourable, but it was certainly
good enough for success.
During the debate about healthcare reform, the Vice President of
Company, by that time retired, sent a mass email, apologising to the
recipients for that single case of violation of his own rule against such
actions. He told his friends, acquaintances, and former co-workers
about his dismay of the way the debate was developing. He raised
his voice against deceitful methods that became SOP for politicians,
lobbyists, and predatory business interests. He took to heart “quality of
our lives and the nature of this thing we call America…”
Geographically the root system of the design team was
widespread: Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Latvia, and Oklahoma.
26.3
Engineers and Designers
Leading Engineer was an Oklahoma native with Native American
ancestry. He graduated from Oklahoma University with such
impressive grades that he was accepted to a General Motors
design team right from the university bench. He lived in Detroit
for several years designing air conditioning systems for passenger
cars and testing them. He was on hostile terms with the grey sky of
Michigan and some GM policies—that brought him to Company. He
coordinated all the work and did most of Turbine mechanical design.
His hobby was audio amplifiers; that allowed him to contribute a
lot to the Turbine electronic controller. His work was indispen-
sable in discovering some weaknesses of Turbine and improving
it after the initial introduction to market.
Alternator Designer was born in Armenia to a musical family.
To become a self-made man he took engineering at local university,
volunteered to the army after graduation, and was injured in a
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