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Brian Maxwell

The selfless dedication and sacrifice of this person is second to none. His consistent strong work ethic and technical skill is not only noticed but is appreciated by our customers.

Although there are MANY people deserving this month of this award, the past 45 days have been particularly challenging for this person and he has persevered and made us a better company in the eyes of our customers over this period of time.

Please join us in congratulating Brian Maxwell for earning Employee of the Month for September.

Rob Clark

Managing, answering numerous questions, scheduling, communicating, coordinating with sales, engineering, purchasing, testing, shipping, accounting, and HR; and part time psychologist. These are just some of the tasks that this individual performs on a daily basis. Yet in scenarios that sometimes resemble chaos with last minute customer requests, schedule flip flopping, parts delays, and issues in testing, this person always maintains his cool, keeps his wit, and stays calm, keeping the project on schedule.

FCX has a great team and everyone’s role at FCX is vital to the success of the team. Having said that, there needs to be someone to insure the team on the production floor works together towards a common goal while performing to the best of their capabilities. In short, every successful team needs a great coach.

Please join me in congratulating the August, 2017 FCX Employee of the month, coach Rob Clark.

Thanks Rob!

Jason Dingeldein

Usually the talk leading up to the announcement of the Employee of the Month Award provides a guessing game of who is being discussed. This time it’s too easy to guess so we will toss out some distractions.

Whether it is hot or cold, in the room… It’s room temperature. (good food for thought for testing)

An older gentleman was passing the time discussing past experiences. A young person asked if life was better or worse back then. The old man looked at the youngster and said “I can’t say it was better or worse. It was just different.”

One example of different was one of the original founders of FCX, Dick Kowalski. Not many working here now knew Dick. Those that did will agree he was different. He had a passion for things that was contagious. Maybe he seemed to too excited at times but we miss his presence.

“If you want something done ask someone who is busy. People who are not busy don’t have the time.”

Our recipient of the Employee of the Month award is a poster child for the phrase “Lead, Follow, or Get out of the Way”.

I’ll be reaching for a tool only to find that it has already been put away.

There is a tendency among the engineers to adopt Comic book Superheroes in this person’s case I would suggest “The Flash”.

This person seems to have more cars than I have work pants.

The recipient is also an Eagle Scout turned Scout Master, An Archery Instructor, A bow hunter who seems to kill a deer each morning before work.

He has some knowledge of almost everything and chafes at the bit eagerly to learn more.

Our recipient for Employee of the Month for April 2017 is Jason Dingeldein.

Jason may be the newest employee to receive this honor.

Tiffany Albright

This person is very deserving of this award for her hard work and dedication among other things. She has taken on several tasks that were not in her original scope of work. She has done a fantastic job in picking up our systems, mostly teaching herself to navigate those systems. She volunteered to take on the United Way duties and has done a great job. She has also taken over the daily recording of timecards, all in addition to her daily Sales duties.

Tiffany Albright is a very important part of our Sales Team and without her, our daily lives in Sales would be much more difficult. Not only is Tiffany an important part of the Sales Team but she is an all around FCX team player –always willing to help others, i.e. special events, accounts payable area, etc.

So please join us in thanking Tiffany for all of her hard work and dedication to FCX.

Mark Mayfield

If you are looking for this individual on the production floor you may not see him upon first glance. He is usually hidden inside of a unit hard at work doing his job. He has a great deal of pride in his work and has become very knowledgeable with the mechanical build up of the Boeing units . In fact , this individual has become a “go to” person for any mechanical issues that may arise on the floor.

He is known to be creative and resourceful when dealing with issues on the production floor; and he takes it upon himself to keep build reference notes to help himself and others continue to build a high quality product.

He always has a cool head and is willing to help wherever he is needed , and is always willing to offer suggestions to help FCX become a much better place.   FCX is fortunate to have him as part of our team. Please join me in congratulating the February, 2017, FCX Employee of the month, Mark Mayfield.

When you are faced with a heavy workload to be accomplished without all of your resources and with a very tight deadline, you need a great team to finish with success. We all know that we have a great team at FCX and every part of our team is important. But, to achieve success, you need that person in the trenches, working alongside everyone to push and pull us to the finish line. A person that is willing to get their hands dirty, put aside any ego, and just get the job done.

During the past quarter, our workload was indeed heavy – we had a less-than-full capacity staff – and, the work needed to be ready to ship by the end of December. A monumental task, but one that shows everyone here at FCX was up to the challenge.

And, to help get us there, we did have that special person pushing and pulling and working in the trenches herself. She made sure that everything on the production floor kept on schedule and that the jobs were done as quickly as possible but always keeping quality and accuracy first.

With that said, we are glad to congratulate Pam Tomblin as the January 2017 FCX Employee of the Month and thank her for what she does for our company every day – she makes us a better company with her efforts.

Thanks, Pam.

Since 1987, FCX units have been installed on every continent and in more than 75 countries. Below you will find our most recent solutions, helping meet our clients’ requirements worldwide.

NORTH AMERICA
23 Gates at DFW’s Lower B Gates
NAS North Island / Naval Base Coronado multi-building 400 Hz unit replacement project
Luke Air Force Base Hangar 3: 270 VDC units, PCA units, and pits
Anechoic Chamber at NAS Patuxent River 270 VDC unit for the F-35
Luke Air Force Base Hangar 2
Holloman Air Force Base (12) 45 KVA 400 Hz units
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (2) 120 KVA 400 Hz units
U.S. Navy shipboard 270 VDC units
5-year contract with Naval Surface Warfare for 180 KVA 400 Hz units

AFRICA
400 Hz and 60 Hz systems in Djibouti, Africa for the primary operations base for U.S. / Africa Command in the Horn of Africa

AUSTRALIA
Royal New Zealand Air Force mobile 400 Hz unit
270 VDC project in Australia for the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force)

EUROPE
270 VDC power for the UK MoD F-35 Logistics Operations Centre

FCX has recently visited the following countries to expand our distributor / relations reach:

• Singapore
• Vietnam
• Australia
• Japan
• Israeli Ministry of Defense

Headquartered in Morgantown, W.Va., FCX Systems is the world’s leading manufacturer of solid-state frequency converters, ground power support (GSE) and custom power conversion solutions for military, commercial, shore power and industrial applications around the world.

Marietta Meck

When you see Marietta on the production floor you will find her hard at work inside a unit . She is always very quiet and calm and very conscientious about her work. She just goes about her job in a very professional manner.

Marietta has an impeccable work ethic and the quality of her work is always of the highest standard . This work ethic does not go unnoticed by her co-workers. She is always willing to go out of her way to help others on the production floor learn and to insure that the FCX standard for quality is maintained throughout all of our product lines.

Finally, Marietta, although very quiet and shy, is always willing to offer suggestions to help FCX become a much better place for everyone to work. FCX is fortunate to have Marietta as part of our team. Please join me in congratulating Marietta Meck as our FCX Employee of the month for December, 2016.