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Peter Mwangi. Peter King'ori Mwangi is an electrical engineer, accountant and business executive in Kenya. He is the current Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of the UAP Old Mutual Group, the financial services conglomerate, based in Kenya, with subsidiaries in six African countries.

Background and education
He was born in present-day Nyeri County, Kenya circa 1970, and attended Kenyan schools for his pre-university education. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 1993. He is also a certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst. He a member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK).

Career
He joined the Kenya Air Force (KAF) at the rank of Lieutenant and a job assignment of a Technical Officer. His job included the development of an ICT strategy and the maintenance of the avionic communication systems at the KAF. He worked there for five years, during which time he was promoted to the rank of Captain.

From 2000 until 2004, he served as Company Secretary and investment manager at ICDC Investment Company Limited, the precursor to Centum Investments. Having served as Acting Managing Director from 2004 until December 2004, Peter Mwangi was confirmed as managing director at the company in December 2004. He continued in his role as the CEO, managing director and investment manager, until 15 October 2008. During his tenure, the company re-branded to "Centum Investment Company Limited'.

When he left Centum, he joined the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as the chief executive officer in November 2008. His contract was renewed in 2011 but he had to leave the NSE in 2014, because the law allows for a maximum of two consecutive tree-year terms. During his tenure at NSE, the shares of stock of the exchange, were demutualised and sold to the public.

In October 2014, he was appointed the CEO at Old Mutual Kenya, a subsidiary of Old Mutual, the international  financial services conglomerate, with headquarters in London, United Kingdom. In June 2015, when Old Mutual decided to merge all its businesses in Kenya under one roof, Peter Mwangi was selected to be the Group Chief Executive of UAP Old Mutual Group.

See also
 UAP Holdings
 Old Mutual
 Faulu Kenya

Other responsibilities
Peter King'ori Mwangi sits on the boards of the following public and private enterprises: 1. UAP Old Mutual Insurance Sudan Limited. 2. Kisii Bottlers Limited 3. Mount Kenya Bottlers Limited 4. Rift Valley Bottlers Limited 5. Eveready Batteries Limited 6. KWAL Holdings Limited 7. Central Depository & Settlement Corporation Limited 8. Funguo Investments Limited. 9. British American Tobacco Kenya Limited 10. Wildlife Works Inc.

References

External links
 Website of UAP Old Mutual Group 

Living people
1970 births
1970s births
Kenyan businesspeople
Kikuyu people
Kenyan accountants
Kenyan electrical engineers
CFA charterholders
University of Nairobi alumni
Frederick Steele Blackall Jr.. Frederick Steele Blackall Jr. (November 26, 1896 – July 6, 1963) was an American engineer, and president and chairman of board Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company, known as 72nd President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1953–54.

Biography

Family and education 
Blackall was born in 1896 in Roselle, New Jersey to Frederick Steele Blackall and Bertha Gates (Brown) Blackall. His father was an engineer and inventor, who obtained some patents in the early 20th century. After attending the Abbott School in Farmington, Maine and the Phillips Academy, he obtained his obtained his BA in English from Yale University in 1918.

In World War I  Blackall enlisted in the United States Navy, where he graduated from Third Reserve Officers' School at the United States Naval Academy in 1918. After the War he returned to college to study engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he obtained his BSc in 1922.

Career and death 
After his graduation from MIT in 1922 Blackall started his lifelong career at Taft-Peirce Manufacturing Company as staff officer in charge of the heat-treatment, electroplating, and steel supply departments. There he was "responsible for the reorganisation of the departmental layouts and the institution of radical changes in crude stock control and heating treating methods."  Looking back at this period Blackall later admitted: "If one may be said to have any hobby in the field of engineering, mine is the metallurgy and heat-treatment of iron and steel."

In 1923 Blackall was promoted to Assistant to the general manager, responsible for the management of all engineering and production departments. Eventually in 1951, Blackall was named president of the company, and by 1964 he was chairman of the board. In the year 1953-54 he served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Blackall lost his life in a plane crash near Matane, Quebec, on the Gaspé Peninsula, July 7, 1963.

Selected publications 
 Blackall, Frederick Steele. Invention and Industry-Cradled in New England!. No. 160. Newcomen Society, American Branch, 1946.
 Blackall, Frederick Steele. Price Control in the Machine Tool Industry: With a Foreword by Henry Hazlitt. No. 447. American Enterprise Association, 1953.

Articles, a selection
 Blackall Jr, F. S. "The obligation of management to provide leadership." Mechanical Engineering 72.3 (1950): 229–231.
 Blackall Jr, F. S. "ASME Standards Save Lives and Dollars." Mechanical Engineering 75 (1953): 979–981.

References 

1896 births
1963 deaths
20th-century American engineers
American business executives
Yale College alumni
United States Naval Academy alumni
MIT School of Engineering alumni
People from Roselle, New Jersey
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers from New Jersey
Military personnel from New Jersey
Blohm & Voss P 203. The Blohm & Voss P 203 was a design project for a heavy fighter during World War II. Capable of filling the roles of night fighter, light bomber and ground-attack, it had mixed propulsion, having both piston engine driven propellers and jet engines.

Design
The P 203 was conceived by Blohm & Voss as a multi-role fighter-bomber, using mixed powerplants in an otherwise conventional layout. At that time jet engines could provide a high maximum speed but were unreliable and suffered poor thrust at low speeds, on the other hand conventional propellers provided good thrust at low-to-medium speeds but struggled as speeds increased. By using both kinds of powerplant, excellent performance across the whole speed range could be achieved. The P 203 was to carry two of each.

The fuselage was of broadly conventional layout, having a two-crew cabin at the front, a bomb bay underneath the centre and a conventional tail with remote rear gun barbette.

The mid-mounted wing was straight and of two different, untapered sections. The inboard sections had a deep chord front to back and were thick enough to house the main landing gear. They ended at wing-mounted nacelles which housed the powerplants. BMW 801J radial piston engines at the front drove twin propellers in the ordinary manner, while slung below and behind each of these and faired into the nacelle was a jet engine. Three versions were studied, each having a different type of jet engine; the P 203.01 had Heinkel-Hirth HeS 011A engines, the P 203.02 a Junkers Jumo variant and the P 203.03 a BMW type. Outboard of the nacelles were thinner and shallower, lower-drag outer wing sections.

Besides the tail barbette, additional armament was housed in the nose.

Also unusual for the era was a tricycle undercarriage arrangement, with a nosewheel retracting up beneath the cabin.

Specification (P 203.01)

References

Notes

Bibliography
Cowin, Hugh W.; “Blohm und Voss Projects of World War II,” Part I,  Air Pictorial, October 1963, pp. 312-316.
Masters, David; German Jet Genesis, Jane's, 1982, p. 30.
Pohlmann, Hermann. 'Chronik Eines Flugzeugwerkes 1932-1945 (German), 2nd impression, Motorbuch, 1982 (1st edn. 1979), pp. 180-181. .

P 203
Abandoned military aircraft projects of Germany
Bridge tender. A bridge tender, also known as a bridge keeper,  operates and maintains a bridge to ensure the safe passage of water traffic and vehicle traffic on the bridge. For a railroad bridge, the bridge tender is also responsible for rail traffic safety.
 
Moveable bridges typically have a bridge tender's house, from which a bridge tender can observe traffic and operate the bridge, and may also be the employee's residence.

See also 
 Toll house
 Toll booth
 Troll

References

Moveable bridges
David William Rowsen Morgan. David William Rowsen (D. W. R. or David W. R.) Morgan (September 16, 1892 – April 30, 1973) was an American mechanical engineer and business executive at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, known as 74th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1955-56.

Biography

Youth, education and early career 
Morgan was born in 1892 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of William E. Morgan and Sarah (Thomas) Morgan. In 1913, at the age of 21, he obtained his MSc in mechanical engineering from Ohio Northern University.

After his graduation in 1913 Morgan started his lifelong career at the Westinghouse Electrical Corporation in Philadelphia. By 1917 he was engineer at the condenser department, where he was later promoted to Engineer in Charge of the Condenser Department. In 1926 he got appointed manager condenser and internal combustion engineering in the internal combustion engine department of the Westinghouse Electric.

Further career and acknowledgement 
In the 1930s Morgan had become assistant manager of engineering of the South Philadelphia plant of Westinghouse Electric. In 1941 he got appointed vice president of the South Philadelphia plant.

From 1948 to 1953 Morgan was general manager of Westinghouse Steam Division, and from 1953 until his retirement late 1955 he was vice president of Westinghouse Electric Co. After his retirement he was Professorship of Engineering at the Drexel Institute of Technology, now the Drexel University.

Morgan was awarded the Westinghouse Order of Merit in 1942. In 1950 he was awarded the honorary doctorate in engineering from Drexel Institute of Technology. Morgan was elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the year 1955-56. He had been elected Fellow of the ASME, and was member of the Hoover Medal Board of Award.

Selected publications 
Articles, a selection
 Morgan, D. W. R. "Central Station Steam-Power Generation." Westinghouse Engineer 10 (1950): 7-17.

Patents, a selection
 Morgan, David WR. "Large jet condenser." U.S. Patent No. 1,457,788. 5 Jun. 1923.
 Morgan, David WR. "Surface condenser." U.S. Patent No. 1,578,057. 23 Mar. 1926.
 Morgan, David WR. "House electric." U.S. Patent No. 1,684,406. 18 Sep. 1928.
 Morgan, David WR. "Ejector apparatus." U.S. Patent No 2,033,843, 10 March 1936.
 Tuley, Charles B., and David WR Morgan. "Condenser apparatus." U.S. Patent No. 2,180,840. 21 Nov. 1939.

References

External links 
 D.W.R. Morgan, engineer in the Condenser Department, Westinghouse Electric Corporation Steam Division photographs.
 Group photograph of Westinghouse employees, Hagley Digital Archives

1892 births
1973 deaths
Engineers from Ohio
American business executives
Ohio Northern University alumni
Drexel University faculty
People from Martins Ferry, Ohio
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
20th-century American engineers
304th Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF). The 304th Tactical Fighter Squadron () is a squadron of the 9th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. It is based at Naha Air Base, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is equipped with Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ and Kawasaki T-4 aircraft.

History
The squadron was founded on August 1, 1977 at Tsuiki Air Base in  Fukuoka Prefecture flying the McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ. A number of the early pilots had previously flown the North American F-86F Sabre with 10th Squadron, which had just been disbanded. During this period the JASDF still followed a system in which the numbering of a squadron was dependent on the type of aircraft it operated. Single digit squadrons operated the F-86F, 100-numbered squadrons operated the F-86D, 200-numbered squadrons operated the F-104J and the new squadrons operating the F-4 were numbered in the 300s.  The pilots retrained on the F-4 and from 1978 were responsible for Quick Reaction Alert duties around Fukuoka.

In January 2016, the squadron relocated to Naha Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture as part of the newly-formed 9th Air Wing.

Tail marking
The squadron's aircraft bear the likeness of a tengu on their tails. Tengu are goblin-like creatures from Japanese mythology. Known for their skill with swords and possession of mystical powers, they were said to inhabit Mount Hiko in Fukuoka, located near the squadron's original base at Tsuiki.

Aircraft operated

Fighter aircraft
 McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ (1977–1990)
 Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ (1990–present)

Liaison aircraft
 Lockheed T-33A (1977–1993)
 Kawasaki T-4 (1991–present)

See also
 Fighter units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force

References

Units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Oerlikon GAI-BO1. The Oerlikon GAI-BO1 is a Swiss designed and built light anti-aircraft gun which is mounted on a two-wheeled carriage with three folding outriggers.  Due to its light weight and ability to be broken down into small loads it can also be mounted on ships and vehicles.

Description
The GAI-BO1 consists of a KAB 20 × 128 mm auto-cannon mounted on a folding platform.  The gun has no power assistance with elevation of the counter-balanced barrel controlled by a hand-wheel and traverse is by foot.  Due to its lack of power assistance it is unable to engage fast moving aerial targets, although it is still useful for engaging light observation aircraft and helicopters.  Three different sized magazines 8-round, 20-round and 50-rounds are available.  There is a simple mechanical computing sight with 1x magnification for aerial targets and a 3.5x scope for engaging ground targets.  In its ground role it can fire armor-piercing rounds capable of piercing  of rolled homogeneous armor at .

References

External links
 http://www.pmulcahy.com/autocannons/swiss_autocannons.html
 https://www.taringa.net/posts/imagenes/16750740/Canon-antiaereo-Oerlikon-GAI-BO1-20mm.html

20 mm artillery
Autocannon
Oerlikon-Contraves
Flowmon Networks. Flowmon Networks is a privately held technology company which develops network performance monitoring and network security products utilizing information from traffic flow. Its Flowmon product series consists of network monitoring probes, collectors for flow data (NetFlow, IPFIX and other standards) analysis and software modules which extend probes and collectors by analytical features for network behavior anomaly detection, network awareness application performance management, DDoS detection and mitigation and traffic recording.

History 
The origins of the company dated back to 2002, when a group of scientists under the CESNET association started activities in the field of programmable hardware called Liberouter project. When participating on the development project for GEANT2, the Liberouter team developed a prototype of network monitoring probe called FlowMon. It became the basis of Invea-Tech company which was founded in 2007 as a spin-off company by Masaryk University, Brno University of Technology and UNIS company on the base of the technology transfer from CESNET association. With this prototype of network monitoring solution it was incubated as a start-up by the South Moravian Innovation Centre technology incubator programme.

In May 2013, it was recognized by Gartner as the only European vendor on the Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) Market. To strengthen its position on the NBA market, Invea-Tech acquired another Czech company called AdvaICT specialized in network behavior analysis.

In 2014, the company was recognized as one of the fastest growing technology companies in CE region by Deloitte. In 2015, Invea-Tech was split into Flowmon Networks and Netcope Technologies.

In 2016, Flowmon Networks was recognized by Gartner  in Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics (NPMD).
In January 2016 the company purchased FerretApps company to supplement its application monitoring solution.

In November 2020, Flowmon Networks was acquired by Kemp Technologies to enable "early detection of advanced threats and network anomalies along with complete active feedback loops for remediation."

In September 2021,  Progress announced the acquisition of  Kemp and, with it, the Flowmon Network Visibility solution, which is now marketed as part of the Progress product portfolio.

Research Activities 
Since the beginning, the company has participated in international research and development project focused on developing new measurement, analysis and data protection techniques across networks, i.e. DEMONS and ACEMIND. Flowmon also cooperates on local R&D projects with CESNET, Liberouter and Masaryk University endorsed by the funds of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

References 

Technology companies established in 2007
Czech companies established in 2007
Alan M. Stretton. Alan Murdoch Stretton (born 1930s) is an Australian civil engineer, project management manager, retired Adjunct Professor of Project Management at the University of Technology, Sydney and author. He is known for his work on the state of project management, and its history.

Biography

Education and early career 
Stretton obtained his BSc in civil engineering from the University of Tasmania, and his MS in mathematics from the Oxford University in the 1950s. He was the Rhodes Scholar for Tasmania in 1948.

From the 1950s to 1988 Stretton made his career in the construction as designer and project manager from Australia and New Zealand to the United States. In his days he witnessed the emerge of "project management of construction... information and control systems, internal management education programs and organizational change projects."

Further career and acknowledgement 
In 1988 Stretton joined the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), where he later became appointed Adjunct Professor of Project Management. As a start he established a Master of Project Management program at the University. After his retirement in 2006 he joined the University of Management and Technology (United States) faculty.

From 1998 to 1992 Stetton chaired the Standards Committee of the Project Management Institute (PMI), which developed the Project Management Body of Knowledge, first published by the PMI in 1996. Stretto co-authored parts of it. Later in the 1990s he continued these standardization efforts at the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM).

In 1996 Stretton was elected Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), and in 2015 he was awarded the honorary doctorate in strategy, programme and project management from the French business school ESC Lille.

Selected publications 
 Stretton, A. "A Short History of Modern Project Management," in: Australian Project Manager, Part 1 in Vol 14, No 1, March 1994; Part 2 in Vol 14, No 2, July 1994; and Part 3 in Vol 14, No 3, October 1994.
 Stretton, A. "Program management diversity—opportunity or problem." PM World Today 11.6 (2009).
 Stretton, A. "A Short History of Modern Project Management ." in: PM World Today, Vol. IX, Issue X. October 2007. p. 1-18. (online at tnstate.edu) 
 Stretton, Alan. "Notes on effective project cost control." PM World Today 11.X (2009).
 STRETTON, Alan. "Relationships between project management and general management." PM World Today 12 (2010).
 Stretton, Alan. "Involving program/project managers in organizational strategic planning?." PM World Today 13 (2011).

References

External links 
 Alan Stretton, PMWorld Library, 2017.

1930s births
Living people
Australian civil engineers
University of Tasmania alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Academic staff of the University of Technology Sydney
Paul Trombino III. Paul Trombino III is an American engineer and government official. He served as director of the Iowa Department of Transportation from 2011 to 2016. Trombino was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), but withdrew in December 2017.

Career

Trombino's first job was with Earth Tech. After earning degrees in economics and civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Trombino spent seventeen years at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, working his way up to Operations Director, Highway Division. In May 2011, he took over the director role at the Iowa Department of Transportation, a role he held until he unexpectedly resigned on November 28, 2016. In January 2017, he became president of McClure Engineering Company, a position he currently holds.

While director of the Iowa DOT in 2012, he announced a policy to deny driver licenses to Iowa residents who were part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The policy was reversed several weeks later.

Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration
Trombino was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). His nomination was sent to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 11, 2017. His confirmation hearing took place on October 5, 2017. The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works was scheduled to vote on his confirmation on October 18, 2017, but that vote was postponed indefinitely.  Trombino withdrew from consideration December 11, 2017, citing family concerns.

His nomination for Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration was not formally withdrawn by President Trump but was instead returned unconfirmed to the President by the U.S. Senate on 3 January 2018 under Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI, paragraph 6.

References

Living people
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)