I knew Jon from his time in the Production Planning and Logistics department.  In that time, the Planning depart was extremely busy and complicated.  Jon’s role was to plan production for our domestic facilities and to integrate all export requirements into our factory schedules.   Jon was a perfect fit for this assignment.  He was very smart,  had a great network of contacts across the organization and was able to create optimized production plans out of very complex / changing information.   In addition to his smarts, Jon had a great sense of humor.  Even in difficult times, Jon always had a story or comment that filled the room with smiles.  Many of the people that worked for Jon ended up having long, successful careers in production planning.  Jon was the one that taught them the ropes and created a significant amount of the infrastructure that is still in use today.