Vice President · 1977 — 2013
Jane Williamson
He was President, and built his name in steel. She was Vice President — and built the company that made the steel possible.
The manager of everything
Vice President · 1977 — 2013
He was President, and built his name in steel. She was Vice President — and built the company that made the steel possible.
The Role
Behind every certified weld and every part machined to the thousandth, there was a desk — and behind that desk, the Vice President of Alron Corporation. She ordered all the material that fed the shop. She ran the payroll that sent every welder and machinist home paid. She did the hiring, and she carried the firing.
If the President built the company's name in steel, she built the company itself: the orders, the people, the rhythm of a business that opened its doors for thirty-six straight years. She was, in the truest sense, the manager of everything — the one who held it all together.
President
The Founder
Certified welder, machinist, and the name on the door. He ran the floor.
Vice President
Jane Williamson
Ordered the material, made the payroll, hired the crew, and ran the office. She ran everything else.
Three Stories
A company is easy to measure in parts shipped. Harder to measure is the person who made the shipping possible. Three of her stories.
The Office
Before a single arc was struck, the work passed across her desk — the steel ordered, the schedule set, the day made possible.
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Payroll & People
She signed the checks and she made the calls — the hiring, the letting-go, the quiet arithmetic of keeping a crew whole.
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Legacy
Thirty-six years of a company are easy to measure in parts shipped. Harder to measure is the person who kept it standing.
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