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Walter J. Clemensen
“It's a quiet building at three in the morning. The mainframes hum. That's all.”
— Walter J. Clemensen
Walter J. Clemensen was among the original employees of Systems Corp. when the company was established in 1987. Mr. Clemensen was present for the formation of the Mainframe Services division, the hiring of the initial staff, and the early operations conducted from Building 1 in Beige, Kansas. During this period, the company grew from its founding complement to a headcount of eleven full-time employees by August 1988.
In March 1991, Mr. Clemensen’s duties were confined to the Mainframe Services division. The Board of Directors appointed Harold W. Kestrel as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 18, 1991, pursuant to a resolution dated four days prior. The change was noted in the official announcement as reflecting the natural progression of the company’s organizational development. He assumed his current position as overnight mainframe technician in 1992, following a brief period of reassignment within the division.
Mr. Clemensen works four nights a week, from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM, maintaining the division’s equipment during the hours when the building is otherwise unoccupied. His duties include monitoring system logs, performing scheduled maintenance routines, and ensuring that the mainframes continue to hum at the correct frequency. He is rarely seen by day-shift employees. His office, Rm 004 in Building 1, is adjacent to the mainframe room and contains a desk, a chair, and a lamp that has not been replaced since 1992.
Mr. Clemensen does not attend company meetings and has not been photographed for internal communications since 1991. He submits his shift reports via Form 22, placed in the interdepartmental mail tray by 6:15 AM each morning.
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