Posted on Jan 19, 2016
Retired executive funds initiative to help employ veterans
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Joe Fairbanks rose to the top during three decades in the technology sector that included long stints at IBM Corp. and Canonsburg software firm Ansys.
He studied computer science in college, but Mr. Fairbanks believes the eight years he spent in the U.S. Navy after high school was the experience that laid the groundwork for his career success.
“That’s where I gained the attributes such as a work ethic, personal responsibility and teamwork,” he said about his time serving on a destroyer ship in Norfolk, Va., and working as a Navy recruiter in Trenton, N.J.
What he took away from military service has also informed how Mr. Fairbanks is allocating a charitable fund that he and his wife, Marti-ann, established at the Pittsburgh Foundation in 2014 after he retired from Ansys.
Joe Fairbanks rose to the top during three decades in the technology sector that included long stints at IBM Corp. and Canonsburg software firm Ansys.
He studied computer science in college, but Mr. Fairbanks believes the eight years he spent in the U.S. Navy after high school was the experience that laid the groundwork for his career success.
“That’s where I gained the attributes such as a work ethic, personal responsibility and teamwork,” he said about his time serving on a destroyer ship in Norfolk, Va., and working as a Navy recruiter in Trenton, N.J.
What he took away from military service has also informed how Mr. Fairbanks is allocating a charitable fund that he and his wife, Marti-ann, established at the Pittsburgh Foundation in 2014 after he retired from Ansys.
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