BOB STOVER
maintenance coordinator, 
ALSTOM Power Conversion

If hard work has its rewards, Bob Stover may be the richest man in Pittsburgh. Stover, 54, has consistently gone above and beyond the call, as a U.S. soldier who earned a Purple Heart in Vietnam, as a coal miner and as a 27-year veteran of Pennsylvania steel mills. 

At ALSTOM, a manufacturer of industrial automation control and drive systems, Stover spends 60 percent of his time doing hands-on maintenance — complex electrical and plumbing projects. The rest is spent overseeing service contracts for landscaping, cleaning and HVAC. He does all that, and then a little more.

He recently saved the company thousands of dollars during a facility expansion and restructuring project. When ALSTOM received pricey estimates for new office furniture, Bob spent off time finding a supplier of quality, economical, slightly used furniture. 

In another instance, he administered CPR to a co-worker who suffered a massive heart attack.

"Bob Stover is the glue that never loses its grip," says company human resources worker Lynn Yohe. "He is the few, the proud, the maintenance man."

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