Sram trauert um Urgestein John Cheever

Cheever kam im Jahr 1989 zu Sram als 25 Jahre junger Ingenieur, kurz nach dem die erste Grip Shift auf dem Markt eingeführt wurde. Wie Sram in einem Nachruf schreibt, war Cheever in den 90 für eine Vielzahl von Technologien und Verbesserungen verantwortlich, die zum Erfolg der Grip Shift in den 90er Jahren beitrug. Sein Weg bei Sram ging steil bergauf: Cheever wurde erster Director of Engineering und später Director of Advanced Component Design. Im Jahr 2004 wurde er zum Director of Patents and Technology ernannt.

Den kompletten Nachruf von Sram zum Verlust von John Cheever lesen Sie hier in englischer Sprache:
_„It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of John Cheever, 50, a SRAM leader and dear friend who served with SRAM for 25 years. John passed away in his sleep early Sunday morning after a three-year battle with brain cancer. His wife Janice was at his side at their home in Florida when he passed.
John Cheever made a number of significant contributions to the growth of SRAM over the course of his career. He joined the company as an engineer in 1989 shortly after the introduction of the first Grip Shift. He was 25 years old. He was a natural entrepreneur, a perfect fit, and quickly added value.
John was an inventive and disciplined design engineer, responsible for many of the technologies and refinements that drove the growth of Grip Shift throughout the 90’s. He co-developed the first ESP derailleurs featuring 1:1 cable pull technology. He is either directly responsible for or has contributed significantly to a long list of SRAM patents. On a broader scale, John’s efforts to improve SRAM’s ability to design for mass production, laid the foundation for many of the tools and processes used in product development today. He introduced computer-aided design to SRAM, and was responsible for launching the first seat of Pro-Engineering in 1993. Today there are 75 seats of Pro-E utilized by over 200 engineers in SRAM facilities around the world.
John ultimately became SRAM’s first Director of Engineering. He later became SRAM’s Director of Advanced Component Design, leading that group for 5 years before becoming Director of Patents and Technology in January of 2004. One of John’s most notable attributes as a Senior Manager at SRAM was his willingness to question the status quo.
In addition to his important contributions to our company, John was a great friend to many. He and his wife Janice are a true love story. High School sweethearts married in 1989, they are a notoriously fun couple. Always up for throwing a party, which they often did, they were warm and generous hosts to all of SRAM. They loved music and especially the music scene in Chicago. John was an accomplished musician and singer. With band mates he met in high school they played together for 25 years at parties and small clubs around Chicago.

“We will miss John. He leaves behind a great legacy at SRAM, but more importantly a world of admiring friends and family. We at SRAM are forever lucky to have met, worked and played with this nice man, John Cheever,” said SRAM’s Mike Mercuri._