William P. Bryan serves as an executive vice president at TimkenSteel, responsible for supply chain and information technology.
In this role, he leads a team focused on consistently improving supply chain management, which has been a major contributor to the company’s positive performance and cash flow. Bill also leads the TSB Metal Recycling subsidiary.
Bill most recently held a similar position when the steel business was part of The Timken Company. He joined Timken in 1977, serving in various positions related to supply chain, economics and information technology. One highlight during that time is his implementation of a synchronous flow system with accompanying metrics and processes that delivered inventory savings of 40 percent while improving delivery and lowering manufacturing costs. Bill also has 10 years of experience overseeing European supply chain operations for Timken, including serving three years in Colmar, France.
He is recognized in the supply chain industry, previously serving as chair of i2 Technologies User Group Board and vice president of JDA Software Board, comprised of more than 6,000 member companies in the field. In addition, Bill is active in his local community, serving for more than 25 years on the board of Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio, including as president for two terms and now as vice-chair. He also serves as a Stark Parks Commissioner for the Stark County Parks District.
Bill holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from Kent State University. He completed the Executive Development for Global Excellence (EDGE) program at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
For the past three weeks, Rotarian Mark Clendenin has been making an announcement from the podium regarding his "$50.00 Challenge" to help the victims of the recent Louisiana flooding.
With the support from his fellow Rotarians, a grand total of $1,255.00 was raised!
During the meeting on Friday, September 30, 2016, the Rotary Club of Canton raised a grand total of $504.00 for the Operation Warm Program!!
Many thanks to those who gave a monetary donation to support this worthy cause. 25 children will receive brand new coats due to the generous support of the Canton Rotarians.
At our weekly meeting on September 30, 2016, President Craig Young welcomed the members and guests to the meeting.
President Elect Amanda Tietze provided the invocation.
PE Amanda then welcomed the following guests to the meeting: Brenton Stull (guest of Ryan Parkinson); Gerhardt Zimmermann (guest of Michelle Mullaly) and Julie Nobile.
PE Amanda then stated in the next few days members would be receiving her Charitable Fund letter. Her goal this year is to raise $20k. She also announced a collection bucket was being passed around to collect monetary donations for "Operation Warm". With every $20.00 raised a brand new coat would be purchased to keep a child warm during the upcoming winter months.
The "Happy Bucks" news was then provided by the following:
Ryan Parkinson - was happy for Brett Stull, his co-worker from Time Warner Cable, on the birth of his new daughter;
Mark Clendenin - was pleased the North Canton Police Chief was the speaker for the meeting. He was also very grateful to everyone who participated in his "$50.00 Louisiana Challenge".
Bruce Hale - On October 22nd the "New Member" committee will help install smoke detectors;
Karen Brenneman - was pleased to announce the 75th Anniversary of Hall Kistler which took place on September 20th;
Paul White - was happy to announce the upcoming Red Star Vet Clinic taking place on Sunday from 1-5pm;
Paul Feaser - was very excited for his grandson's golf team. They will be heading to Arizona to compete in the PGA Jr. tournament;
Virginia Neutzling - was happy for the beginning of the upcoming Canton Symphony Orchestra season;
Amanda Tietze - was very happy her son was not injured in a car accident;
Stephanie Werren - was pleased to announce the 30th celebration at the Palace Theatre for Leadership Stark County.
President Craig announced there were PolioPlus forms at each place setting. If you want to make a contribution please turn your form into Lauri/Barb. The office will then insert your Rotary Membership ID#.
The Club's guest, Gerhardt Zimmermann, then took to the podium to discuss the benefit of being vaccinated as well as the continued efforts to eradicate Polio. He relayed that he himself had contracted Polio in his youth and he stated if we do not continue with the efforts being made he sees this disease coming back with a vengeance.
Rotarian Shawn Dougherty then reminded the members about the upcoming Fellowship outing on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at The Canton Brewing Company. There is no cost for attending this event and each individual would be responsible for any food or drinks they want to purchase. Guests and potential new members are welcome.
President Craig then thanked September Speaker Chair Lynn Hamilton for the wonderful speakers he acquired for the month. Lynn then took to the podium to announce and introduce the speaker for the day, North Canton Police Chief Stephen Wilder.
At the conclusion of the meeting, President Craig announced next week's speaker would be Bill Bryan from Timken Steel. He also reminded everyone to mark their calendar for the Fellowship Outing on October 5th beginning at 5:30 pm.
The following Rotarians turned in a makeup during Friday's meeting: Jerry Ortman (Plain); Phil Lattavo (3-Massillon, 2-Canton South); Bob Pattison (North Canton); Dan Fuline (Military Family Center Project).
In 1979, James Bomar Jr., the president of Rotary at the time, traveled to the Philippines as part of Rotary’s earliest work to immunize children against polio. After he had put drops of vaccine into one baby’s mouth, he felt a child’s hand tugging on his trouser leg to get his attention. Bomar looked down and saw the baby’s brother looking up at him, saying earnestly, “Thank you, thank you, Rotary.”
Before Rotary took on the task of polio eradication, 350,000 people – nearly all of them children – were paralyzed by polio every year. That child in the Philippines knew exactly what polio was and understood exactly what Rotary had just done for his baby brother. Today, 31 years after the launch of PolioPlus, the children of the Philippines – and of nearly every other country in the world – are growing up without that knowledge, and that fear, of polio. Instead of 1,000 new cases of polio every day, we are averaging less than one per week. But as the fear of polio wanes, so does awareness of the disease. Now more than ever, it is vitally important to keep that awareness high and to push polio eradication to the top of the public agenda and our governments’ priorities. We need to make sure the world knows that our work to eradicate polio isn’t over yet, but that Rotary is in it to end it.
On 24 October, Rotary will mark World Polio Day to help raise the awareness and the funding we need to reach full eradication. I ask all of you to take part by holding an event in your club, in your community, or online. Ideas and materials are available for download in all Rotary languages at endpolio.org/worldpolioday, and you can register your event with Rotary at the same link. You can also join me and tens of thousands of your fellow Rotarians for a live-streamed global status update at 6 p.m. Eastern time at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. I’ll be there along with CDC Director Tom Frieden, other experts, and inspirational presenters, sharing an inside look at the science, partnerships, and human stories of polio eradication.
It is an incredibly exciting time to be a Rotarian. We are gathering momentum for the final race to the finish: to the end of PolioPlus and the beginning of a polio-free world. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime chance to End Polio Now, through Rotary Serving Humanity.
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William P. Bryan serves as an executive vice president at TimkenSteel, responsible for supply chain and information technology.
During the meeting on Friday, September 30, 2016, the Rotary Club of Canton raised a grand total of $504.00 for the Operation Warm Program!!.jpg)
At our weekly meeting on September 30, 2016, President Craig Young welcomed the members and guests to the meeting.
In 1979, James Bomar Jr., the president of Rotary at the time, traveled to the Philippines as part of Rotary’s earliest work to immunize children against polio. After he had put drops of vaccine into one baby’s mouth, he felt a child’s hand tugging on his trouser leg to get his attention. Bomar looked down and saw the baby’s brother looking up at him, saying earnestly, “Thank you, thank you, Rotary.”