{"id":9418,"date":"2022-06-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/?p=9418"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:14:10","slug":"greenh2work-plugs-longest-term-employee-gregory-migirditch-reflects-on-time-at-plug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/greenh2work-plugs-longest-term-employee-gregory-migirditch-reflects-on-time-at-plug\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenH2@Work: Plug\u2019s Longest-Term Employee Gregory Migirditch Reflects on Time at Plug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Gregory Migirditch of Latham said he remembers his first day as a Plug employee clearly. He and 21 of his colleagues from Mechanical Technology Inc. were pulled into a conference room with Plug\u2019s first CEO Gary Mittleman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe told us about the expectations of the new company and what Plug Power was going to be,\u201d Migirditch said. \u201cWe were all very excited to be a part of this adventure. From that room, we could see that the future was going to be bright.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plug was created in 1997 as a joint venture between MTI and Detroit Edison. MTI, a research and development company, moved 22 employees to Plug to advance the work on fuel cell applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n