Alexander W. Crispo is an associate professor in the School of Technology, Purdue University. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in organizational change, and change leadership. Before coming to Purdue Al was employed with the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA Inc) in Lafayette IN. During a 28-year career with ALCOA, he was responsible for operations of one of the world's largest hard alloy extrusion plants. As manager his responsibilities involved all aspects of manufacturing, maintenance, production control, technical sales, and customer service. During his career Al worked in other areas of the organization including quality, packaging, transportation, industrial engineering and human resource management. He had the honor of winning the prestigious Arthur Vining Davis Award for technical excellence, and the Alcoa Research Award for collaboration and team development.