TROY, Mich. – Meet Sal Trupiano he is the Senior Director of Engineering Services (USA) at QNX Software Systems in Troy who was presented with the ESGR Patriot Award April 20.

Trupiano was nominated by recently retired Navy Reserve Lt. Cmdr. Zhuomin (Mark) Hu, Senior Systems Engineer at Aptiv.

Hu wrote, “Mr. Sal Trupiano was my manager for a long time. He was passionate for the U.S. Navy and supported my Navy duty unconditionally. Not only did he give me much support for my civilian job, such as providing me comp time, staffing the tasks at hand, but also morally supporting me. He kept the team apprised and offered his willing support. Each Veterans Day or Memorial Day, he has always been giving me warm greetings. With his support, I served the Navy until I was 60.”

Thank you, Mr. Trupiano, for your outstanding support of our Service Members. Presenting the award is ESGR Volunteer Fred Kaiser.

Photo 1 from left: Recently retired Lt. Cmder Zhuomin (Mark) Hu, Senior Director Sal Trupiano, ESGR Volunteer Fred Kaiser

Photo 2 from left: Recently retired Lt. Cmder Zhuomin (Mark) Hu, Sal Trupiano (son of awardee), Senior Director Sal Trupiano, George Trupiano (son of awardee), ESGR Volunteer Fred Kaiser