Extractions: United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 97-2015 DANIEL F. BRENNAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GTE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Edward F. Harrington, U.S. District Judge Before Torruella, Chief Judge Coffin and Bownes, Senior Circuit Judges Paul M. Stein with whom Thomas O. Moriarty was on brief for appellant. Arthur G. Telegen with whom Michael L. Rosen and Tracey E. Spruce were on brief for appellee. COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge I. Factual Background Brennan began working at GTE in 1973 as a senior technician and later held a series of different engineering positions. In 1986, he accepted a position as an integration and test engineer in the Mobile Subscriber Equipment System ("MSE") division. Created in 1986, the MSE division developed in response to a contract between GTE and the United States Army for a comprehensive communications system. In mid 1992, the division was reorganized and Brennan was assigned to work in the Circuit Switching and Systems Control department, headed by John Van Dolman. His job as an integration and test engineer involved designing and overseeing the MSE testing process.
