Hanson, who lost 208, 000 Harnischfeger shares in the restructuring, has plenty of incentive to give it a kick.

FORBES: The Big Dig

It wasn't anybody's idea of a dream job when John Nils Hanson, a 59-year-old nuclear engineer from MIT, was named chief executive of Milwaukee-based Harnischfeger, by far the world's largest mining-machine maker.

FORBES: The Big Dig

It wasn't anybody's idea of a dream job when John Nils Hanson, a 59-year-old nuclear engineer from MIT, was named the CEO of Harnischfeger, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by far the world's largest mining-machine maker.

FORBES: The big dig