Experience

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  • Owner

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  Wolf Creative Photography

  • Owner

    • Jan 2005 - Present

    I photograph and process the photos.

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  Wolf Electronics, Inc.

  • Los Gatos, CA

  • President

    • 1981 - 1996
    • Los Gatos, CA

    I managed Wolf Computer, Wolf Promotions and Wolf Creative Photography.

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  Wolf Computer

  • Los Gatos

  • President

    • 1981 - 1995
    • Los Gatos

    Founded and grew the company with a focus on marketing. Sold, serviced and installed computer systems. Focussed on corporate accounts. Became largest dealer of HP computers at one time. Handled HP personal and mini-computers, Apple, Digital, IBM, Eagle, Commodore, Otrona and many other brands. Had annual sales of over $2 million per month in the 90s.

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  GTE

  • Mt. View, CA

  • Operations Manager, Western Division

    • 1978 - 1981
    • Mt. View, CA

    The division was in trouble because of its overhead and other costs. I was brought in as a Turn-Around-Specialist to reduce the costs of Operations. I laid of 1000 of the 2000 people in Operations without reducing its output. The division thrived as a result of the improved efficiency.

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  Western Microwave

  • Los Gatos, CA

  • Past CEO

    • 1975 - 1978
    • Los Gatos, CA

    I was a Turn-Around-Specialist for Bank of America. They gave the Board of Directors of Western Microwave an ultimatum; either turn management of the company over to me or enter bankruptcy.I rescued the company by closing 3 of its 4 divisions and selling the company campus. Bank of America got paid and the company still exists.

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  ESL, Inc.

  • Mountain View, CA

  • Vice President

    • 1971 - 1975
    • Mountain View, CA

    I was brought in as a Turn-Around-Specialist to diversify the company. The company consisted of many very bright people working on government intelegence programs. This included study, intelegence analysis, other company project oversight, etc. The diversification desired was to produce hardware to satisfy the intelegence needs of America. After two years, 1/2 of the revenue was in my division that produced hardware for the intelegence community.

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  GTE

  • Manager of Product Engineering

    • 1967 - 1971

    Responsible for all Product Engineering of the Western Division. Major accomplishment was the introdiction of Computer Aided Design which significantly reduced the time from concept to production of the many specialized systems the division produced.

  • Manager of Electroptics Research and Development

    • 1966 - 1967

    I was brought in as a Turn-Around-Specialist to help reorganize the Research and Development Laboratories of the Western Diviision. I suggested a reorganization and then became the Manager of one of the Laboratories. We pioneered the use of fiber optics in communications. As a result, GTE became the leader in wide band telephone service.

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  Textron

  • Belmont, CA

  • Manager of Electronic Engineering

    • 1963 - 1966
    • Belmont, CA

    I was brought in as a Turn-Around-Specialist to add electronics products to the Dalmo Victor Division. It was primarily a mechanical manufacturing plant producing very complex radar antenaes. I brought in the contract for the F-111 Defense System; thus tranforming the division into primarily electronics production.

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  GE

  • Manager of Space Radar Engineering

    • 1960 - 1963

    I was brought in to turn around a engineering section. My revitelized section obtained two development contracts which evolved into $100,000,000 each during the life of the production phase.

  • Project Manager at the Advanced Electronics Center at Cornell University

    • 1958 - 1960

    Was the Project Manager of a study to develop stealth technology for the Air Force. Modern stealth airplanes now utilize the techniques I recommended.

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  Bell Telephone Laboratories

  • Whippany, New Jersey

  • Member of Technical Staff

    • 1953 - 1958
    • Whippany, New Jersey

    Designed a computer for the Navy ship to air missile system that determined the time to launch the missile to obtain maximum effectiveness. This was an analog computer using vacuum tubes and was as big as a refrigerator.

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  Engineering Consulting

  • Grand Forks, ND

  • Engineer

    • 1952 - 1953
    • Grand Forks, ND

    Under the supervision of a Licensed Professional Engineer, I designed the new power distribution system for North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnisota. The new massive electric capacity built around the big coal mines in North Dakota required a new way to get the power to the users.

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  Radio Station

  • Grand Forks, ND

  • Commercail Radio Engineer and Disc Jockey

    • 1951 - 1952
    • Grand Forks, ND

    As a licensed commercial radio operator, I kept 3 different radio stations on frequency and within proper modulation. This was necessary so as to keep the stations from interferring with other stations. Since I was on duty late at night when there was nobody else at the station, I also had to serve as disc jockey and advertising pitching.

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  University of North Dakota

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Budge Hall Janitor

    • 1949 - 1950

    The job was to keep the residence hall bath rooms clean and fresh. An especially distasteful job on Sundays, the morning after the inexperienced students got sick from too much alcohol. However, the pay of one meal of all I could eat per day was what kept me alive.

  • Dishwasher

    • 1948 - 1949

    I was on a team of 4 students who pre-washed all the dishes and loaded them into a dishwashing machine in the central dinning hall. The pay of one all-you-can-eat meal a day was well deserved.

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  United States Post Office

  • Hazen, ND

  • Postal Clerk

    • Aug 1947 - May 1948
    • Hazen, ND

    Most of my time was spent sorting mail by hand and placing it intorented mail boxes. I would also sell stamps as required.The most exciting part of the job was the 45 calibre six shooter that was mounted under the counter and aimed at the customer belly. I case of a robbery, I could simply reach down to the gund and pull the trigger. It would fire through the wood panel between me and the customer.I got the job because of my high score on the Civil Service exam, however, I thin my being an expert with a gun was also a factor.The pay was the highest of any employee in the town. I saved a lot of money in order to start college the fall of 1948

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  Hazen Drug Store

  • Hazen, ND

  • Soda Jerk

    • Sep 1945 - Jun 1946
    • Hazen, ND

    Every evening after school, I rushed to the drug store to man the soda fountain while the high school students were streaming from the high school to the down town and right by the drug store. The store was very popular because the ice cream cones were only 5 cent each. An extra big scoop would usually get me a penny tip; a big addition to the 50 cents a day I was paid.

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  Hazen Lumber Yard and Hardware Store

  • Hazen, ND

  • Bookkeeper

    • Sep 1945 - Jun 1946
    • Hazen, ND

    My job was to maintain the books, including the inventory, of the big enterprise. The entries piled up all day and after school I worked until all the entries were completed. This was a double entry system in a ledger. No computer. However, the cash register did retain a record of every sale.I made big money. 50 cents an hour and on a big day I worked 3 or 4 hours.I got the job when the owner came to the high school and asked the bookkeeping teacher which girl was the best bookkeeper. He needed somebody reliable and accurate. The teacher asked him if he had a problem with a male bookkeeper. He anwered he had problem and did not believe there were any. The teacher recommended me as the most accurate. I was also the most reliable since without a job I did not eat.

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  Hanewald and Weigum

  • Hazen, ND

  • Furnace Man

    • Sep 1944 - Jun 1945
    • Hazen, ND

    My job was to shovel coal into the furnace of the big department and grocery store at midnight and again at 6 AM. It got to be 30 below zero Fahrenheit at night and unless the furnace was fed coal the grocerys would freeze and in the morning the the customers would freeze. Because I was homeless, unbeknownst to Bill Hanewald, I slept on the floor next to the furnace in the cellar of the store. My pay was 50 cents a day.