Joe Hawranek
Hometown:
Raised in Virginia Resides in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Education:
High School: Richmond and Falls Church, VA, Lettered in basketball (Cathedral High School), football (Falls Church) College: Virginia Military Institute (VMI), lettered in swimming; University of Virginia BS EE, MBA (Darden); Univ. PA, (Wharton), Ph.D. Economics and Business Military:
Served as an Officer in USAF, Cape Canaveral Minuteman Launch Team. Participated in over 50 launches.
Career:
IBM, Retired as a Global Services Management Consultant in Banking Industry. My 40 years, included a 20 year stretch where I left IBM and worked for other high tech companies such as National Semiconductor; California Microwave; Honeywell; Telxon Corp, a handheld computer manufacturer; and Raven Communications consulting (Owner) as an IT communications network consultant. Have experience as an engineer, software developer, manager, product marketing manager; as an executive as VP, President and CEO.
Retired in 2007: Retired from IBM in Scottsdale, AZ, then moved to Las Cruces, NM where I co-founded a TEA party that has a website, www.lcsonsofliberty.com. This TEA Party focuses on educating the public on the Constitution and the principles used by the founding fathers of this nation. Currently, the site gets about 5,000 inquiries/day and has 10,000 Twitter followers. I experienced a poor investment performance in the 2008 stock market and decided to change my focus to online marketing and making money from home Wealth Masters International: M3 Consultant – Wealth Masters Millionaire Operating System - My efforts in online marketing rather than consulting that would have required extensive travel led me to Wealth Masters International where I found an organization focused on the things that matched my interests and abilities. In particular, WMI focuses on financial education for individuals that leads to strategies where investments can be made to create wealth. WMI is appealing to me because of its focus. I have found that the product mix is broad and the M1 product provides a lot of value. I took the M1 program and then studied it. It is impressive since no matter what your background, you will learn things that are useful in your daily life in the areas of Wealth creation and preservation, Health preservation and areas of Wisdom required for intelligent investing. Also, my analysis concluded that the founders and management are honest successful entrepreneurs that are sincerely interested in making Members successful entrepreneurs. I liked the idea of learning from a group of entrepreneurial millionaires so I made the commitment and joined.
Family:
Joe lost his first wife due to sickness after 33 years of marriage. We raised 3 boys. He met and married his second wife, a widow with 3 children. They have now been married for 15 years. They have 9 grandchildren. They also have two miniature Dachshunds, Freckles and Bandit, who they treat as members of the family. Purpose: Joe has a deep knowledge of economics, finance and investment disciplines that he would like to use to help others during these very trying investment times. He would also like to use his experience in management and leadership training to give back and help others in their pursuit of financial and personal success. He has created a Blog, www.jpfinancialeducation.com where he posts a new article (10-20 pages each) on the investment environment of Politics and the Economy every 3-4 weeks. About Joe: Joe worked for large high technology firms for 30 years and for himself with his own high technology consulting firm for 10 years. His leadership and foresight helped bring many products to market. Some of these products have become used throughout the world. Joe is a proven entrepreneur in that he created a number of organizations within and outside large companies to successfully conceive, develop, manufacture and bring products to market. He enjoys being with and helping bright motivated people who want success. Now is the time to share this life experience wisdom with others who believe in themselves and who could possibly use a little guidance from an “experienced hand”
