President
Web Master
Peter Visel was raised in a large family from the midwest whom believed in serving their country. His father was an aeronautical machinist with the Navy during WWW II. His oldest brother Rob, served with the Marines in Okinawa, second and third oldest brothers served with the Army in Viet Nam, while two of his younger brothers served in the Air Force, one graduating from the AF Academy and spent his career tracking satellites and surveliance (as does his wife-whom outranked him when he retired) and the other, a heavy equipment operator in England. One of his older sisters served as a nurse in the Army, assigned to the US Army Hospital, Augsburg, Germany at the same time Peter was assigned to the HQ, US Army Medical Command, Europe. Peter's wife, Candy, served with the Navy. Current totals: Navy - 2, Marines -1, Air Force - 3, Army - 4. Go Army!
Peter served from 1971 through 1977, had his orders for Viet Nam recinded with the phase-down, and spent the next 6 years in Europe with the Operations and Intelligence Division of the HQ, US Army Medical Command Europe, the Chief Surgeon's Office (Heidelberg, Germany) and a short stint in between HQ commands with the 45th Field Hospital (on the Italian Riviera). He served as a liaison between the State Department and the General Hospital units providing medical care for special foreign nationals (heads of state, etc). He worked on special projects consolidating medical care for the Army and Air Force in Europe and the Middle East following the end of doctor draft after the Viet Nam phase-down, and also served as the Nuclear Surety Liasion between the Chief Surgeon and the Commander in Chief, US Army Europe, as part of the Nuclear Surety Program, which tracked medical coverage and accessibility for units working with nuclear weapons.
Peter is currently the Business Development and Marketing Manager for Santa Maria Software, an industry leader specializing in providing dealer management software to the PowerSports and motorcycle industries.
Previously,
Mr. Visel served for ten years as the Information Systems Manager, Facilities & Operations Manager, for the world's largest provider of research antibodies, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, with locations in Santa Cruz and Paso Robles, California and Heidelberg, Germany. During his tenure, Mr. Visel retained overall responsibilty for all corporate IT operations to include multiple web sites which accounted for over a million hits every day.
In 1990, Peter founded SeeWord Technology, a Value Added Reseller, providing on-site sales and service for Apple Computer products. Mr. Visel served as part owner and General Manager of The User Group Store, Soquel, California, part of the User Group Connection, an organization spun off from Apple Computer, which provided support for Apple affinity groups and developed an online catalog.
Peter Visel was also the owner and founder of a part time business, SeeWord Graphics, in Santa Cruz, California during 1986-1988. It started as a hobby and he concentrated on the Desktop Publishing market designing brochures, marketing materials, business helps, for friends and family. The hobby grew as a direct result of technical advances by Apple Computer and his association with companies such as Adobe. Due to his reputation with his peers and support he developed during those years, he felt there was a real need to reorganize the business to a more technical side of desktop publishing and SeeWord Technology was born in the early part of 1990.
Peter is an avid world wide traveller, whether it was for work or pleasure. He has lived, not just in the United States, but spent five years living in Germany and two in Italy. During his life span, his passport has been stamped in over 76 different countries and his size 11 shoes have kicked up the dust in 48 of the United States. It's a small world, after all!
Mr. Visel recently has been certified by the National Registry of Food Safety Professionals as a Certified Food Safety Manager.
Peter and his wife Candy have raised three daughters and two sons. This past year, became proud grandparents for the first time. Although their kids have grown and left home, the "empty nest" syndrome is no more. He and his wife enjoy raising exotic birds & fowl, expecially the talking and squawking kind. Several of their birds have become quite the characters. New born chicks, talking, singing and whistling birds have filled their home with more noises than kids ever could. If you ever wonder why they might be hard of hearing... now you know.
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