Bill O'Connor
1 Historic Courthouse Square, Suite 1
Hendersonville, North Carolina 28792
(828)697-4808 - Fax (828)692-9855
bill.oconnor@hendersoncountync.org
Board of Commissioners
1st term appointed, term expires December 2012
Sworn into Office December 6, 2010
Personal
Born November 4, 1942, Chicago
Married, Three Grown daughters, One Granddaughter
Now live between Horse Shoe and Etowah, have lived, worked in, and visited 48 states and 39 countries on 4 continents.
I enjoy building furniture; modifying landscapes at the chainsaw level of precision, and reading.
Education
Kelly High School, Chicago, IL, 1960
Patterson Vocational/Technical School (Montgomery, AL), Certificate in Computer Programming, 1967
Western Piedmont Community College, (Morganton, NC), Arts Associate, 1976
Employment
Kool-Aid Stand Conglomerate
4 Stands Manager, 1951-1952
Continental Can Co. 1960
Labor – United Steel Workers, AFL, 1960
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Mail and Freight Handler, 1960
US Air Force
Hospital Clerk, 1961-1965
Gulf Life Insurance
Agent, 1965-1966
Delta Airlines
Ramp Service Agent (Baggage and Fuel), 1966
Rebel Oil Company
Service Station Manager, 1966
Red Taxi,
“Chauffeur”, 1966
Montgomery Advertiser (Newspaper)
Night Watchman, 1966
Elmore Prison, AL
Guard, 1966
Durr Drug Company
Computer Operator/Programmer, 1966-1967
Federal Electric Corp. (ITT)
NASA Contractor, Computer Programmer (Project Apollo), 1967-1968
Deering Milliken, Inc.
Senior Programmer, 1968-1970
Champion Int.
Drexel Heritage Furniture Co.
Programmer/Systems Analyst, 1970-1976
Trend Carpets
Senior Systems Analyst, 1976-1978
American Software, Inc.
Developer/Implementer, 1978-1985
Consulting Services, Inc.
Senior Consultant, 1985-1993
Prism Software Management
Founder, 1993-1995
Hewlett Packard
Senior Consultant - Software and Networks, 1995-1998
Retired, 1998-Present
Civic Activities
Henderson County Board of Commissioners, 2010-Present
Vice-Chairman, 2012
Eisenhower Campaign
Material Distributer, 1952
Etowah-Horse Shoe Small Area Planning Committee,
Assistant to the Members, 2007-2009
Henderson County TEA Party
Founder and General Coordinator, 2009-2012
Western North Carolina Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation,
Co-Founder, 2000-2002
Pearl Harbor Day Commemorative Committee (Hendersonville),
Committee Member, 2007
