William Edward Kranhold
Born July 9th, 1957
Attended local Los Angeles Schools in the San Fernando Valley
Attended California State University at Northridge, graduating on the Dean's List with an AA and a BS in Business Administration
Member of the SMA - student marketing association
Archived high recognition for the most successful Business Modeling Workshop score (to that date)
Self taught while attending CSUN: spent all of his non- SMA time in the Engineering Library
- The Mechanics of Solids, Crokers Wave Theory, Williams Filter Design Handbook, Coolums Design Cookbook, Filter Ratio Theory
Started Adept Audio Products with RR Audio while at CSUN, and designed and manufactured Loudspeakers and Preamp for Custom sale
Spent time on the Sales floor with the two best Mentors, Sven and Ken of Car Fidelity. 'Close the Sale, or go home ".
Spent some time with Eli Harrary at Paris Audio, Randy Wilson and WAVE, and started Invisible Sound Systems with Jay Pacey (installations)
Helped start Bass Tech and Bass Plus Engineering services and manufacturing with Michael Davis. Went on to produce thousands of car subwoofers for Retail sales through Metra Inc.
Started Pacific Audio Labs to assist small independent AV companies with thier design and installation problems. This grew into a large installations only business, serving (6) Retailers, in (4) counties.
Hired by House Gadget, went on to raise their sales by 2000% in two years while setting up a step-by-step Job Process Doc with Geore Borghi and an Installers Work Guide and Technicians System Manual for the field staff. Stayed for two and a half years, then went back to raise Pacific Audio Labs to the level it needed to be at to compete with the rest of the Integration world in greater Los Angeles.
That is the story!