Owner, Helwig Industries DBA WigJig
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Vice President at Helwig Industries
- Past
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- Vice President at NewWorldApps, Inc
- Lab Manager at Bell Atlantic Long Distance
- Senior Consultant at H&H Computer Group & Helwig Industries
- VP of Telecom & Internetworking at US Internetworking 1998
- Vice President of Engineering at Digex
- Director of Telecommunications Planning & Design at Marriott International
- Senior Telecommunications Engineer at U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Senior Engineer/Manager at Martin Marietta Corporation
- Operations Officer at U.S. Navy
- Education
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- University of Washington
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- University of Washington
- Connections
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6
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- Industry
- Retail
- Websites
Gary Helwig’s Summary
After 8 years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy, Gary Helwig left the Navy to become a telecommunications engineer. He spent 20 years as a telecommunications engineer designing and implementing communications networks. Mr Helwig was actively involved in many Internet Start-Up Companies and was both a member of senior management and a key technology asset in designing the Internet infrastructure for those companies.
When the Internet Bubble burst in 2000, Gary Helwig left the Internet arena to work in the family business making and selling jewelry making tools. Mr. Helwig currently holds three patents for jewelry tools and works exclusively managing and updating the http://www.wigjig.com web site.
Gary Helwig’s Specialties:
RCDD, making jewelry with wire and beads, developing highly survivable Internet infrastructure.
Gary Helwig’s Experience
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Vice President
Helwig Industries
(Retail industry)
1997 — Present (12 years )
Responsible for management and operations of one of the leading E-Commerce sites selling wireworking, jewelry tools and supplies.
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Vice President
NewWorldApps, Inc
(Retail industry)
January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)
VP of Network Design for Internet start-up company selling managed, Internet connected server services to software development companies seeking to deliver their application over the Internet. Responsible for networking infrastructure and selection of Internet Service Providers and co-location vendors. (NewWorldApps, Inc.)
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Lab Manager
Bell Atlantic Long Distance
(Retail industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
Laboratory. Responsible for lab design and implementation through acceptance testing. Responsible for Lab Staffing plan and hiring and mentoring all lab staff. Lab included all BALD services to include voice, two 5ESS switches, frame relay, ATM, Internet, and all the OSS's necessary to support management, billing and administration of those services.
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Senior Consultant
H&H Computer Group & Helwig Industries
(Retail industry)
December 1998 — November 1999 (1 year )
Consultant to nationwide ISP supporting implementation of DSL as access approach for customers. (H&H Computer Group)
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VP of Telecom & Internetworking
US Internetworking 1998
(Retail industry)
January 1997 — January 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Vice President of Telecom and Internetworking for start-up Internet managed applications provider. Hired within months of inception, and responsible for all telecommunications and networking staffing, design, implementation and operations. Defined staffing requirements and hired personnel. Developed unique BGP-4 peering relationship with 6 ISPs. (US Internetworking)
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Vice President of Engineering
Digex
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year )
Responsible for planning and implementing telecommunications infrastructure for this nationwide ISP. Participated in negotiations with major telecommunications providers.
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Director of Telecommunications Planning & Design
Marriott International
(Public Company; MAR; Hospitality industry)
1993 — 1997 (4 years )
Responsible for the design of Marriott's new telecommunications infrastructure connecting the central data and reservations computers to all hotel properties. Responsible for the design and implementation of secure connection between Marriott International and the Internet.
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Senior Telecommunications Engineer
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)
January 1991 — January 1993 (2 years 1 month)
Senior Telecommunications engineer working on a variety of telecommunications projects including designing the cable plant for a new building and supervising it's installation and connecting the NRC to the Internet in a secure manner.
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Senior Engineer/Manager
Martin Marietta Corporation
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
January 1985 — January 1991 (6 years 1 month)
Senior engineer and manager for a variety of telecommunications projects including design and implementation of the company's telecommunications engineering lab and work as hardware engineering manager on a Government telecommunications project.
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Operations Officer
U.S. Navy
(Retail industry)
June 1971 — March 1979 (7 years 10 months)
responsible for budgeting, operations and maintenance of shipboard computer and communications systems on a destroyer, including personnel management of a department of 60 officer and enlisted personnel.
Gary Helwig’s Education
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University of Washington
BS , Physical Oceanography , 1967 — 1971
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Sigma Phi
NROTC
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Illinois Institute of Technology
N/A , Physics , 1966 — 1967
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity
NROTC
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University of Washington
Bachelor of Science , Physical Oceanography
Additional Information
Gary Helwig’s Websites:
Gary Helwig’s Interests:
Jewelry tools, jewelry wire, beads, jewelry making tools, jewelry supplies, jewelry making supplies
Gary Helwig’s Honors:
Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), Author "Wonderful, Wearable Wire", Author "Designing with Wire". Currently hold three patents
Gary Helwig’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
