Bill Hatfield
When your professional life centers on engineering, your personal life needs something more artistic to balance things out.
For Bill Hatfieldâa certified manufacturing engineering technologistâthat balance has come with guitars. A whole lot of guitars.
A recognized name in local music circles, the Milwaukee native and 1972 Janesville Craig grad started working on and building guitars more than 30 years ago. This came piggy-backed on a 33.5-year career at Janesvilleâs Gilman Engineering/Thyssen Krupp, where he worked a company sponsored-apprenticeship in machine tool operation, print reading, understanding cutting tools, process management and problem solving. Later, he served in supply chain management and purchasing in the product development side of the business.