Looking Back
Get to Know Sterling Silver Club Member Hanley Wong
This summer , we are excited to introduce our featured Sterling Silver Club member , Hanley Wong . You may recognize him from the newest Senior Care Plus television commercial that has been airing locally since last October . Hanley happens to be a former employee of Renown Health and worked in the information technology ( IT ) department for 13 years . Today , he is enjoying his retirement here in northern Nevada along with occasional trips to visit his family .
Looking Back
Hanley was born in San Francisco in 1944 . He was in the U . S Army Reserve from 1966-1972 and traveled to various places including North Carolina , Salt Lake City , Long Beach , Hong Kong , and Taiwan . While he was in the U . S . Army Reserve , he also attended college parttime and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1970 with a degree in business administration , emphasis in accounting . Hanley went into the IT field after he gained computer experience through his accounting background . “ I started learning how to program with computers , then became a systems engineer where I did troubleshoot , maintenance and more ,” said Hanley . “ I ’ ve always enjoyed the challenging work in the IT field , and I got to meet all kinds of people .”
Hanley started his first IT job at a small insurance company in San Francisco . He went on to work for the GAP headquarters and met his late wife there , who also worked for the company . They were married for 40 years and had two sons together . The family moved to Reno 21 years ago when Hanley was recruited by Washoe Medical Center , before it became Renown Regional Medical Center . “ My favorite part about working at Renown was the camaraderie in the IT department ; it was like a big family ,” said Hanley . “ I enjoyed making employees happy by solving their computer problems .” In 2005 , Hanley was part of the team that helped install Epic , Renown ’ s electronic medical record system . Through that project , he traveled to a few different conferences and training courses with his team .
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