Dick Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe has more than 30 years experience in the appraisal industry, including the last 22 years working directly in the mass appraisal sector for government jurisdictions. He is presently directly responsible for maintaining customer relations for all of Komtek Systems Corporation’s current Kansas County Government clients.
Mr. Wolfe began his appraisal career as a staff appraiser for several financial institutions in the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana tri-state region. In 1980 he relocated to Colorado and formed the Wolfe Appraisal Company. In 1988 Mr. Wolfe relocated to the New England region and began employment in the mass appraisal field. Subsequently, Mr. Wolfe accepted a position as regional manager for Finnegan and Associates Reevaluation Firm with overall responsibilities for all the corporation’s projects in the Connecticut, New York, and Western Massachusetts area. These projects included the complete reevaluation of the Connecticut towns of Southington, Vernon, Simsbury, and Waterbury, the Massachusetts towns of Stockbridge and Chicopee, and the New York towns of Colonie and Bethlehem. In 1993 Finnegan and Associates was acquired by Cole, Layer, and Trumble Company and Mr. Wolfe worked as project manager for the town of Farmington, Connecticut.
During his years in the reevaluation business Mr. Wolfe had supervisory responsibilities for projects that had as few as 9 employees to as many as 56 full time staff. He also gained experience and expertise with several different computer assisted mass appraisal software applications and platforms. In 1994 Mr. Wolfe was hired by Computer Information Concepts (CIC) of Greeley, Colorado to supervise and manage support and training of the company’s Colorado County Government clients. During his employment with CIC Mr. Wolfe held several positions of increasing responsibility until the time of his departure in the spring of 2003. At that time Mr. Wolfe was the project leader for all of CIC’s County Government clients, including 20 Kansas Counties that were utilizing the Komtek Tax Administration, Fund Accounting, and Payroll systems.
Since April of 2003 Mr. Wolfe has held his present position of Manager, Customer Relations for Komtek Systems Corporation. His responsibilities have included maintaining adequate customer satisfaction levels for all of Komtek’s Kansas County customers. Mr. Wolfe is also currently responsible for primary support and training of the 200+ employees in 29 offices of the 9 Kansas Counties utilizing the Komtek software applications. Mr. Wolfe is considered by many as an expert on Kansas tax administration laws and statutes. He is frequently contacted for consultation on procedures and processing requirements by staff members of the Appraiser, Clerk, and Treasurer Offices in all of Komtek’s Kansas County customers.