Brad Helstrom:
CLASS OF 1986
Central High SchoolClass of 1986
Davenport, IA
Brad's Story
Hello All,
After barely passing high school and one year of doing absolutely nothing, I spent four years in the U.S. Army band (yes, they have guitarists in the Army, they just do not have long hair) in Fort Lewis, Washingon (just south of Tacoma). I followed that up with another 10 years in the Illinois National Guard as an artilleryman.
While in the Guard, I completed my first degree in Electrical Engineering and started work right in the QC for Kone (formerly Montgomery Elevator). With Kone, I've seen a lot of Europe (even lived in Finland for a year) and was transferred to Texas, north of Dallas. After three years of Texas and 8 years with Kone, I was ready to get back north and try something new. I took a job at Hamilton Sundstrand in Rockford in 2005. I've been working on the design of Boeing's upcoming 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Quite a change from barely passing Mr F...Expand for more
ritz's Pre-Calc class.
I've recently completed my second degree (MBA from NIU) and have started work on my third and fourth (I hope to complete a Masters in Education and Electrical Engineering by 2011).
I've been active with my music since high school, writing and performing with a band (KFM) in the QC and around Rock Falls for about ten years following my Army time. Some of our stuff is on 'mymusicstream(dot)com/kfm'. Most of my music activity now is geared toward my boys (Nathan [4] and Darrian [2]). They each love to sing and play the drums. Hopefully, one will pick up the guitar.
I finally gave up and got married in 2002, and as stated above, we have two great boys. Both love to golf and to swim. I hope to raise them in the QC, but time will tell.
I can be reached at brad(dot)helstrom(at)yahoo(dot)com as I do have a membership to this site.
Enjoy your day,
Brad
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