Bill Bradley:
CLASS OF 1974
Dos Pueblos High SchoolClass of 1974
Goleta, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1979
Santa barbara, CA
Bill's Story
Life
'74-'79 UCSB; memories of H2O Polo, calculus and business economics with an accounting emphasis
'80-'82 CPA career in LA then the Bay Area; married then divorced
'83-'88 worked for a stodgy company by Bay Area standards that dabbled in computer stuff; gained experience as financial accounting manager - Controller of a publicly held company; enjoyed masters swimming and H20 Polo
'89 Married Julie
'90 First son born
'92 Second son born
'94 Went to work for Berkeley Systems, the After Dark screensaver company (flying toasters); hoping the company would go public but not quite enough oomph to make it
'95 Went to work for Insignia Solutions (software allowing Macs to run Windows programs) - went public but based on results should not have - left
'96 Went to work for ...Expand for more
Unwired Planet, employee number 40, software enabling the giant cell phone companies to run internet data services through phones; lots of hours of work, no time for family
'99 Unwired Planet changed name to Phone.com and went public; dot-com high flyer with stratospheric stock prices (Amen!)
'00 Phone.com did a big merger with Santa Barbara company, Software.com, and changed name to Openwave Systems
'01 left OPWV to lead semi-retired life, reconnecting with wife and kids (before kids become teenagers); active in church as Elder and volunteer Director of Business Admin
'02 enjoying dirt motorcycles with kids, mostly trail riding but they fancy themselves as motocross riders
'03 signed up with Classmates to reconnect with old friends!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Bill
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