Brian Bloom:
CLASS OF 1987
Alamogordo High SchoolClass of 1987
Alamogordo, NM
University of Texas Class of 1992
Austin, TX
Brian's Story
Life
I relocated from Vancouver, Washington down into Portland, Oregon, in 2005 which puts me a lot closer to work (thankfully!)
I worked for a small(ish) company named Qsent as an data analyst. We were acquired by TransUnion, one of the big credit bureaus and going through some growth. ;) I've been here since Jan 2005 after working for various small and medium sized companies, including several dot.com ventures...
I am married to an utterly amazing woman named Stephanie who shares my penchant for exploring life...
College
Attended UT-Austin, majored in Electrical & Computer Engineering. Was the president of IEEE-CS and a member of IEEE and Eta Kappu Nu. Also those "mail-in" honor societies like Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma.
Lived in Jester dorm my first year with Ken from "Big D", who shared my same birthday (!). Later moved into my parent's apartment, and then other apartments with roommates (Warner, Blair, Jeff).
Co-oped with DuPont in Beaumont Texas the summer of 1990 and then with National Instruments in Spring and Fall 1991.
Joined the Longhorn Jumping Team (equestrian club) in 1991.
I've since determined that I spent more money on music and concerts while at UT than I did on tuition. :)
Graduated summer of 1992 with a BS defree and moved to Dallas to work for Texas Instruments in September.
Workplace
Here's a summary of the companies/places I've worked for, starting way back in junior high:
International Space Hall of Fame - tour guide/projectionist
Alamogordo Public Library - student libraria...Expand for more
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duPont - co-op'ed in Beaumont, Texas
National Instruments - co-op'ed in Austin, Texas
DTM - a brief summer job working with logic controllers and laser "sinterstations"
Texas Instruments - (Dallas) Worked as a programmer in a fab, then later did computer support and project work for internal help desk
Digital Pilot - (Dallas) My first job as a consultant - worked for IBM, Choice Homes, and a few other smaller projects
RBA International - (Vancouver) Another consultant job, albeit brief.
Best Consulting, later renamed Venturi Technology Partners - (Portland) Consultant working at Hollywood Video, and US Bank
AbleCommerce - (Vancouver) Programmer, then later Customer Service manager for a small eCommerce dotcom. Got laid off the week after 9/11.
Vector SCM - (Portland) Lead web developer for a major logistics tracking project, got downsized as company re-orged.
Comotiv - (Portland) Initially took a part-time intern job while taking some college classes towards a masters, then later became fulltime. Customer Services Manager, then Product Engineer, then Customer Services Manager again. (Lot of shuffling within company)
Qsent - (Portland) Data Analyst for great data services company that recently was acquired by TransUnion.
In between there I did some freelancing as "Mooman Webworks" and also helped a friend's company in Dallas area called "Remit Plus".
There ya have it.. Lots of change, but can still claim that I've never been fired.. just happened to work for a few high-risk companies that ran into tough times.
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