Bruce Davis:  

Here are some highlights from my Snowy Road Less Traveled...it has a certain Forrest Gump feel to it, except there's no Jenny or Lieutenant Dan. Mylifeinaboutathousandwordsorless: Got a degree in business administration (mainly finance/economics) from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, then graduated cum laude with a masters degree in city management from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. I was a Hatton W. Sumner intern at the City of Denton, Texas (where I produced a demographic report on population trends) and at the East Texas Council of Governments in Kilgore (where I conducted a study on regional county jail conditions). In 1977 I attended an Indy 500 race in Indianapolis, and in 1978 I went to the Dallas-Denver Super Bowl in New Orleans. Had a "crossroads" decision to make in 1978 and elected to join my dad's electrical contracting company instead of going into public administration. I earned a journeyman electrician's license and worked with my dad until 1984, when he retired. Early in 1985 I took a 3-week vacation in Europe and traveled through England, Wales, France, Switzerland, and Austria. I was head of Davis Electric Company and partnered with a cousin until 1988. Decided in 1988 to go into the computer industry. In 1988-89 I took courses at Control Data Institute in Dallas and enrolled in a master of computer science degree program at the University of Texas at Arlington. In 1990 I was hired by Electronic Data Systems and worked as a business systems analyst in Sacramento, California, for a Blue Shield of California account; then in Bedminster, New Jersey, for an AT&T account; and later in Plano, Texas for a Bank One (Chase Bank) account. Became a contract systems analyst in 1995 and worked for various clients in TX/OK including Halliburton, Texas Instruments, Brookshire Grocers, Chase Bank, and Lennox International. Went into semi-retirement in 2001 to assist parents with health issues. After my mom passed away I re-entered the job market...I worked for awhile on a contract in South Carolina...then magically found my way to North Dakota, where I am presently employed as a systems analyst doing claims processing at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota in Fargo (yah sure, you betcha!). Looking forward with eager anticipation to my first bone-rattling, life-threatenin...Expand for more