Alan Davis:  

Life After Sunnyslope I went straight into the Army. I spent 3 years in Germany where I had some great life experiences and created lots of memories. But when my tour ended I realized that the military life wasn't for me, so I returned to Phoenix. There was one thing that happened to me in basic training that's stuck with me ever since. When I got off the bus in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, the drill seargent hollered "David Davis" (my first name) when calling role. Rather than correct the drill sergeants (and take the punishment that went along with it), I started going by my first name (Dave). When I first separated from the military, it seemed I had 2 distinct lives; the life before the Army and the life after. Now, everyone calls me Dave... But I still answer to Al or Alan. Next, I went to AZ Tech to learn the trade of computer programming. Eventually, I started working at Miller Computing and became one of the small group (or so it seemed) of technical folks in Phoenix working on Prime computers. Over the next 3 - 4 years ('83 - '87) I worked at 3 different companies in Phx doing programming, systems administration and some training and education. Then I went off and did some consulting in Manhattan (...Expand for more