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James Byrd's Biography

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Full Name:

James 'Jim' W. Byrd

Gender:

Male

Family:

Divorced; 2 Children

Birth Date:

03/14/1954

Birth Place:

Cheyenne, WY

Home City:

Cheyenne, WY

Religion:

Catholic

Attended, Laramie County Community College

Attended, Geology/Geophysics/Computer Science/Psychology, University of Wyoming, 1972-1978

Former Minority Whip, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Candidate, Wyoming State Senate, District 8, 2020

Representative, Wyoming State House of Representatives, District 44, 2009-2019

Candidate, Wyoming Secretary of State, 2018

Minority Caucus Chair, Wyoming State House of Representatives, 2015-2016

Candidate, Wyoming State House of Representatives, District 44, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016

Former Member, Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Former Member, Management Council, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Former Member, Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Capital Financing & Investments, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Legislative Facilities, Technology and Process, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Former Member, Select Committee on Legislative Technology and Process, Wyoming State House of Representatives

Senior Network/System Analyst, Byrd Companies, Limited Liability Company DBA Computer Shop-BiT, 2006-present

Contract Computer Project Manager, Communication Systems Interactive

Senior Technical Marketing & Sales, Aqua Technologies Incorporated, Limited Liability Company, 2012-2013

Senior Business Analyst, Computer Shop, 2009-2011

Business & Systems Analyst, Computer Network Services, Limited Liability Company, 1990-2005

Exploration Geophysicist Technician, British Petroleum Amoco, 1979-1986

Exploration Geophysicist Technician, Compagnie Générale de Géophysique, 1979-1984

Chair/President, Southeast Wyoming Economic Development District (SWEDD), 2011-present

Awards:

High Tech and Skilled labor recruitment.
Maintain low personal tax structure. No personal state income tax.
Maintain high quality state government services in the face of shrinking energy tax revenues.
Maintain and raise the high educational standards and the fiscal support for those in the classrooms.
Promote Wyoming culture as the benchmark for civility, and the definition of community.

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