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.