Conservative Activist / Researcher / Author : SurgeUSA.org  - January 2009 to date

Bruce Donnelly set up SurgeUSA.org on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009 as a personal initiative in anticipation of the harmful economic and other policies of the incoming Obama administration and the new Democratic leadership in Congress.  The goal was to help limit the damage prior to 2010 elections.

It was already obvious that "elections have consequences", and that the economic and foreign policy consequences were going to be very bad for a long time.  His experience in the planning of business growth projects, economic development, job creation, and new business location decisions worldwide provided confidence only that Obama's tenure would soon prove to be even worse than Carter's.

SurgeUSA.org was set up to help conservatives across the country to connect with each other and share ideas about what works in practice to achieve better outcomes.  Individuals still have the power as "we the people" to influence their government and avoid harmful changes even if the Republican Party does not have enough votes in Congress on their own to stop radical changes until at least 2011.

Instead of creating yet another blog, network, or PAC to compete for members, donations, and influence from a top-down national perspective, the idea was to empower individual conservatives through many useful links, social networking opportunities, and custom search tools to become more actively engaged at the state and local level, regardless of party affiliation.  That soon included support for "grassroots" initiatives such as the Tea Party movement and the 9/12 project.

Rather than developing a narrow focus on a single issue, the plan was to serve as a resource for many individual conservatives to find what interests them and work locally as volunteers with others who share those interests.  As with the Tea Party tactics, conservatives needed to be actively "silent no more", rather than to be relegated to the futility of complaining from the back bench like the "loyal opposition" in a parliamentary system.  It was basically a counter-insurgency strategy and call to action for local resistance to quickly get organized and stop the radicals to restore the principles of limited government.

President, Global Direct Investment Solutions - September 2001 to date

Bruce set up Global Direct Investment Solutions in September 2001 as a "concierge service" to introduce senior executives to relevant professional advisors, information resources, and economic development professionals for the planning of capital investment projects anywhere.

He recognized the unmet need to create a more effective online and personal referral marketplace to bring corporate executives, professional service providers, and economic development representatives together to develop major business growth projects faster and better.

He invested over a decade of professional experience in this niche, plus new research and relationship development work, before launching the business as the economy recovered from recession in 2004.

Within 3 years, the websites set up for this referral work were attracting 50,000+ visitors per month - more than magazines in this niche market which had been circulating for the last 20 - 40 years.

International background since 1980 includes many "war stories" from diverse personal experiences.