Bruce N. Bankston

Bruce N Bankston has been a Real Property Appraiser (Trainee, license # T01286) in the state of Alabama since April 2003. Mr. Bankston has worked directly under the supervision of Thomas Bealle of Thomas Bealle Associates Inc. and currently is focused on real property in Baldwin County, Alabama. Mr. Bankston is a native of Baldwin County and a graduate of Baldwin County High School class of 1979.

Employment History:

2003 – Present: Real Estate Appraiser, Trainee for Thomas Bealle Associates, Inc. Mobile Alabama. With an office located in Gulf Shores, Mr. Bankston is responsible for all real property appraisal requests for the Baldwin County area.

2000 – 2003: Director of sales and marketing and system design engineer for Sestec Communications. Sestec Communication was a start-up voice over the internet (VoIP) long distance telephone company located in Mobile Alabama. Sestec Communications originated and terminated long distance calls via the internet. Mr. Bankston along with two other employees began operation in March of 2000. With-in two years Sestec Communications had grown into a company with customers from California to the Middle East including Turkey, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Sestec Communications was routing million of minutes of long distances calls a month. Sestec Communications was sold in January 2003.

1999 – 2000: Systems Design Engineer for Actel Communications. Actel Communication started operations in 1999 as a new Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC design to compete against the local Bell telephone companies in Mobile Alabama. Mr. Bankston’s responsibilities included a close working relationships with the Actel’s sales team, system design and network compatibility between the customers network and Actel Communication’s network, a supervised no down-time migration from the Bell operating network to Actel’s network.

1997 – 1999: Project Manager for KMC Telecom. KMC Telecom started operations in May 1997 as a new Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLEC design to compete against the local Bell telephone companies in the Pensacola Florida area. Mr. Bankston’s responsibilities included a close working relationships with the KMC sales team, system design and network compatibility between the customers network and KMC Communication’s network, a supervised no down-time migration from the Bell operating network to Actel’s network. Mr. Bankston was the second member employed in the Pensacola office and personally directed each customer from BellSouth operations to KMC operations. The KMC Pensacola office was billing approximately $14 million a month in sales by the end of 1999.

1988 – 1997: Telecommunications Operations Manager / Technician. MircoComm and the USA Medical Center, Mobile Alabama. Mr. Bankston responsibilities included all working aspects of the telephone switch for the University of South Alabama Medical Center Duties included all add moves and changes and scheduled maintenance for the 2400 line telephone switch. Responsibilities also included maintenance for the voice-mail system and over all billing for the different medial departments.

1984 – 1988: Telecom Technician and radar operator for Department of Defense U.S. Marshall Islands.

1979 – 1984: United States Air Force: Staff Sergeant E-5 with two Air Force Commendation medals awarded for superior service and leadership skills while stationed at Clark Air Force base in the Philippines 1980 – 1983 and 1983 – 1984 while serving at Sewon Air Force Base Korea1979 – Graduated from Baldwin County High School, Bay Minette, AL.

Courses completed through various schools:

Fundamentals of Real Estate Appraisal (Alabama Assoc. of Real Estate Appraisers, 2003)

Introduction to the Sales Comparison Approach (Alabama Assoc. of Real Estate Appraisers, 2003)

Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (Alabama Assoc. of Real Estate Appraisers, 2003)

National USPAP Update Course (Career Web School, 2005).

Successfully completed the following classes through the Appraisal Institute:

Professional Guide to the Uniform Residential Appraisal Report (Sept.,2005).
Online Internet Search Strategies for Real Estate Appraisers (Sept.,2005).
Online Residential Design and Functional Utility (Sept.,2005).