ATHLETIC SUCCESSES:
Bryan attended Purdue University for two years on a football scholarship, and then transferred to Indiana State where he finished his collegiate athletics career on a track scholarship. The speed and explosiveness needed in these two sports is a natural fit for bobsled, so Bryan was invited to try out for the bobsled National Team. He made the team and competed for the next 10 years, qualifying for the Olympic Teams in 1992, 1994 and 1998 as a member of the four-man sled.

CAREER PATH:
After graduating in 1991, Bryan worked for Anheuser Busch in California while training, and he spent several summers bartending. He soon moved to Atlanta and took a job with Coca-Cola. However, all of these jobs were short-term, due to a training schedule that took him to Europe from October through March each year. Eventually he interviewed with IJL Wachovia, where he currently works as a fee based financial advisor.

BRYAN'S WORDS OF WISDOM:
"If you need to find work while you're training, look for a job that has long-term opportunity for you. When I was training, I was always thinking in the short-term, 'How can I make money in between training seasons?' When you're 100% focused on the Games, it's tough to think ahead and even consider what you'll want to do when you retire from competition. But, it's worth it to develop long-term goals and to try to work for a company where you can build lasting relationships. That way, when you retire from your sport, you will have started creating some history and developing skills within a company, which makes the transition much more natural."

"Transitioning from an athletic to a professional career is tough, because it's no longer easy to measure your level of 'success.' In athletics, results are easily measured. You can beat the clock, score a goal, win a race, etc. In the working world, you can no longer see those short-term results, which can be frustrating. Athletes thrive on results, and it's sometimes hard to assess your own performance in a group work environment."