Bruce is currently active in several businesses and other activities part time, having left full time employment in 2003. He began his career in programming and programming management, and after ten years in data processing he changed careers and joined Trick and Murray, the family office products and printing business in Seattle, eventually becoming its President and majority owner. He sold the business to Corporate Express in 1992, led the development of the Northwest Division, and later held the corporate position of Vice President – Business Architecture until leaving the company in 2003. He then became involved in another family business, Lake Union Drydock Co., and is currently its Chairman, with a part time role. He is involved in a family foundation and a number of non-profit organizations in the Seattle area, with focus on youth education and the environment. He has been an avid boater and has spent 60 years cruising the Salish Sea, the Inside Passage, and the West Coast.