BRUCE BURNS, PRESIDENT
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Prior to forming Affinity Ventures in 1995, Bruce was the Vice-President of Mergers and Acquisitions of a publicly traded healthcare company. He was involved in growing the company from $180 million in revenue to over $550 million in a 5 year period.

From 1986 to 1991, Bruce was the area Vice-President of the western region of Abbey Home Healthcare. He was responsible for the largest region in the company with over $70 million in revenue and 45 operating units. His region grew over 90% in revenue and was responsible for negotiating over 75 contracts valued at $150 million. During this time he was involved with a private placement which lead to an IPO in 1991. Bruce was a senior manager and a shareholder of the company.

From 1984 to 1986, he was the Executive Vice-President and a shareholder of a national rental equipment company. During that time he was responsible for all operations and field activities of the organization.

Bruce began his career as a line manager for a national health care company and received numerous awards as the top performing operating unit in the company. Ultimately he became the Vice-President of Mergers and Acquisitions.

Bruce has been the founder and majority shareholder of 8 privately held companies. All were in the service industry in Illinois, Georgia, California, and New Mexico. He received his BS degree in Business Administration from Northern State University and attended the University of Chicago Executive MBA program.