Joseph Thompson

Washington High School

Class of 1980

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Joseph Thompson - Class of 1980 - Washington High School

First Name	Joseph
Last Name	Thompson
Graduation Year	Class of 1980
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	AZ
Country	United States
Occupation	Retirement!
Married	Divorced
Favorite School Memory	Breaking out of my shell during our Senior year (yes, I was definitely out-of-control, but I'm no longer the quiet, shy, "brainy" nerd that you all remember!)
About Me	Went to ASU, worked summers in Wyoming, dropped out of ASU to join a girlfriend up at NAU (yes, from a dateless nerd in high school to making it all about the girls in college!), graduated summa cum laude, got married (#1 but I was too young), became an external financial auditor, got divorced, bought house #1, earned my CPA, got married again (#2), became a controller for a real estate company, commuted weekly to Los Angeles, bought house #2, worked as a senior accountant and deputy finance director for the City of Phoenix, had 2 boys, gained 65lbs, landed my dream job with SAP as a Software Solution Manager and moved to Washington DC, got divorced, lost 67lbs (the "Dick Clark" of Washington High School as I was dubbed at our 20 year reunion!), integrated SAP solutions to support proper accounting, control and use by US state and local governments, bought a townhouse (house #3), traveled alot for work and pleasure (Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Mexico, Venezuela, Hawaii, across the continental US and Canada), got married again (yes #3, if you met her at our 20 year reunion, then you won't be surprised that she turned out to be too crazy even for me!), survived four trips to Hedonism II in Jamaica (check it out, what a great place!), survived 9/11 (I was at work a few blocks from the White House and a few miles from the Pentagon), got divorced, bought house #4, got fired from my dream job at SAP (1st and only time in my life, but they are trying to hire me back!), joined BearingPoint as a (ugh!) consultant, developed an accelerated approach for implementing SAP in state and local governments, now back in Arizona, bought condo (house #5), worked for a couple of other SAP consulting companies, now it's time for early retirement!...ok, my whole life story and I should write a book ("The Book of Joe", right Ter...(read more)