David Todd

David is a civil engineer by profession (35 years), a genealogist by avocation, and a writer by passion. He grew up in Rhode Island, where he attended public schools in Cranston and then the University of Rhode Island. In his adult life he has lived in Kansas City, Saudi Arabia, Asheboro North Carolina, Kuwait, and now northwest Arkansas since 1991. Along the way I acquired a love for history and poetry.

He currently works at CEI Engineering Associates, Inc. in Bentonville, Arkansas. He is Corporate Trainer for Engineering, which includes planning and conducting training classes and mentoring younger staff. He is the senior engineer at the company, and hence gets called on to do the more difficult projects that most of the younger engineers don't feel confident to tackle. He has recently worked on a number of floodplain studies and mapping projects. He is a registered engineer in three states, a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control, and a Certified Construction Specifier (certification lapsed).

He has been actively pursuing genealogy for twelve years, having done much to document his and his wife's ancestry and family history.

He had been writing creatively for almost ten years. He has completed one novel (unpublished), begun a second, planned a third, and has a dozen more waiting their turn to escape from the gray cells to paper or pixels. He has written a number of poems, with sonnets being his preferred form. He has had nine poems published. He has written a newspaper column (historical-political), feature articles for the local weekly, and is actively pursuing magazine freelancing.

He is married to Lynda and they reside in Bella Vista, AR. They have two adult children.