Summary
Bruce Fletcher is a veteran technologist and communication coach with over 35 years in IT and 12 years of professional experience helping organizations and individuals ship straightforward, user-centered software. He blends hands-on web and data development (Ruby on Rails, React, Django/Python) with behavior design and martial-arts–honed composure to turn tech confusion into clear, calm workflows for professionals and seasoned users. As owner of Showbridge Consulting and Bruce Fletcher Coaching, he’s repeatedly acted as the bridge between technical teams and nontechnical stakeholders, specializing in technical writing, user coaching, and pragmatic systems analysis. His background in Chinese linguistics, mathematics, and business gives him a rare cross-disciplinary lens for simplifying complex problems and crafting explanations that stick. Clients praise his patient, one-on-one approach that restores confidence by slowing down and reducing cognitive friction rather than layering on more tools.
12 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Business, Master of Science, Business at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts, East Asian Studies, Bachelor of Arts, East Asian Studies at Wittenberg University
Master of Arts, Chinese Linguistics & Literature, Mathematics & Computer Science, Master of Arts, Chinese Linguistics & Literature, Mathematics & Computer Science at The Ohio State University
English, French, Chinese, Hungarian, Spanish, German