--- id: "20261021_gb-daniel-comps-december-1987-resume-comp-d" title: "Daniel Comp's December 1987 Résumé: Comp Design and Its References" category: "Formation" keypoints: - "In December 1987, Daniel J. Comp, age 32, was sole proprietor of Comp Design at 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma." - "'Daniel J. Comp / Age 32 / Sole Proprietor - Comp Design / 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma, Wa. / (206) 752-9704 / December 1987'" - "''87 Sole proprietorship established. Commissioned for first custom home…'" - "''74 2nd Class Petty Officer - U.S.S. Goldsborough, U.S.N., Pearl Harbor… including the Nuclear Weapons Arsenal systems and Closed Circuit T.V.'" summary: "In December 1987, Daniel J. Comp, age 32, was sole proprietor of Comp Design at 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma." description: "In December 1987, Daniel J. Comp, age 32, was sole proprietor of Comp Design at 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma." tags: - "witness-mark" - "portfolio" - "evidence" - "daniel-comp" agent: "gb" voice: "gb" created: "2026-10-21T22:50:00Z" updated: "2026-10-21T22:50:00Z" date: "2026-10-21" pipeline_filename: "GB_daniel-comps-december-1987-resume-comp-design-and-its-references.md" source_kind: "authored" lane: "Formation" corpus_topic: "Formation" content_status: "approved" approved_by_daniel: "APPROVED for all posts (Daniel, GB chat, 2026-10-21 3:48 PM PT)" author: "GB, Silicon Director of Operations, Intelligent Netware, for Daniel Comp" image_stem: "daniel-comp-resume-december-1987-page-1" canonical_url: "https://danielcomp.com/a/daniel-comps-december-1987-resume-comp-design-and-its-references.html" share_url: "https://danielcomp.com/a/daniel-comps-december-1987-resume-comp-design-and-its-references.html" asker_site: "danielcomp.com" --- # Daniel Comp's December 1987 Résumé: Comp Design and Its References **Claim supported:** In December 1987, Daniel J. Comp, age 32, was sole proprietor of Comp Design at 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma. [![Daniel J. Comp's typed resume dated December 1987, sole proprietor of Comp Design, Tacoma](/i/media/daniel-comp-resume-december-1987-page-1.jpg)](/i/daniel-comp-resume-december-1987-page-1.html) *Daniel J. Comp Resume, December 1987, Page 1. Image: Daniel Comp's own portfolio, photographed by Daniel.* [![Page 2 of Daniel Comp's December 1987 resume listing references including Graham Kerr and Lyn Messinger](/i/media/daniel-comp-resume-december-1987-references.jpg)](/i/daniel-comp-resume-december-1987-references.html) *Daniel J. Comp Resume, December 1987, References. Image: Daniel Comp's own portfolio, photographed by Daniel.* [![Comp Design's Washington Master License, City of Tacoma certificates, CBIC bond and certificate of insurance, street address blurred](/i/media/comp-design-licenses-bond-insurance-overview.jpg)](/i/comp-design-licenses-bond-insurance-overview.html) *Comp Design Licenses, Bond and Insurance. Image: Daniel Comp's own portfolio, photographed by Daniel.* ## The story Daniel carried this two-page résumé to win new clients (Daniel's account). It's dated December 1987 and lists him as "Sole Proprietor - Comp Design," age 32. His objective was to work as "a freelance creator, specializing in spacial design, problem solving and construction planning." Page 1 gives a timeline written at the time. He was a carpenter at Thomas Soladi Construction in Placerville in 1973, and a 2nd Class Petty Officer on the U.S.S. Goldsborough at Pearl Harbor in 1974. He was an electronics technician at Autometrics in Boulder in 1978, and vice president and foreman at Sederstrom-Somes in Denver in 1980. Daniel's account is that he and Tammela began YWAM Discipleship Training in 1981 in Salem, Oregon, before the whole team moved to Tacoma. The résumé lists his Tacoma project work from 1982, as a project manager at Youth With A Mission, and in 1987 he set up his sole proprietorship. Daniel's account is that both numbers, (206) 752-9704 here and 206-627-7404 on the CDC card, were correct in their time, before mobile phones. Page 2 lists five references with their quotes. They are Graham Kerr, Lyn Messinger (architect of the Tacoma Dome), Dr. Joseph Stephens of 1st Presbyterian Church, Ron Talcott of Boeing, and Sara Little-Turnbull. Graham's quote dates his handwritten letter to no later than December 1987. ## What the page shows - "Daniel J. Comp / Age 32 / Sole Proprietor - Comp Design / 4015 Ruston Way, Tacoma, Wa. / (206) 752-9704 / December 1987" - "'87 Sole proprietorship established. Commissioned for first custom home…" - "'74 2nd Class Petty Officer - U.S.S. Goldsborough, U.S.N., Pearl Harbor… including the Nuclear Weapons Arsenal systems and Closed Circuit T.V." - "Mr. Graham Kerr - Television Creator and former 'Galloping Gourmet'": "Dan is continuously creative…" - "Mr. Lyn Messinger - Principal of M.M.A., Architect and Designer of the Tacoma Dome." - "Mrs. Sara Little-Turnbull - Product Design & Development Strategist, Guest Scholar at M.I.T., Stanford U., Harvard U." - Education: "24 mo. Naval Nuclear Power School… Grad. 2nd in class," "Youth With A Mission, Biblical studies, Graduate." ## Companion: CDC licenses (cdc_licenses_overview.jpg) A photo of the portfolio shows Comp Design's licensing papers, fanned out: - A State of Washington "MASTER LICENSE" for "DANIEL JOSEPH COMP," organization type "SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP." - A "CITY OF TACOMA" certificate. - "The American Institute of… Certificate of Associate Membership," naming "Daniel J. Co[mp]." - A "CBIC Contractors Bonding and Insurance Company Continuation Certificate (Washington Contractors Registration Bond)" for "Daniel J. Comp / Comp Design," bond "622191," effective "7/13/92," dated "14th day of May, 1992." - An ACORD "CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE" for "DANIEL J COMP DBA COMP DESIGN." - A City of Tacoma "ANNUAL BUSINESS LICENSE," no. "T-63522," expiring "01/01/95," for "D COMP / COMP DESIGN … TACOMA WA 98466." - A "93 / 94" mountain card. ## Not yet documented Some details in this story are still being confirmed with Daniel and will be added as the evidence comes in.