Bryan Michael Psimas

Bryan will always be remembered as a young man with a brilliant mind and a kind heart. He loved challenges and problem solving. He was fearless when riding his bike, waterskiing, snowboarding or driving a boat. He was there to help people and liked to show appreciation, for example carrying two dollar bills for tips. He liked to fix broken toys, help carry a heavy load or look out for a friend. Once his sister called to say she had trouble with the car late at night. He jumped into action telling his parents she needed help and not to be upset with her - we were just going to help. We arrived to find the car with the alarm blasting and she didn’t have a way to disable it. Little brother cared. Bryan always had a big heart and during the Covid 19 pandemic, Bryan bought cases of masks and gave them away in the Seattle parks.

He loved to build things including bike ramps, skateboards, forts, air cannons and more. He even built a desktop computer after telling his Dad what to buy him for Christmas and to everyone's amazement, Christmas morning he turned it on and it worked. A few years later a small portable computer was on his Christmas list. By the time Christmas dinner was ready, he had dismantled the entire thing and upgraded it to his standards. All the screws were in little cups and mom and dad just shook their heads.

While living at home he loved to have friends to the house for LAN parties. They came in toting big desktop computers and set them up connected to each other to play games. More than one parent was pretty nervous about hauling around expensive machines in the car up the stairs but the boys always had a great time.

Bryan always was willing to help people with computer problems and never complained that they should just read the manual… It is reported, however, that he was once spotted wearing a t-shirt that said, “No, I won’t fix your computer” but that has not been verified.

Bryan attended St. Louis University. He distinguished himself by volunteering as a trainer for the school web development team and a Computer Science Tutor. After graduation in 2010 he went to Seattle for employment as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon. Bryan traveled to Japan, Germany, and Great Britain on problem solving missions and received an early promotion to Software Development Engineer II.

Bryan changed his focus and founded a non-profit organization that used artwork to educate the public about social issues. As Vice President of Engineering, he planned and organized events and built technology infrastructure to support business operations during COVID with a remote work environment.

Bryan loved animals and even ended up with an extra cat whose owner was no longer able to care for. He made sure they had everything they could possibly need, even conspiring with the apartment maintenance man to construct a flushable litter box. He was also working on an electronic cat toy to be patented and hopefully sold. A recent hobby added to his interests was using metal lathes and precision drills to control, automate, and monitor movement of machines to create unique industrial metal fabrications.