In 2026 Bruce celebrates 54 years in architecture and 46 years as a licensed architect. He was the owner and principal of Monighan Design, an architectural design practice since its founding in 1982 and closed in 2019. Bruce has a diverse project experience throughout California, the United States, Asia, and Latin America and held as many as 32 State architectural licenses and is nationally certified through NCARB. He has also held certification by the State of California as a Certified Access Specialist. He is currently in his 19th year on the Design Review Advisory Committee for the County of Sacramento.
In November of 2014 joined the Community Development Department, Planning Division as the Urban Design Manager as a way of advancing his interest in large scale policy making, regional sustainability policy and "city building". As the Urban Design Manager, he oversees citywide design review and the City Preservation program and is responsible for planning codes related to historic preservation, design policies, design guidelines, provides urban design guidance for the City General Plan and Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.
He has served as a design juror, served as on the Work Experience Education /Internship Advisory Committee and the Architectural Division Student Team mentor – at Consumes River College and was an instructor at Westland College in Interior design, design drafting and lighting.
He is also an avid motorcycle rider; long distance touring, off road "adventure riding" and riding in various countries around the world.