Edward Branley

Current

President at New Orleans Street Railway Association
Owner at seashell software

Past

Instructor (contract), HDS Academy at Hitachi Data Systems
Manager at Radio Shack
Teacher at Redeemer High School

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Education

University of New Orleans
Brother Martin High School

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Information Technology and Services

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Edward Branley’s Summary

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My primary occupation these days is doing SAN training, for Hitachi Data Systems, through Merit Systems, LLC. I'll be teaching several classes as well as doing course development work.

Additionally, I've been a street railway enthusiast ever since I was a small child, riding the Perley A. Thomas streetcars from the cemeteries to downtown with my parents to go shopping on Saturdays. In 2004, I wrote a book on the history of New Orleans' Canal streetcar line. The plan was to use the book as an impetus to start this effort, but the storm became a bit of a speed bump in the process. As part of the process of rebuilding our city, NOSRA's mission will be to educate on the importance and value of our historic streetcars, and to raise funds to preserve and restore several of the NORTA-owned streetcars currently not in service.

I plan to combine my expertise in education, courseware development, Internet development, business networking, public speaking, and small business management with my passion for history and streetcars to make this venture a success for streetcar fans and the community at large.

Edward Branley’s Specialties:

UNIX, unix training, Linux, Linux training, DNS, BIND, HDS, Hitachi, TagmaStore, USP, USP-V, USP-VM, EMC, EMC storage, SAN, SAN training, Europe, fiber optics, fiber channel, computer training, podcast, podcasting, web development, web hosting, internet consultant, email support, sendmail, qmail, computer security, new orleans history, new orleans food, technical writing, streetcars, trolleys, public speaking

Edward Branley’s Experience

President

New Orleans Street Railway Association

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

The New Orleans Street Railway Association (www.nosra.org) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is promoting the preservation and restoration of New Orleans historic streetcars and street railways. What has been a long-time interest and passion for me has become a full-time occupation, namely, making the NOSRA a reality!
Owner

seashell software

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1984 — Present (25 years 7 months)

seashell software is my consulting and training company. The company is primarily myself, with my wife as a part-time employee (she is a CPA and does occasional consulting for my clients). The company also owns a number of websites, including CanalStreetCar (dot com), CitiesOfTheDead (dot net), NOLA-blogs (dot com), and YatPundit dot com.
Instructor (contract), HDS Academy

Hitachi Data Systems

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HIT; Information Technology and Services industry)

2005 — 2009 (4 years )
Manager

Radio Shack

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

July 1981 — June 1986 (5 years )

I started at Radio Shack when I was teaching high school. When I left teaching, I went to work at RS full-time, then eventually left to do consulting and training full-time.
Teacher

Redeemer High School

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

August 1980 — May 1984 (3 years 10 months)

High School Social Studies teacher. Taught American History, Civics, and Psychology to students in grades 10-12. Also moderated the Student Council and the Photography Club.

Edward Branley’s Education

University of New Orleans

BA , Secondary Education , June 1976 — May 1980

Activities and Societies:

Student Government Association(President, College of Education, Director of Legal Aid, Director of Finance). Faculty Senate (student representative). Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.
Brother Martin High School

diploma , College Preparatory 8-12 , 1971 — 1976

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Edward Branley’s Interests:

Computers/Information Technology, Internet, Web Development, science fiction/fantasy novels, soccer/football, travel, wine, cooking, New Orleans, scouting, writing, streetcars, trolleys, creole, cajun, cemeteries, history, weblogs, livejournal, on-line communication, keyboard networking