Edward J. Branley's Resume

Edward J. Branley
3508 N. Woodlawn Avenue
Metairie, LA 70006
+1.504.339.5087
edward at ebranley dot com

position desired
Position as a Contract Consultant/Trainer/Technical Writer for an organization that has integrated Storage Area Networking and Internet apabilities into their data processing strategy.

training/consulting experience
SAN: Hitachi Data Systems (Modular and Enterprise). EMC Symmetrix Business Continuity, EMC Control Center. SAN Fundamentals and Management (non-platform specific).

UNIX: "Intro to UNIX," System Administration, Networking,
Performance Management and Tuning, Tru64, Solaris, HP-UX.
TruCluster Confirugation and Management (Tru64), Kernel Internals (Tru64). Veritas Volume Manager (Tru64, Solaris, HP-UX). Shell scripting (sh/ksh). Applications such as sendmail, Apache, Postfix, Qmail, MySQL, tools and utilities.

Linux: Red Hat, SuSe, Debian, Ubuntu, from basics to clustering.

Tape: Developed a class for HP/Compaq entitled "Enterprise Backup and Storage," which involved building a SAN with HP Storageworks equipment and four hosts (Windows, HP-UX, Solaris, and Tru64 UNIX).  Taught students how to install Legato Networker in all four environments and backup via the SAN.

Linux: Red Hat, SuSe, Debian, Ubuntu, from basics to clustering.

Web: HTTP basics/advanced.

Personal Productivity: various applications including Google Apps, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/StarOffice, ACT!, Franklin-Covey, Palm PDA.

Previous teaching history:
Contract Instructor, ComputerLand of New Orleans. Taught
Windows-based applications, particularly Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, as well as advanced seminars on Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, and Windows Networking. (July 1994 to May, 1997)

Instructor, Personal Computing Learning Center, University of New Orleans (Metropolitan College). Taught Intro to PCs, dBase, 1-2-3, MS-DOS. (1988-1990)

Adjunct Instructor, Our Lady of Holy Cross College. Taught summer computer classes for elementary and high school teachers (Summers of 1984, 1985). Director of the college's computer camp
for children.

writing credits
Co-Author, Choosing NT Server 3.51.

Have sold articles to Online Access, CONNECT, American Programmer, Exploring Windows NT and The Net.Gulf Coast Computing, and PC Systems &  Support, where I wrote a monthly column on Novell NetWare. Have also sold articles to several Cobb Group publications.

Author: New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line for Arcadia Publishing in 2004.

education
BA, Secondary Education, University of New Orleans, 1980. Graduated from Brother Martin High School, New Orleans, in 1976.

other items of interest

Lifelong resident of metro New Orleans. Married, two children. Avid reader of Science Fiction/Fantasy novels.

references available upon request