Ray Brannon

Professor, consultant, Higher Education

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Ray Brannon's Bio:

Ray Brannon's Experience:

• Director of Conferences and Development at The Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute of Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  2012 - 2012

  EXCERPT OF LETTER TO MICHAEL DRISCOLL, PHD, PRESIDENT INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. JULY 16, 2013 "I am writing to congratulate you and your faculty and staff who organized and delivered the 25th annual conference for the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute (MARTI) last week on the beautiful campus of IUP. In helping to plan and secure external funding for this important and innovative conference, I collaborated with Drs. Alex Heckert and Christian Vaccaro, Ray Brannon and Crystal Deemer from MARTI. This was truly an outstanding group of individuals, each committed to making a difference in their work and desire to be of service to the community. Mr. Brannon and Ms Deemer worked tirelessly to market this year's program to a broader audience, which led to a significant increase in attendees (a remarkable achievement in these tight budgetary times in the field of social, mental health and addiction services). No one can think outside the box as well as Mr. Brannon who did a superb job marketing the conference recruiting speakers and attendees and raising money." Dennis C. Daley, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Social Work Addiction Medicine Services, Department of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh Medical School

• Director Of Internet Safety Program, Contracted Consultant at Venango Training & Development Center

  September 2008 - July 2010

  Develops and conducts school and community based "train-the-trainer programs" for Internet Safety Programs from WebWise Kids (www.webwisekids.org) for teachers,adminstrators, guidance counselors and law enforcement officials. Funded under a Federal grant in the 5th Congressional District of Pennsylvania.

• President, CEO at Choice Technologies, Inc

  September 1996 - December 2008

  Retired in 2008 Board of Directors (1996-2011) o Raised venture capital and successfully qualified an SEC $5,000,000 SCOR stock offering. o Directed R&D computer programming activities, company acquisitions and internal financial management. o Conducted national training seminars for distributors in Chicago, Dallas, San Diego and Pittsburgh. o Featured in Pittsburgh Business Times article for SCOR offering. http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/1997/07/14/story6.html o Editor and Publisher of Quarterly Sales & Marketing newspaper to distributors.

• Partner at Brannon-Rile Software

  January 1986 - December 1996

  Co-founder o Raised $ 500,000 in venture capital for start-up venture. o Helped design, test, and market People's Choice Accounting Software. o Managed the sale of the company and its assets to Safeguard Business Systems of Dallas, TX.

• Partner at Brannon - Ponko Associates

  January 1986 - December 1989

  oPlanned a property development, "Tollgate Estates", Delmont, PA. oSecured bank funding, sought zoning approval, oversaw construction and sold all properties. Closed company on completion of sales.

• Professor (Teaching Assistant) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  May 2012

  Sociology Department: Half Time Level 1 Instructor under the mentorship of a full time faculty member.

• Ajdunct Professor at Westmoreland County Community College

  August 2009

  Teaching: Social Media: Society & Citizenship; Applied Human Relations; Effective Naturalistic Public Speaking; Interpersonal Communications

• Consultant at Brannon Consulting, Inc.

  December 1999

  Internet Safety consulting for schools, community groups and social service agencies. Computer- based educational program training and consulting. Computerized accounting-systems consultant. Speaker and public-engagement lecturer.

• Systems Consultant at Safeguard Business Systems

  June 1975

  Business Systems Consultant o Self -employed distributor of Safeguard Business Systems, a division of Deluxe Corporation. o Set up over 2,000 small to medium sized business in Western Pennsylvania with an emphasis on healthcare, practice management and small business accounting systems. o Consulting for school districts, parent groups and social service agencies on Internet Safety.

Ray Brannon's Education:

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  2006 – 2009
  Ph.D. (ABD)

• University of Pittsburgh

  1971 – 1974
  M.Ed.
  Concentration: Educational Communications & Technology

• Saint Vincent College

  1964 – 1968
  B.A.
  Concentration: Economics