Eleanor (El) Brant
108 Pinecrest Pkwy :|: Wilmington, NC 28401 :|: 910.264.6515
2003-2011: Restaurant FOH Staff
I have spent the last several years in the restaurant industry as a server (i.e.; waitress). During this period I worked at a variety of local eateries including the Goody, Goody Omelet House (Ernie Mayhew, 910.762.0444), Romanelli’s (closed), Rim Wang (closed) and Ruby Tuesday (Kevin Spell, Derek Walton, Mayfaire:910.509.0129) among others. I suffered two injuries while working at Ruby Tuesday and have been on Worker’s Compensation since 2009. I received a medical release the first week of January 2012, allowing me to return to Full Time employment on Permanent Partial Disability with Light Duty restrictions (unable to return to my previous position).
2008-2011: Real Estate Broker/REALTOR®
Waitressing was a blast, kind of like having friends drop by your home every night for an impromptu party, but not something I pictured myself doing for the rest of my life. I considered enrolling in UNCW for a formal programming education, however, I wanted to get back to my career path as quickly as possible and decided that Real Estate would fit me perfectly. Undaunted by the economic slump, I was enthusiastically plowing through 10-12 hour work days when I stumbled over a team member at Ruby Tuesday's. I am now on Permanent Partial Disability (Light Duty).
2001-2003: Primary Care Giver (unpaid)
My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1989. As her condition worsened I found myself caring for her more and looking for new projects less. I'll never regret being there when she needed me. I began waitressing after I placed her in a nursing home to get 'back on my feet'.
1995-2002: Website Design - Internet Programming Specialist
I taught myself how to program websties shortly after I got online in 1995. A chance encounter with an acquaintance who was looking for someone to build a site for his company launched a home-based telecommuting web design business. Word of mouth advertising kept me busy for seven years with sites ranging between $300 and $25,000. Throughout that time, 100Hot.com
AM Investing
American Express Intranet
American Fire Technologies
Cottage Restaurant
GAR Engineering
Harris ISP
LED Inc.
Local-Sites
The Lovebirds Mailing List
McFayden O'Briant Engineering
Paul Dean
Proskauer
Safe Fire Detection
Trace Ramsey
Will Rehder Florist I was able to work with some major players on the west coast and Manhattan based firms to contribute on the first Professional Portal for the Petrochemical Industry, the American Express Intranet and more. Locally, I produced sites for Will Rehder Florist, American Fire Technologies, LED Inc. and the Cottage Restaurant - here a few:
LED Inc entailed 3 diverse product lines with distinctive looks (this was actually the second site I did for them).
The Cottage Restaurant included an Administration Area that allowed the owners to change menu items, prices, and feature daily specials which I created using CGI/Perl scripts. Go ahead... play with it!
McFadden O'Briant Consulting Engineers is now MCBH Engineering. This was the first of two sites I did for them.
My programming skillset includes proficiency in XHTML, CSS, SSI (now PHP) and CGI/Perl. I traditionally utilize Linux - Apache - RedHat hosting systems, program with TextPad software and typically use the Adobe Fireworks software for graphic layout and manipulation.
1990-1995: CFCC, Accounting & Business Administration
Graduated with two Associates Degrees in May, 1995.