Shea Broussard now 27, is two generations younger than his business partner, Tony Shafer.  The two might seem like a bit of an odd couple, but both have been shaped by fire. Tony Shafer, a retired LA City Firefighter and Broussard a victim of fire


Anthony David Shafer

Education:

•    Masters of Arts, Geographic Information Science, Department of Geography, California State University Northridge
•    GIS Certificate, California State University Northridge
•    Masters in Urban and Regional Planning, (Analysis and Research), Graduate School of Public Administration, USC
•    B.A. in Political Science, Urban Studies, California State University Northridge


     Professional Experience:

•    Retired Fire Officer for the City of Los Angeles
•    Member, Environmental Review Board, City of Malibu
     
•    Fuel Management Specialist

Shea Armand Broussard

  Education:
•    Masters of Arts, Geographic Information Science, Department of Geography, California State University Northridge
•    Bachelor Degree in Geography with a Minor in Geospatial Information Systems and Technologies, UCLA
  Professional Experience:
          • 
  DOD Contractor for the US-Navy - GIS Application Administer for GeoReadiness Explorer [GRX] Program.
          •    GIS Support during the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill 2010
          •    Head GIS Technician, Antonio Villaraigosa 's  Million Tree Initiative, Los Angeles

Combined Technology Background:

    Experienced in computerized simulation modeling
    Specialist in emergency equipment location analysis
    California State  Certifications:
•    Wildland Structure Triage
    Wildland Fire Behavior
    Principals and Practices of Wildland Firefighting
    Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)


           Basic to comprehensive knowledge of the following:

Computer Modelling Programs

•    FlamMap
•    Farsite
•    BeHavePlus
•    WindNijia
•    FireFamily Plus,
•    Flamelet

Programming Languages

•    Visual Basic VBA
•    JavaScript
•    HTML
•    KML
•    IDL
•    Flash
•    Fortran