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Summary Well degreed: BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT, MBA from U of Phoenix, CELTA from Elite Training, Bangkok Experienced: Fifteen years of ESL teaching since 1993, older elementary through adult Reliable and popular: Invited to return to the same school five times Wide-ranging real world experience: writer, technical trainer, businessman and rocket scientist as well as ESL teacher

If you're looking for an English teacher who understands business, technology and science, as well as the teaching of reading, writing and conversation, we should talk.

I spent fifteen years working as a high technology professional before teaching ESL to students in Korea, and now overseas executives who come visiting the US.

I enjoy ESL teaching, and the learning of new cultures. And I find that my students really appreciate my personal experience with using much of the business and technical jargon they face in their English studies. I understand what it means, where it comes from, and who is likely to use it in a conversation. I have also developed courses to help students cope with situations mixing new technology and English, such as: Dealing with Voice Mail. I have taught older elementary and middle school students as well, and they too love hearing about what happens outside a classroom.

I enjoy chronicling why events happen and investigating the forces behind them. I write continually about my travels and the forces behind many business, historic and scientific phenomena. (see my White World site) To see more about my ESL teaching in Korea, visit the web site of the school where I taught from 2002 to 2008, Michigan Language Academy.

• Educational Background
• Hawken College Preparatory School, Gates Mills, Ohio, 1966
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., BS Chemical Engineering, 1975
• University of Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Utah, MBA Marketing, 1986
• Elite Training, Bangkok, Thailand, CELTA TEFL certificate, 2006
• Professional Background
• 2008-present Tutor/author/blogger, Teaching Assistant Salt Lake City, Utah
• 2005-08 Senior Teacher, Michigan Language Academy, Suwon, Korea
• 2004 Academic Director, Michigan Language Academy, Suwon, Korea
• 2001-02 English Teacher, Police University and Central Officials Training Institute (COTI), South Korea
• 1998-2001 Internet Consultant, RBW Consulting, Salt Lake City Utah
• 1997-98 Lead Instructor, CompUSA Training, Salt Lake City, Utah
• 1996 Internet training, consulting, Clive Wilson Computers Ltd, Invercargill, New Zealand
• 1995 Netware instructor, Future Technologies, Sydney, Australia
• 1994-1997 English Teacher, Police University and Central Officials Training Institute (COTI), South Korea
• Other Information
  • Born 1948 in Ohio, USA; US Citizen; US Passport, expires Sep 2016
  • I was born and raised in northeast Ohio; I speak English in an educated Midwest American dialect (American TV announcer English). Because of my travels I listen well in many other English dialects.
  • GMAT Quantitative 37 (52%), Verbal 44 (98%), Essay 4.5 Total 670 (89%): taken 2004
  • GRE Quant. 720 (72%), Verbal 640 (90%), Writing 5.0 (71%) Total 1360: taken 2004

Here is more information on my formal education, publications, professional experience, and certifications.

Here are letters of recommendations from CompUSA, Kyonggi Province and JAFLI.

References available on request