Professional Background, Roger Bourke White Jr.

Employment Highlights

2007- present Author/blogger/tutor
- Ten books published, Cyreenik Says blog, tutoring overseas executives who come to the US from Ferrari, Schlumberger
2005-2008 Senior Teacher, Michigan Language Academy, South Korea
- Taught writing and conversation to older elementary to adult students
- Began writing movie scripts, screen adapted all my stories and science essays
2004 Academic Director, Michigan Language Academy, South Korea
- Returned to Korea for my fifth stay as an ESL teacher. This time at a new school started by JAFLI's director in Young tong, a suburb of Suwon.
2001-2002 English Teacher, JAFLI, South Korea
- Returned to Korea for my fourth stay as ESL teacher with JAFLI. I taught English to adult and high school Koreans. I was a visiting instructor at Police University, Tax Officials Training Institute (TOTI), and Legal Research Training Institute (LRTI).
1998- 2001 Contract trainer and technical writer, RBW Consulting, Salt Lake City, Utah

I trained people on how to install and administer Novell and Windows NT networks and work with the Internet.
I wrote white papers on the implications of the latest features being added to Intel network maintenance software
I helped develop programs to test the software I was writing about.

I help people transform computer potential into practical benefit by training them on Windows applications programs, and how to install and administer Novell and Windows NT networks

Internet consulting, Clive Wilson Computers, Invercargil, NZ and Intermountain Internet, SLC, Utah
I taught Netware 3 and Netware 4 classes in 1995, and assisted in Internet providing in 1996.

I took a sabbatical from the computer industry to work at something completely different. I taught English to adult Koreans. I was a visiting instructor at Police University, Central Officials Training Institute (COTI), several other "OTI's", and the conglomerates SKC and SKI. I had a fine time learning Korean culture and history and meeting many Koreans in business, government and engineering circles.

I researched products and industry trends associated with local area network (LAN) computer products. I did performance and product testing on new products using a state-of-the-art LAN equipped with NetWare 3 and Netware 4. I interviewed many LAN development company VIPs. I published my results in LAN Times, Network Advisor, and LAN magazines and Intel white papers.
Topics covered: NLM database managers, anti-virus programs, downsizing to LANs

I researched future trends in groupware and cross-environment applications. (LANs where different workstations are mixed together) I used a LAN that mixed Macs and PC-compatibles. My results were published in The Burton GroupReport.

The highlight of my Novell experience was bringing 30 vendors to the "NetWare for Macintosh" product kickoff, including Apple's John Scully.
I also acted as promoter and liaison to 3rd party software developers. I helped them make their products NetWare-compatible. I put on presentations about the virtues of NetWare to potential distributors and volume purchasers, and I wrote position papers describing Novell's development and marketing strategies.

I started at Beehive as a technical sales consultant. I worked in training, then moved to marketing. I worked with personal computers, IBM 3270 compatible peripherals, Burroughs terminals, and DEC/ANSI-compatible terminals.

I started at Novell Data Systems in customer support. This was a startup company. While I was in customer support I helped in product design and marketing. I ultimately I moved to sales and ran the Dallas sales office for six months.

I founded and ran this store. It was perhaps the 100th retail computer store opened in the world. I sold Apple IIs, Commodore PETs and CP/M-based computers at the time.

1967-1970 I joined the US Army and worked as an Air Traffic Controller in Saigon, Vietnam and Dugway, Utah.