Business English and Intercultural Training for Darden's Career Development Center (CDC) and Office of Student Affairs
Alumni Relations Coordinator
Darden Graduate Business School: UVA
Charlottesville, Virginia
01.2001 - 01.2010
Bus. German /English Writing Instructor
University of Central Florida
09.1999 - 06.2004
Consultant/Cross-Cultural/Diversity Trainer
Siemens In Orlando, Florida
01.2001 - 01.2004
Language and Management Courses
German/English Individual/Group immersion
Consultant/Cross-Cultural/ Diversity Trainer
Business Communication
Corporate Trainer
Crummer Business School: Rollins College
Winter Park, Florida
01.1997 - 01.1999
Developed, marketed, and instructed intensive business German and cross-cultural/diversity training courses
Marketing Assistant
Keyes Fibre
Stamford, Connecticut
01.1985 - 01.1987
German Instructor
Rollins College
Winter Park, Florida
09.1996 - 01.2001
Student Teacher
Goethe-Institut New York
New York, NY
01.1992 - 01.1993
Corporate Consultant And Development Specialist
Ex. Siemens, BMW, BayWa R.e., KGAL Financial, MTU
01.2013 - Current
Leadership Development Creator
Yaskawa Robotics
01.2018 - Current
Education
ESL Certification -
Oxford Seminars
2011
Master of Arts - Student Affairs
University Of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
05.2010
Master of Arts - English Literature
Stetson University
DeLand, FL
05.2009
Ph.D. - Germanic Languages And Literature
New York University
New York, NY
05.1997
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University Of Virginia, Charlottesville
Charlottesville, VA
05.1983
Cross-Cultural Certification
NAFSA, New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC
2008
Skills
Consultant/Coach/Instructor/Trainer/Facilitator
Communications
Customer Experience/Customer Service
Change Management
Leadership Development
Presentations
Team Building
Intercultural
Negotiations
Strategic Management
Sales
Affiliations
Officer/Board Member Orlando UVA Club
German Curriculum Committee, University of Central Florida
Orlando Opera Executive Committee Board Member
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, Stetson University
German American Commerce and Culture Board Member
Founder: German-American Commerce and Culture Scholarship Fund
Omicron Nu Spanish Honor Society, Rollins College
Accomplishments
9th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Workshop Participant
Harvard Business School Workshop Participant: Case Study Method
Institut für Internationale Kommunikation Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
Advanced Teacher Training Goethe Institut
Lehrerfortbildung & Advanced Teacher Training
Business German Institut für Internationale Kommunikation Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
Presenter: "The Evolution and Consolidation of European
The Global Economy," "Simulated Stock Portfolios in the Business German, Classroom" Center for International Business Education Research (CIBER), St. Petersburg, Fl. Presenter
Publications
"Intercultural Communication “Hard Skills” and Global Engineering Leadership Competency: Corporate Best Practices and Trainer Methodologies for Developing Engineers" Online Journal for Global Engineering (accepted for publication)
"Cross-Cultural 'Soft' Skills and the Global Engineer:Corporate Best Practices and Trainer Methodologies" in Journal for Global Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2008
"Simulated Stock Portfolios in the Business German, Classroom" Crisolenguas, Vol. 2, Number 1, 2009
"Meeting the Needs of International Business People" Journal of International Business. Thunderbird, Vol. 9, Number 1, 1998
"European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska Presenter: "The Successful Acquisition of Westinghouse by, Siemens-Westinghouse: Cross-Cultural Integration", 1998
Thunderbird-EMU Presenter: "The Euro: Germany's Role and Response", 1998
Presenter: “The Effective Utilization of an Intensive German Language Program,” Eastern Michigan Conference for Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions, 1997
Timeline
Leadership Development Creator
Yaskawa Robotics
01.2018 - Current
Leadership Development Program Developer/Trainer
Yaskawa Robotics
01.2014 - Current
Corporate Consultant And Development Specialist
Ex. Siemens, BMW, BayWa R.e., KGAL Financial, MTU
01.2013 - Current
Writing, Rhetoric And Technical Communication
James Madison University
01.2010 - 01.2013
Workshop Developer And Trainer
Darden Business School Workshop
01.2009 - 01.2013
Alumni Relations Coordinator
Darden Graduate Business School: UVA
01.2001 - 01.2010
Consultant/Cross-Cultural/Diversity Trainer
Siemens In Orlando, Florida
01.2001 - 01.2004
Bus. German /English Writing Instructor
University of Central Florida
09.1999 - 06.2004
Corporate Trainer
Crummer Business School: Rollins College
01.1997 - 01.1999
German Instructor
Rollins College
09.1996 - 01.2001
Student Teacher
Goethe-Institut New York
01.1992 - 01.1993
Marketing Assistant
Keyes Fibre
01.1985 - 01.1987
ESL Certification -
Oxford Seminars
Master of Arts - Student Affairs
University Of Virginia
Master of Arts - English Literature
Stetson University
Ph.D. - Germanic Languages And Literature
New York University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University Of Virginia, Charlottesville
Cross-Cultural Certification
NAFSA, New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
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