2013 – 2014

Burapha University, Bang Saen, Chonburi, Thailand 

• Developed comprehensive University level lesson plans for Business/English related courses (eg. Business Communications).   Plans utilized PowerPoint presentations with audio and visual components.   

• Fully wrote, prepared, graded, and administered Mid-Term Exams and Final Exams.  Exams consisted of a listening portion, a written portion, and a multiple-choice portion.    

• Completely developed the curriculum, from start to finish, of an entire course: Business Note Taking & Summarizing – study skills.   Prepared a course centered textbook (since not commercially available) and all relevant media, exams, projects, and quizzes.     

• Guest Speaker at “The 7th Postgraduate & Early Career Researcher (PG & ECR) Research Symposium”.   Corporate training assignments included:  Mead Johnson (Fortune 1000 nutritional company); and Burapha Prosper (South East Asia based food processor).  Judged various English Speaking Contests.

2009 – 2010        

Korea Culture and Media High School, Dongducheon-si, South Korea

• Design and present comprehensive lesson plans, with a focus on speaking and listening.  Incorporate exciting reality-based thematic units (Ex.  ”Measurement”) to encourage class participation, enhance verbal skills, and foster an exciting and active learning environment.  

• Implemented varied strategies and differentiated assessments in order to accommodate diverse needs of students who were transitioning from various feeder schools.

• Effectively maintained interest and provided an interactive atmosphere, enabling students to significantly hone learning skills.  Privately tutored South Korean military personnel. 

2002 - 2008

Hyperion Media, Inc., New York, NY  USA

• Entrepreneurial - successfully founded a video production company.  

• Produced, directed, filmed, and edited programs and events throughout the USA.   

• Software expertise – Final Cut Pro – Apple video editing software, Photoshop – photo editing.    

1989 - 2001

Berkery, Noyes & Company, New York, NY  USA

Managing Director - Investment Banking 

• Negotiated and closed many multi-million dollar mergers and acquisitions in the media and information businesses - internet, book/magazine publishing, and electronic information.  

• Managed and marketed transactions from start to completion; supervised four employees.  

• Transactions include: the sale of Ariel Research Corporation to Eastman Chemical Co.; the sale of The Economics Press to Ragan Communications, Inc.; the sale of McCoy & Associates, Inc. to Reed Elsevier NV (Netherlands); and the sale of Trade Service Corp. to BV Investment Partners.  

• General Corporate Finance work – including Valuations, Initial Public Offering assessments, legal/business contract negotiations, and evaluation of Corporate Growth Strategies.

• Business Expertise - made presentations to audiences numbering from 30 to 300 individuals at industry conferences (Ex. Association of Canadian Publishers, Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Association, Software and Information Industry Association).

• Analyzed balance sheets, cash flow and income statements; and performed valuations of ongoing businesses.    Wrote 50 page sales documents – company history/financial operations. 

• Superior reading, writing, and presentation skills: American Management Association – in-depth communications training in Consultative Solutions; and Dale Carnegie Training - Public Speaking Course.

TEFL Certification – BRIDGE-LINGUATEC, Denver, Colorado, USA. Successfully completed comprehensive, in-class face-to-face, 140 hour training program which included teaching, planning, theory and methodology of English language instruction (masters level 6 credits, accredited by ACCET).   

MBA Accounting – BARUCH COLLEGE, New York City, New York, USA.  Baruch College was ranked 6th in the USA for the study of accountancy.  Additional course work in Television/Media Business at New York University, New York City, USA.  MBA Thesis – Accounting Issues Related to Non-Performing Lesser Developed Country Loans.

BS Finance – UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, College Park, Maryland, USA.