聘外易

 Professional Experience

Oral English/ESP (English for Special Purposes) teacher Peizheng College Guangzhou March 2013 to date

Oral English teacher Joy English School for kids Qingdao July and August 2013

Oral English teacher Web International Qingdao July and August 2013

Oral English teacher Web International Qingdao July and August 2014

Oral English / French teacher Libro language center Donetsk Ukraine June 2010 - Dec 2010

English tutor Shanghai – China Jan 2009 – June 2010

Tutored one on one on oral and conversational English to adult Chinese students for about 600 hours.

Computer Instructor (Part Time) Ottawa Board of Education – Canada Jan 93 – June 1997

• Taught basic computer skills including MS-Dos, Windows and Microsoft Office

• Introduced adult students including a group of high school teachers to the concept of buying and upgrading of computers.

Alpha Tours Dubai – UAE Feb 2011 – July 2012

Freelance consulting

• In charge of training the Tour Leaders and ground operations teams to improve customer service quality, English Communications and Sales Skills. Developed and delivered Business English for Hotel and Tourism management to about 400 of the employees of the Dubai based company and their subsidiaries in the tour, travel, destination and hotel business.

Managing Director: Asia MENA Ltd. KL/Singapore /Shanghai Jan 06 - June 2010

• Established Asia MENA both in Singapore and Malaysia as exclusive agents of ABQ zawya LLC for the Asian markets stretching from India to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia and other South and South East Asia countries with the objective of bridging those countries to the MENA region using the www.zawya.com platform.

Main responsibilities: built a trained sales team that sold the full spectrum of zawya online services (zawya BD, zawya Projects Monitor and zawya Investor) to customers within the Asian countries.

Sales Director ABQ Zawya LLC Dubai – UAE May April 04 - May 05

• Expanded the sales team and opened Bahrain and Kuwait offices and developed business in Malaysia and Singapore.

• Hired and trained corporate sales for Dubai, Bahrain and Kuwait markets.

 • Increased brand awareness of Zawya by participating and sponsoring over 50 conferences in the MENA region, Europe, and Southeast Asia.

• Overachieved sales targets by over 30% for 2004 and 40% first quarter 2005

• Developed and delivered training programs for sales team and all new employees.

Sales Manager (corporate sales) Microcell Telecom Montreal Canada May 97 - Jan 04

• Reported to the Regional Sales Director of Microcell Solutions, a division of Microcell Telecom a leader in the telecommunications industry in Canada and the first GSM operator in North-America under the brand name “Fido”

• Developed and maintained an efficient channel of national distributors for Microcell’s wireless business applications. Developed and updated a partner’s compensation and training program.

• Managed and coached a team of corporate sales consultants to the most respected and successful team in Canada. (Top team for two years in a row 2000 and 2001 with 141% and 160% of targeted quotas)

• Developed successful sales strategies to capture major accounts in the private and federal government sectors. (Nortel Networks, Department of National Defense of Canada, Department of foreign affairs of Canada, & House of Commons)

Sales and Marketing Director Yunisystems Hull – Canada Feb 92 – April 97

• Expanded sales team from 3 to 10 representatives and increased market share from 10 to 25% within 2 years in the Ottawa – Hull region education market.

• Conceptualized and executed sales force marketing and sales strategies for federal government and corporate accounts.

• Increased overall sales by more than 300% within 4 years

Group Financial controller Universal Spinners – Nigeria Apr 80 – April 1989

• Worked closely and negotiated with banks to obtain initial and additional financial facilities.

• Partnered with production managers of the different factories to reduce costs, increase productivity (average 30%) and expand production facilities.

• Took charge of all financial aspects of the group of companies (6 factories with 15000 employees and US$5M monthly turnover). Prepared business plans, financial reports and forecasts, cash flows, feasibility studies and implemented cost cutting measures.

Accountant Socomex SARL Lebanon, France and Bucharest 1973 – 1980

• Prepared monthly, quarterly and yearly financial statements, cash flows, budgets and reports.

Volunteer jobs:

- Honorary treasurer Kano Lebanon Social Club Kano, Nigeria 1981- 1989

- Treasurer Accueil-Parrainage Outaouais http://www.apo-qc.org/site/apo_hist.php 1990 -1991

- Squash coach Montreal YMCA, coached a group of thirty South Korean students 2002 - 2004

 Education and professional training

Global TESOL International Montreal – Canada 2010

Advanced TESOL Diploma Program 360 hours (Specializing in teaching Conversational oral English, Business English, Tourism English, Legal English, Children English, and TOEFL Preparation)

Canterbury University Cheshire – UK 2003

Masters of Arts in Tourism Management

Canterbury University Cheshire – UK 1995

Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management