2005-2008 Senior English Teacher, Michigan Language Academy, South Korea
Return to Korea for my sixth stay. Train in Bangkok, Thailand for
the CELTA certificate
Start writing movie scripts, screen adapt 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.
Overseeing other teachers' performance, recruiting teachers,
marketing to students
Reading, writing, and conversation to middle school and older
elementary school students, 1-3 hour classes, 1-10 students
2001-2002 English Teacher, JAFLI, South Korea
Returned to Korea for my fourth stay as ESL teacher with JAFLI.
English conversation to adult, university and high school Koreans.
I was a visiting instructor at:
Police University -- freshman through senior classes, semester
long, 10-20 students, 3 hours/session
Tax Officials Training Institute (TOTI) -- advanced English
for customs officials, 10-30 students, 3 hours/session
Legal Research Training Institute (LRTI) -- advanced English
for government lawyers, 8-10 students, 2 hours/session
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.
1997-1998 Lead Instructor, CompUSA Training, Salt Lake City, Utah
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
1995-1996 Netware instructor, Future Technologies, Sydney, Australia
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.
1994-1997 English Teacher, JAFLI, South Korea
I took a sabbatical from the computer industry to work at something completely
different. I taught
English conversation to adult Koreans -- 3-10 students, 1 hour
classes, beginner to advanced levels, various goals and topics.
Visiting instructor at
Police University -- freshman through senior classes, semester
long, 10-20 students, 3 hours/session
Central Officials Training Institute (COTI) -- advanced conversation
and debate to high-ranking lawyers working for Korea's central government,
8-10 students, 3 hour sessions, 6 week classes
several other "OTI's" -- English conversation mostly
to "rusty" users who would be traveling overseas soon
10-30 students, 2 hours/session, 6 week classes.
The conglomerates SKC and SKI -- conversation to engineers
and supervisors who where relocating to the US. 8-10 students, 2
hours/session, 6 week classes.
1991-1993 Senior Analyst, Techvoice, Provo, Utah
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
Presentation on Future trends in Open Systems Architecture for Powersoft.
1990-1990 Analyst, The Burton Group, Salt Lake City
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.
Topics covered: Groupware, The Complexity Crisis, Backup systems for
LANs
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.
Presentation at 2nd Annual DPMA Computer Virus Clinic on Viruses in
LANs
Presentation at NetWorld 88 on Future trends in client-server architecture.
Two monthly columns for the LAN Times discussing LAN industry trends.
1983-1985 Marketing Manager, Beehive International, Salt Lake City
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.
1981-1982 Sales Manager, Novell Data Systems, Orem, Utah
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.
1977-1980 Founder and General Manager, Computerland, Salt Lake City
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.
Military Service
1967-1970 I joined the US Army and worked as an Air Traffic Controller
in Saigon, Vietnam and Dugway, Utah.