Experience

CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (CELTA)

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - 09/2015 TO 12/2015

•Intensive 120 hour course with over 6 hours of classroom teaching practicum, using careful planning and training to produce effective and enjoyable lessons
•Experience in teaching students with a a variety of backgrounds, needs and abilities
•Managed study at the distinguished University of Queensland while also working full time

PROJECT MANAGER

GLOBAL PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS LTD (GPSL), GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - 06/2013 TO 10/2015

•Excelled at onsite customer teaching and training in digital systems, working independently as part of a small company

•Responsible for project and resource management, with people across multiple time zones and with varied skills and backgrounds
•Proactive in building customer relations, listening to their problems and working closely with them to find the solution

SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN

GLOBAL PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS LTD (GPSL), SWINDON, UK - 01/2010 TO 06/2013

•Worked closely with colleagues to implement and train them on new internal systems and processes throughout the company

•Quickly adapted to a new and unfamiliar business sector, learning the fundamentals of publishing systems
•Traveled internationally to perform onsite consultation, training and development with clients

TECHNICAL SALES TEAM LEADER

MAPLIN ELECTRONICS, BRISTOL, UK - 09/2007 TO 01/2010

•Lead a team of employees to help customers find solutions to their technical problems, as well as managing the staff by creating weekly rotas
•Running the day to day operations of a store, including the responsibility of caring for customers needs and shop maintenance
•Trusted to manage the financials on a daily basis, counting and banking the money taken by the store




Education and Development

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - 2015

Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)

APMG INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRALIA - 2014 TO 2015

APMG Agile Project Management Certification

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL, UK - 2005 TO 2008

BSc(Hon) Music Systems Engineering - Joint Audio Media Educations Services (JAMES) accredited
HM FORCES KING’S SCHOOL, GUTERSLOH, GERMANY - 2003 TO 2005

A-Levels in Maths, Sociology and Physics

Skills

LANGUAGES

•Native English Speaker

•Currently learning Spanish

•Basic language skills in German

•Further experience with studying Chinese and Japanese

MANAGEMENT

•Certified Agile Project Management practitioner

•Experienced in organisation and management of people and resource across international boundaries
•Confident leader and problem solver

COMPUTING

•High level of competency with Microsoft Office

•Experience in a variety of programming languages and technologies, including Java, Javascript, C#, SQL, XML/XSLT and HTML5
•Very familiar with the main operating systems of Windows, Linux and Mac

MUSIC

•Passionate music lover and musician with background in studio and live recording as well as digital sound production

•Ability to play around 10 different instruments, to (very) varying degrees, including guitar, piano, banjo and accordion

Personality

•Outgoing personality that takes great pleasure in meeting new people learning about their lives
•Always looking for personal growth and development through new training, challenges and experiences
•Adaptable to different situations and responsibilities with a long history of travel since an early age
•Reliable and interested in contributing through volunteer and community work

•Creative and collaborative, having written many pieces of music over the years and worked closely with other musicians




Other Information

•Full UK Driving licence

•Certified SAI Anti-Bribery for Business

•College level certification in Photography