Experience

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  Travelers

  • Boston, MA

  • Senior Administrative Assistant

    • Dec 1999 - Present
    • Boston, MA

    Produce National Accounts new business & midterm renewal marketing presentations using PowerPoint & Excel; research interplay between MS OneNote, SharePoint, and other MS Office applications for a multiple business unit pilot project; set up new business submissions; conduct custom querie...

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  Gillette Company

  • Boston, MA

  • North America Rollout Team Administrator

    • Jun 1997 - Jun 1999
    • Boston, MA

    Full time temporary position contracted through Office Specialists (Boston). The two-year Global Business Process Integration rollout was a collaboration between Price Waterhouse Coopers and inhouse Gillette accountants to integrate SAP software into Gillette's business. Duties included trans...

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  MIT

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

    • Jan 1996 - May 1996
    • Cambridge, MA

    Replacement position for a colleague on sabbatical. Taught "New German Cinema,"​ "Intensive Workshop on German Current Events,"​ and "20th-Century German Literature Survey."

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  Brandeis University

  • Waltham, MA

  • Lecturer with the Rank of Assistant Professor of German

    • Aug 1993 - May 1995
    • Waltham, MA

    Two consecutive academic year contracts to teach five courses in German language and literature as well as undergraduate seminars in the Humanities.

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  American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS)

  • Berlin, Germany

  • Resident Director

    • Jun 1991 - Jan 1993
    • Berlin, Germany

    First Resident Director of a program partnered with Humboldt University within a year of German Reunification. Entailed diplomacy and crisis management skills to mediate between (mostly) young American students, East German host families, East German academics, a West German bank, and East and W...

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  Siemens Medical Electronics

  • Danvers, MA

  • Technical Writer and Translator

    • Jun 1989 - May 1990
    • Danvers, MA

    Translated and formatted English to German and German to English user manuals, user software, specs, and marketing materials for publication using WordPerfect 5.1 in DOS.

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  Boston University

  • Boston, MA

  • Assistant Professor of German

    • Aug 1985 - May 1989
    • Boston, MA

    Taught five original courses per year, developed curriculum, served on committees, hired and supervised language instructors, presented papers at national conferences

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  University of Tulsa

  • Tulsa, OK

  • Assistant Professor of German

    • Aug 1982 - Jul 1985
    • Tulsa, OK

    Taught six original courses per year, restructured the German curriculum, sponsored a German club, organized a film festival, served on committees, presented papers at national conferences