David Velarde
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Experience
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International Baccalaureate
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Switzerland
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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TOK IB Examiner
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Dec 2018 - Present
Successfully marked over 500 TOK essays for the IB Successfully marked over 500 TOK essays for the IB
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Tunas Muda School
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Indonesia
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Secondary Teacher
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Jul 2016 - Present
Taught IBDP Theory of Knowledge, geography, English A literature, Eng B. Supervised 4-6 EE students yearly. Supervised 3 PP students. Taught MYP English ELA yr 10, English yr 10 language and literature. Taught MYP humanities yr 7-8 Headed the Upper Secondary Enrichment Program – trained students for HMCA Toyko 2020, World Scholars Cup, and MUN events. Emceed school productions and grade 12 graduation yearly. Taught IBDP Theory of Knowledge, geography, English A literature, Eng B. Supervised 4-6 EE students yearly. Supervised 3 PP students. Taught MYP English ELA yr 10, English yr 10 language and literature. Taught MYP humanities yr 7-8 Headed the Upper Secondary Enrichment Program – trained students for HMCA Toyko 2020, World Scholars Cup, and MUN events. Emceed school productions and grade 12 graduation yearly.
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Secondary Teacher
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Jul 2015 - Jun 2016
Taught secondary Cambridge IGCSE 1st language English, history, and global perspectives. Taught IB TOK for grade 11. Taught secondary Cambridge IGCSE 1st language English, history, and global perspectives. Taught IB TOK for grade 11.
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Global Sevilla School
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Indonesia
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Secondary Teacher
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Sep 2009 - Jun 2014
Head of Discipline. Taught primary and secondary Cambridge IGCSE 1st and 2nd language English, literature, and geography. Fifty percent students consistently scoring A’s or A*’s in geography with all students taking the exam. Seventy-five percent of English and literature students consistently scoring A’s or A*’s with selected students taking English as a 1st language and literature exams. Hosted Spelling Bee competitions, Emcee school events, PIC for school programs, coached basketball and football team.
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EF English First
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Switzerland
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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English Teacher
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Jun 2008 - May 2009
Taught children, teenagers, and adult English courses, focusing on speaking, writing, listening, and computer based learning. Taught high level business classes as well as very young early learner courses. Performed oral testing and club activities. Placement testing. Taught children, teenagers, and adult English courses, focusing on speaking, writing, listening, and computer based learning. Taught high level business classes as well as very young early learner courses. Performed oral testing and club activities. Placement testing.
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Biosense Webster
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United States
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Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Plastics Engineer
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Apr 2007 - Jun 2008
Formulate and Specify resins for extrusion line. Made process improvements and process controls to extrusion line. 9 new injection molds speced for variable lasso handle project. ECO support and researched alternative vendors. Collaborated with PDP team and supported projects. Formulate and Specify resins for extrusion line. Made process improvements and process controls to extrusion line. 9 new injection molds speced for variable lasso handle project. ECO support and researched alternative vendors. Collaborated with PDP team and supported projects.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Engineer
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Sep 2006 - Apr 2007
Lead disposable methanol fuel cell cartridge project. Designed child safely feature, multi-layered film pouch, and optimized volumetric efficiency and assembly cost with leaf spring. Redesigned cartridge to pass standards (IEC) testing. Acted as interim testing engineer and performed permeability and cartridge testing. Designed testing fixtures and trade show displays. Lead disposable methanol fuel cell cartridge project. Designed child safely feature, multi-layered film pouch, and optimized volumetric efficiency and assembly cost with leaf spring. Redesigned cartridge to pass standards (IEC) testing. Acted as interim testing engineer and performed permeability and cartridge testing. Designed testing fixtures and trade show displays.
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Rain Bird Corporation
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Development Engineer
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May 2003 - Mar 2006
Designed plastic and metal components, injection molded, stamped, extruded, and structural foam molded. Designed and validated a 23 tool structural foam project. Designed a multi-shot elbow barb and street elbow, deemed multi-patent worthy. Speced prototypes, production tooling, and material selection for performance and manufacturability. Conducted vendor selection and mold approval. Conducted FEA analysis on competitors products and Rain Bird products. Conducted cost reduction projects for existing products. Performed product testing. Work closely with molding departments on quality issues and troubleshooting. Monitoring quality plans in production Acted as interim tooling and manufacturing engineer. Represented SBU for Alt Resin Committee. Attended NPE conference, SPC, DOE, ComosWorks, FMEA, and irrigation training seminars.
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Education
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University of Nottingham
PGCE, Education -
Penn State University
BS, Plastic Engineering Technology