Experience

James Cook Languages s.r.o.

• Czechia
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• The language guy

  • Feb 2017 - Present



Unisys

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• CEE Proposal Services Manager

  • Feb 1994 - Jan 2018

  As CEE Proposal Services Manager I was managing, coaching and supervising proposal center managers across the Central Cluster (Germany, Austria, Czech and Slovak Republics, Switzerland); contributing to visions and strategies; managing international bid teams; coordinating cross-border exchange of international resources; ensuring methodological guidance; implementing best practice and innovations; managing career development of direct reports including personal performance planning & evaluation; As Manager of Czech Republic Proposal Services I was managing bid-support services according to QPP (Quality Proposal Process) throughout the life cycle of business opportunities. I was in particular • providing methodological guidance to bid managers, taking part in RFP analysis, Bid Strategy and Win Themes meetings, managing usage of bid process tools and processes (Annotated Outlines, Storyboards), chairing Independent Assessment Reviews and managing proofreading services • providing legal expertise in public procurement legislation, • managing proposal production Show less



Various Publishing Houses (Argo and others)

• Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika

• Free Lance translator

  • Nov 1989 - Jan 2016

  I have 20 years of experience as a free-lance translator of (a) books (Engl-to-Cz, genres ranging from prose to natural sciences to political philosophy) (works by Denis Leary, Edvard Gorey, Tom Holland, John Allison, Russell Kirk, Robert Nisbet, Richard Weaver, Michael Novak, Ludwig von Mises and others, (b) short stories and opinion columns published in various magazines (Engl-to-Cz as well as Cz-to-Engl) (pieces by: P. J. O'Rourke, Charles Krauthammer, Louis Charbonneau, Scott Rogers, John Allison, Chris Scheer, Eric Voegelin, Ian Tuttle, Douglas Murray, Anthony Daniels, Jonah Goldberg, and many others; (3) “commercial translation” mainly in the areas of: IT, legal, health service, arts & culture, political science, history (Engl-to-Cz as well as Engl-to-Cz). Besides I was an opinion columnist writing in English for a US newspaper published in Prague Show less



Various Publishing Houses

• Prague

• Published Author

  • Jan 2001 - Oct 2015

  I have 3 books of prose out, under 2 pen names: Jiri Puluh-Pilstein - Screw and Pray; Jiri Pilous - Sickle to my stomach; Jiri Pilous - Which Way Out, all in Czech, but a short excerpt has been translated into English by Alex Zucker and published online by the Stockholm Literary Review at: http://thestockholmreview.org/the-soderberg-section/278-2/ I have 3 books of prose out, under 2 pen names: Jiri Puluh-Pilstein - Screw and Pray; Jiri Pilous - Sickle to my stomach; Jiri Pilous - Which Way Out, all in Czech, but a short excerpt has been translated into English by Alex Zucker and published online by the Stockholm Literary Review at: http://thestockholmreview.org/the-soderberg-section/278-2/



Lago - Ultraphon

• Prague

• Project Manager

  • Jun 1990 - Dec 2008

  Multimedia English Langue Courses and Tutorials. Casting and project management. Multimedia English Langue Courses and Tutorials. Casting and project management.



Prognosis

• Prague

• Opinion Columnist

  • Mar 1990 - Jul 1995

  opinion columnist, illustrator opinion columnist, illustrator



Secondary Business Academy

• Resslova 5

• Teacher

  • 1988 - 1992

  Teacher of maths, physics and English Teacher of maths, physics and English



Existential Music Workshop

• Prague

• Free Impro Reedman (as, ts, bs)

  • Jan 1985 - Nov 1988

  Founder in the 1980's of a short-lived free-jazz trio (un)known as Existential Music Workshop (alto, tenor and drums). Comeback in recent years: participant in a series of free-impro workshops led by: Clayton Thomas, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Xavier Charles, Suzana Gartmayer. Just about to launch Existential Music Workshop II. Founder in the 1980's of a short-lived free-jazz trio (un)known as Existential Music Workshop (alto, tenor and drums). Comeback in recent years: participant in a series of free-impro workshops led by: Clayton Thomas, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Xavier Charles, Suzana Gartmayer. Just about to launch Existential Music Workshop II.



Charles University

• Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika

• Researcher - biophysics

  • Sep 1986 - Jun 1988

  Researching quantum phenomena in DNA´s adenin by means of laser Raman spectroscopy Researching quantum phenomena in DNA´s adenin by means of laser Raman spectroscopy