Experience

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  Johns Hopkins University Press

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Electronic Production Specialist

    • Mar 2016 - Present
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    • Assess, create and manipulate PDF and XML files to present academic journal articles on the project website format in a fast-paced production environment. • Prepare eBooks for web presentation, insure they are assigned to subject discipline collections and analyze publisher metadata for accuracy. • Test, analyze and implement various databases and tools designed to maintain and drive the project's “pilot” web development system.

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  Self-employed

  • Translation Service Provider

    • 2004 - Present

    In excess of 120 scientific texts translated from German into English for publication in scholarly books and academic journals [High Ability Studies, Gifted and Talented International, Psychological Reports, Metacognition and Learning, Educational Sciences and Psychology, Psychology Science Quarterly] or presentation at international conferences [American Educational Research Association (AERA)], International Conference on the Development and Education of Gifted Children in Peking, China, Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness in Taipei, Taiwan], while conferring with authors to ensure that the renditions retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.

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  Albrecht Engineering, Inc.

  • Baltimore, Maryland Area

  • Marketing Coordinator

    • Feb 2015 - Feb 2016
    • Baltimore, Maryland Area

    Contact other firms about Teaming opportunities. Maintain QuickBooks Database. Write and Copy Edit all outgoing and internal reports, proposals, and correspondence. Manage staff of twelve employees. Also manage Accounts Payable Department, which includes extensive and complex invoicing systems for Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and Howard County, as well as private firms.

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  Ulm University, Ulm Germany

  • Scientific Research Associate

    • Feb 2007 - Oct 2007

    Served primarily as Project Manager for the project "Consultancy Services for the Development of Gifted Programs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)." The project’s main goal was the design and implementation of a national Gifted Education program for the UAE.

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  Mindpearl Germany, Frankfurt

  • Customer Service Representative Trainer

    • Jan 2003 - Jul 2004

     Created, procured, and conducted training and development programs to ensure that employees could meet client expectations concerning skills and competencies. Accountable for the installation and maintenance of software required for workshops, seminars, and other learning situations. Responsible for the entire learning process, and its environment, ensuring that courses met their objectives and were measured and evaluated. Assisted employees to maintain and improve their job skills and conducted retraining programs to develop new skills demanded by technological changes in the workplace.