BRAD CARTY

E-Mail:  bcarty@hotmail.com

http://www.bradcarty.com 

 

OBJECTIVE:    To teach Business English in a variety of countries around the world.

 

EDUCATION:      SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, Seattle, WA
March 2001           	Masters in Education, TESOL
		·        4.0 GPA
		·        Internship with Global Education Services
 
September 1999      SCHOOL OF TESL (Seattle University), Seattle, WA
                   	Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
 
June 1984                NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, NY
                     	Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cinema Studies, June 1984
·          Twice elected undergraduate representative to faculty
·          1982 Tisch Scholar, 1983 Edgar Bronfman Scholar
  

EXPERIENCE:

October 2006-           ENGLISH TOOLBOX CO.

Present                         Creator and President

 

December 2006-        Wall Street Institute, Baltimore, MD

June 2007                         Materials Developer

    ·    Created beginner- and intermediate-level exercises for students of multinational chain of schools

    ·    Development in MS Excel working from pre-written dialogs

    ·    Focus on grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension

 

October 2003-        TARGET GmbH, Offenbach am Main, Germany

October 2006              Business English trainer

    ·    Full-time teacher/trainer on-site at a major German corporation

    ·    Classes and 1:1 training, including senior management

    ·    Developed and taught seminars and intensive courses, including weeklong off-site intensives for other corporate clients

    ·    Created Co.'s World Wide Web site

    ·    Spearheaded development and licensing of CALL applications

                                    ·    Assisted in development of assessment, testing and computerized measurability tools

 

September 2001 -   O'CONNOR BUSINESS ENGLISH TRAINING, Ulm, Germany

September 2003      Professional English Communication Group, Ulm, Germany

                                     Business English trainer at various corporations in the Ulm area

  • Developed and taught seminars and intensive courses
  • Classes at ratiopharm, Gardena, EADS, and other local firms.

 

April 2003 -            FACHHOCHSCHULE NEU-ULM, Neu-Ulm, Germany

December 2003           Lecturer, "Presentations in English," for MBA program.

 

October 2002-        UNIVERSITÄT ULM, Ulm, Germany

July 2003                     Lecturer, "Business and More" (twice over two terms).

 

July 2001-                ACCENT COURSES LTD, Hampshire, U.K.

August 2001                Course Director for summer cultural/language program at Univ. of Middlesex in London

 

September 1999-     BOWNE OF SEATTLE, Seattle, WA

May 2001                    Production Coordinator

 

April 1998-              MORRIS USA & OVERSEAS CORP., Melbourne Beach, FL

August 1999                 Sales and Marketing for Travel/Education Co.

                               

March 1997-            NEO ENGLISH ACADEMY, Chônju, South Korea

December 1997            English Language and Conversation Teacher, Ages 8-Adult

 

April 1996-              HOMECOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Atlanta, GA

February 1997              Sales & Marketing of internet applications to businesses, government and non-profit institutions.

·        Telephone/outside sales to Fortune 1000 companies

·        Design and copywriting for multi-media web content

·        After-sale support and upgrades

 

January 1995-          VARIOUS TELEPHONE /DIRECT SALES POSITIONS, Atlanta, GA

April 1996                Employed with start-up firms on straight commission basis

·          Inter-Axis, Inc.

·          J&J Satellite Systems

·          Advanced Water, Inc.

 

November 1992-     WATER PROFESSIONALS, INC., Lawrenceville, NJ

December 1994       Direct Sales Rep. for Rainsoft Water Purification Equipment

 

February 1990-        KULTUR INTERNATIONAL FILMS, LTD., West Long Branch, NJ

September 1992       National Marketing Director for home video licensor/distributor

·  Responsible for $76,000 annual advertising budget

·  Coordinated press relations, served as Co.'s spokesman

·  Created direct mail campaigns, catalogs

·  Tracked dealer inventories and sales

·  Designed product packaging using Quark X-Press software

·  Sales to major retailers, specialty stores, direct mail firms

·  Supervised two outside sales representatives

·  Expanded Co.'s reach into educational and library markets

·  Acquisition of new video programs (selected appropriate programming, negotiated terms with producers)

·  Wrote/designed sales flyers, press releases, ads, catalogs, packaging copy

·  Represented Co. at major trade shows and conferences

 

December 1985-      BAKER & TAYLOR VIDEO, Morton Grove, IL

January 1990            Marketing Manager of Alternative Programming for division of W.R. Grace

·  Collection development for library and educational markets

·  Planned Co.'s entry into alternative markets (bookstores, electronic catalog sales, military bases, fire stations)

·  Selected product from independent video producers for addition to inventory, negotiated terms

·  Created marketing campaigns for audio and video pre-pack "collector's editions"

·  Contributing Editor of monthly magazine sent to customers

·  Copywriter for marketing publications (catalogs, flyers, trade periodicals, sales promotions, direct mail solicitations)

·  Designed DEC-VAX computer title entry standards for direct mail, educational and retail marketing campaigns

·  Designed Co.'s first marketing databases/spreadsheets for tracking sales by category and customer type

·  Panelist at industry, library and educational conferences

·  Studied home video copyright laws vis-à-vis educational usage

·  Transferred from branch office to corporate headquarters in 1987

 

1988-1994               WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN, Bronx, NY

                                "Video Shopper" columnist for monthly library periodical

·        Reviewed special-interest videos and advised in collection development issues facing public and academic libraries

 

1984-1985               LOEWS CORPORATION, New York, NY

                                Managed Manhattan's largest multiplex cinema

 

1985                        DUN & BRADSTREET, New York, NY

                                Wrote and edited sections of Moody's Investors' Moody's Reports

 

COMPUTER SKILLS:                 

Proficient on PC and Macintosh software (Quark X-Press, PowerPoint, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS Works, OmniPage, Image Studio), plus Internet and WWW search tools.

 

MISCELLANEOUS:

·         Applicant holds a current passport.

·         Applicant holds a current driving license, issued in United States.

·         Applicant is a native English speaker.

·         Applicant is a member of TESOL.

 

 

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