Christopher Kovacs

Extensive experience in project management, software design and business process analysis and automation.

Led skunkworks software and services rapid development team, Sydney, Australia.

New technologies evangelist to executives of Big 5 Accountancy firms, Sydney, Australia.

Designed and implemented data conversion process for Ernst & Young Australia practice management system data port

Corporate teaching, training and workshop design and delivery in Australia and Korea.

Managed international front desk staff in various resort hotels, Greece and Canada.

British Columbia post-graduate secondary teacher certification.

Teaching experience at all public school levels.

Head Foreign Teacher of BCM Language Institute, Seomyeon, Busan.

University English Instructor : curriculum and instruction certified 'A+++' by Korean Ministry of Education 2001/2002 academic year, voted top instructor with eight of top ten ranked classes across all faculties according to student surveys, examination, text and CBT designer.

Seven years English and Business class instruction and workshop delivery, executive tutoring, proofreading and editing, POSCO/POMIC, Gwangyang, Korea.

Designed and wrote Business English course and textbook for Telephone English courses, POMIC Gwangyang, Korea, and English Pronunciation textbook, Hansei University, Seoul, Korea.

Planned and developed telephone-based POSCO English Speaking Test for International Employees for POMIC, Gwangyang, Korea.

Lived, worked and travelled globally for over two decades.

Reponsible for management and delivery of training programs for overseas POSCO employees. From 2009-2010, English and Business English skills instructor. Designed, developed and delivered Business Presentation Skill workshop, 2008, Business Telephone English textbook, 2009, and POSCO English Speaking Test for overseas employees, 2009-2010.

Curriculum design and instruction in conversational English and Global Business skills. Created and conducted one-on-one English proficiency interviews with more than 2000 employment candidates.

Instruction in conversational English skills, lead role in curriculum design, creation of student examinations, program management. Project leader for production of English pronunciation textbook.

Designed and developed Enterprise Information Portal and decision support system for professional services practices (accounting, law firms). Involvement of all aspects of development project as team leader and project manager - from scoping and strategy, technology platform analysis and selection, requirements gathering and specification, and client presentations and input-gathering to user interface design and development, prototyping and development process management, documentation and training material planning and development, onsite client-beta program management, and software release strategies. Additional responsibilities included training of field consultants in technology.

Seconded (2001) to 'Eternity Project' : a small multi-disciplinary team hand-selected by the CEO to establish and map out vision, process and objectives for next generation of entire software product line, company-wide.

Chosen as lead evangelist for new technology opportunities to executives and boards of Big 5 Accountancy firms.

Instruction in conversational EFL to students ranging in age from elementary school to adult, with emphasis on university and adult students at advanced levels. Course specialties including advanced conversation classes, video-based classes, and TOEFL and TOEIC preparation for KIST students. Participation in curriculum development and course material evaluation for students of all levels.

Computer support and database development, lighting and pyrotechnic support for concerts and shows. English instructor for company employees.

Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher on call.

Involvement in design and implementation of nationwide data conversion and purification strategy for implementation of new Integrated Practice Management System. Developed and programmed database applications, including help desk, project tracking, and customised data conversion engine.

Various online and distance learning technology courses for personal and professional development.

British Columbia non-expiring Teacher's Certificate.

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with minors in German and Philosophy.

I love the internet, and I love making beautiful things and seeing people enjoy them. In another era, I might have been a carpenter or stonemason.

I've always been a voracious reader, and still manage to read a book or two per week, although these days my reading happens mostly on a tablet computer. I write less than I used to, but it is one of my most satisfying pastimes.

The internet has transformed human community, and one of the things that excites me most in life a life lived all over the world is how distance has become increasingly irrelevant, and I can make and maintain friendships with people I would never otherwise have met. We're still in the early years, and there's much that we're still learning about how best to make web community work, but I love it and have thought long and hard about it over the past decade and more.

Standing in front of a class or in front of a group of executives, it doesn't matter: one of my great joys in life is to speak to people and get them as excited as I am about the things that I love, things like learning, language and technology.