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Professional and Educational Profile for Alain Mehl
International Email: alainmehl@yahoo.com
France address and phone:
8 rue Neuve
94400 Vitry sur Seine, France
phone: (33) 01 43 91 08 56
Career History and Qualifications
Since 2005 I have been giving private lessons and working part-time as a native English teacher in the Paris area (Ile de France). After arriving in Paris with my wife in the summer, 2002, I started working as one of the business English teachers for Business Talk France in Paris, France. After two and a half years, I have been working for myself and for small language schools since 2005. After living and working in the Paris region for the last six years, I have become quite familiar with the public transport system and can find my way easily around Paris and suburbs.
Before moving to France in 2002, I resigned from my position as a Senior Product Information Specialist (basically, technical writer), at Unisys Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, where I had worked for six years. Before my employment with Unisys, I worked for almost six years as part of a large product information team at Evans & Sutherland in Salt Lake City. During the 15 years from 1986 to 2001, my primary responsibilities were to test, research, and then develop the IT product requirements (typically, training and/or documentation) for computer software and hardware products. In addition to the familiarity that I have acquired regarding the state-of-the-art hardware systems and software/firmware programs produced by the companies for which I have worked, I have learned to navigate with ease through the world of PC and LAN/WAN applications as well as the Internet.
In view of my U.S. work experience, it might seem that the most logical direction for me look for employment would be as a computer technology professional. Realistically, however, I believe that my best opportunities, at least in France and other non-English speaking countries, are in the field of teaching. After college, I started out as a teacher, first as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Alberta, Canada, then moving on to teaching jobs with CUSO (the Canadian Peace Corps) in Madagascar where I taught both primary level math and EFL to adults. I later spent a year teaching English and mathematics at a private French lycée in Asnieres, outside of Paris. After several stints as a substitute teacher in Phoenix, Arizona, I went back to college and obtained a U.S. secondary level teaching certificate. I later decided to leave high school teaching (and teaching in general) after being offered a position in educational software development.
My non-teaching employment experience has provided background and skills that would be very useful to a teaching career - especially business English. I am highly computer literate and familiar with the latest software/hardware standards and multimedia concepts. I have always managed to become a valuable asset for any company where I have worked. I have communicated well with marketing, technical support, and engineering personnel. In addition to the writing of technical manuals, I have produced newsletters, ad copy, project proposals, and quarterly reports. I am very confident of my interpersonal skills and I have always fit in quickly to a new work environment. I have experience working in a variety of settings (in North America, Europe, and Africa) and I am confident of my communication abilities. I am fluent in French and my Spanish language skills are passable. Please review the following page for specifics of my work and educational background.
Previous Employment
Institution and Time Title and Type of Work
Business Talk France
(Paris, France)
2002-2005 Business English Teacher for private French company (private English lessons - 1.5 to 2 hour sessions for groups of 1 to 6 persons at BusinessTalk offices or client offices)
Unisys Corporation
(Salt Lake City, USA)
1995-2001 Senior Product Information Specialist (writing hardcopy and online manuals - site preparation, installation, servicing, and diagnostics of Unisys computer equipment)
Evans & Sutherland
(Salt Lake City, USA)
1989-1995 Technical Writer (Operations, programming, training, and diagnostics hardware/software manuals for imaging computers and flight simulators)
DataCatchers, Inc.
(Salt Lake City, USA)
1988-1989
Senior Technical Writer (Operations and training manuals for a data management software program)
Beehive International
(Salt Lake City, USA)
1986-1988 Senior Technical Writer (hardware research and documentation for end user operation and maintenance of computer terminals)
WICAT Systems
(Orem, Utah, USA)
1983-1986 Writer/developer of online educational software, specifically mathematics (algebra, geometry) programs
Lincoln High School
(Lincoln, Montana, USA)
1982-1983 Teacher of mathematics and French – After obtaining a U.S. secondary level (lycée level in France) teaching certificate, I obtained a position in a small high school
Cours Secondaires d’Asnieres
(Asnieres, France)
Mid 1970s Teacher of mathematics and English at a private French lycée (I was also self- employed during this time in France as a dealer of French postage stamps for collectors)
American Cultural Center
(Tananarive, Madagasgar)
Early 1970s Teacher of English as a second language at the American Cultural Center (I was in Madagascar as a member of CUSO - similar to U.S. Peace Corps) Teacher of mathematics at primary school level and teaching of English as a second language at American Cultural Center
Educational Background
Institution Time Area of Study or Degree
Eastern Mont. College
(Billings, Mont., USA) 1982/1983 Math and Computer Science
Univ. of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) Fall 1981 Educ/Math - received U.S. Teaching Certificate
Univ. of Alberta
(Edmonton, Alta., Canada) 1969-1970 Graduate Studies Romance Languages
Univ. D'Aix-Marseille
(Aix-En-Provence, France) 1968-1969 French
Rocky Mnt. College (Billings, Mont.) 1965-1968 B.A./B.S. - Math, French (double major)
Univ. of Paris (Paris, France) Summer l966/1968 French
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