
Signature Strengths
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Adult Learning & Development
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Curriculum Design & Development
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One-on-One or Group Coaching
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Corporate Training Services
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Cross-functional Team Collaboration
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Sales & Marketing Management
Founder, Executive Director and Owner of Globeskills Academy for Business and Languages
Lead Project Manager of customised language training programmes catering to small and large-scale corporations across Asia-Japan, Singapore, Korea and China | Co-founded Wong Jie Collage in Batam, Indonesia in 2005
20+ years of Professorship in English at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
Current Head of Language Program targeting Asian students for European Tertiary Education
Previous Chair of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) section of TESOL America
One of the world’s largest professional organisations of language teachers and professionals
Keynote Speaker & Presenter at international Conferences
CULI-LITO Conference (Thailand)
Redesigning Pedagogy (Singapore)
TESOL Arabia & USA
Keynote Speaker at International ESP conference (Taiwan)
Co-authored “Inexpensive, effective, ESP Material Development for the EFL Classroom”
(Jochum, O.; Hoffland, M. in Rilling, S. et. al eds.; Authenticity in the Language Classroom and Beyond: Adult Learners; TESOL Classroom Practice Series, Maryland, 2009.)
Executive Highlights


Education
Dr. (PhD)
English/Communications/Social Psychology Specialist
Universitat Klagenfurt
2000
MA (Master of Arts)
Cultural Studies/Applied Linguistics Specialist,
University of Sussex (England)
1995–1996
Mag. phil (MA)
Study of Applied Linguistics/English/Literature
Klagenfurt/Anglia-Polytechnic University (Cambridge, England)
1988–1994
Study of American Culture/Communications
University of Richmond (Virginia, United States)
1986–1988
Graduated from Austrian Secondary School
Matura (Bundeshandelsakademie Villach)
1986
Graduated from US-American High School
Lincoln High (Kansas, United States)
1985
Independent Communication and Language Consultant & Trainer (English/German)
Philippines/Austria
2015 - Present
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Carinthia university of applied sciences (CUAS)
Professorship of English
Villach (Austria)
2001–Present
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Globeskills - International Academy for Business & Languages
Managing Director | Founder | Director of Studies
Villach (Austria)
1998–2020
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Head | German Language & Culture Program
Villach (Austria)
2008–2016
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Pedagogical university
Lecturer/Facilitator for Teachers of English
Austria
2008–Present
Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
Coach & Consultant
Klagenfurt (Austria)
2010–2018
Various companies
Language Trainer | Facilitator | Curriculum Developer
Austria
2000–Present
Selected Previous Positions
Lecturer/Facilitator (English for ‘European Assistants–Summer), SFA, Cambridge, 2001
Language Lecturer, University of Southampton, 1996–1998
Cameraman & Reporter, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation), 1988–1993
Intern, WWBT (Channel 12) TV Station, Virginia, USA, 1988
Career Narratives

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