AMIR KHAN
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objective
I am an ambitious and committed individual who has the confidence and potential to work in a challenging environment. My objective is to achieve a position of trust and responsibility within the organization and to be associated with a challenging position where my academic and professional education can be best utilized
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida United States of America
School of Business
International Business Management, June 2009
Small Business Management & Sociology, August 2009
International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan
Faculty of Management Sciences
Bachelor of Business Administration in IT Management (BBA-ITM), January 2006
Govt. Jahanzeb Post Graduate College Swat PakistanHSSC (Pre- Engineering)
Marks: 843/1100 A-Grade Session: 2000/01
International Education Academy Swat
Marks: 720/850 A-1 Grade Session: 1999
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
CENTER FOR STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
August 2009- Till DateTarget Language expert, Curriculum developer for beginners, intermediate and advance level students.Supporting the development of Pashto Lessons, exercises and online language learning programs..(Defense Languages Institute)Researching Pashto Reading, writing & Listening modules.Finding Sources, transcribing, translating and proof reading of lessons in Pashto.Communicating team members in all stages of the course development. Proof Reading, editing and reviewingExpert level Pashto typing skills.Voice over and recording in Pashto and Urdu languages.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER
Dec 2009 – March 2010
Worked as Content Object Selector and Learning Object DeveloperExternal consultant for the LangNet Learning Object project. (LOAT)Responsible for locating ILR Level 3 content in the Pashto languageDevelopment of the content object into a learning objectReview the pedagogical activities developed by our Second Language Acquisition team
NASTAKA BARRIERS INC. TAMPA FLORIDA USA
Trainee -Business Development
May 2009 – August 2009Three months training at the sales and business development department.Develop initial sales strategies and logistics for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Data Entry on Net Suit. EstimationDeveloping contacts with South Asian clients
TRAINEE- MINISTRY OF FINANCE ISLAMABAD (NIP)
March 31st 2007- March 31st 2008As trainee under National Internship Programme in Quality Assurance & IT Wing of Ministry of Finance Islamabad.Working directly under the supervision of Joint Secretary (Quality Assurance) and section officers (QA & IT Wing)Monthly progress reporting to Mentor (Deputy Secretary Banking) and Joint Secretary QA in term of performance, learning and other activities.ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System, File Management and data Management.Data entry, comparison and analysis and file conversions on different software.Worked on Development of Surveys, Quality Procedures, Quarterly Quality Reports, Employees Suggestions Scheme and others
Examination Supervisor - BRITISH COUNCIL
April 2006 till April 2007Conduct O level University of Cambridge International Examinations.Ensuring safe and timely delivery of question and answer Papers.Ensuring timely start and ending of Exam.Preparing attendance registers and seating plan of candidates.Refer candidate’s enquiries to examination officer.Ensuring no unauthorized person enter the exam hall.Instructing the Invigilators regarding examination. Issuing instructions to candidates regarding exam.Timely communication and meetings with examination services officer.
Freelance Translator/Instructor/PASHTO LESSONs DEVELOPER
July 2004-till date
Registered Translator in the language pair English to Pashto and vice versa.Working for many international translation companies around the globeExperience in Editing, Proof reading, Transcription, Translation, website localization, voice overs, subtitling.Co owner and Business Development Director of CRITICAL LINGUISTICS LLC Tampa Florida. The company is providing languages related services like translations, proof reading, QA, transcription, voice overs and recordings, language teaching and cultural orientations, e-learning etc.Pashto Basic Course developer including interactive Pashto lessons for beginners. So far translated some large scale projects in range of 5000 words to 50,000 words e.g. for Denmark Immigrations, Croydons County UK, Google, Microsoft.Translation experience in Business, educational, Scientific, and other important fields. My online profile can be seen at http://www.proz.com/profile/624456Other small and large capacity translations in intervals since 6 years
courses/ Training
Hillsborough Community College Tampa Florida
Attended several workshops, seminars and conferences on Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Management System, Accounts Management, Computer, Communication.
Ministry of Finance Islamabad Pakistan
ISO 9000-2001 Quality Management System, Time Management, and Performance Management
SKILLS
Computer Skills:Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows.Excellent Internet knowledge (e-commerce, e-business, email, surfing)
Language Skills:
English (speaking, writing, reading) Very Good
Pushto (speaking, writing, reading) Native
Urdu (speaking, writing, reading) National language.
REFERENCES
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