Quality Control Engineer
Resume:
MARITZA ALVAREZ **** S **th Road Apt. #*
Arlington, VA 22204
Phone: (703) 507 - 2610
E-mail: ********.***@*****.***
SUMMARY
. Over 16 years of experience in Language and Science Teaching,
translation and interpretation fields, achieving the learner's
objectives and working with a team of professionals from different
areas of expertise and agencies.
. Excellent team work skills. Working closely with colleagues,
supervisors, administrators, and others in a variety of projects
achieving objectives efficiently.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Curriculum Development, management and Teaching of educational programs:
. Design and development of effective language curriculum and teaching
aids and materials.
. Design, Manage, and Direct in-site training program for an anodizing
plant. Made them aware that everyone in the team was responsible for
the productivity, scrap control, and safety conditions of the process.
Achieving a 20 % scrap reduction.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
. Language and Culture Instructor, Curriculum Developer. 2005-
02/2009 and 08/2009 - Present
FSI (Foreign Service Institute).
Arlington, VA
. Teach Spanish to Department of State and USAID' s students
given them the tools to represent USA in their post and
relating the language to its culture to make the students more
effective in its use and communication.
. Developed, directed, and manage the Panama Public Speaking
Course for Ambassador Barbara Stephenson. Developing materials
she would use in her post. Coordinated and prepared her
interviews with different press people and others.
. Mentoring all Spanish courses offered by FSI except Spanish
Intermediate.
. Started the Tester Training Program.
. Created, developed, and taught several seminaries.
. Used of Social Media tools in education. Participating as lecturer
in the Personnel Development Session with the following topics:
A- Social Media Tools: creating and maintaining your own
blog.
B- Brainstorming in the teaching field.
C- Blogs created: http://immersions.tumblr.com/;
http://brainstormingandsocialmedia.tumblr.com/ ;
http://creatingyourblog.tumblr.com/
. Patent Examiner. Chemical Engineer 2/2009 to
8/2009
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
. Review and determine the patentability of Patent Applications
based on the statutes and merits of the invention. Communicate
with the applicant and his/her representatives about the
merits of the application. Report the findings though a final
action communication.
. Montgomery College. Takoma Park, MD 2005 -
2009
Introduction to Chemistry. Lecture and Lab Professor.
. Engaging students interested in the Chemistry learning.
Making it fun and using real life examples to provide the
principles needed to take other courses.
. Director 1998 -
Present
Language Dimension Inc 1706 NW 56 Av. Lauderhill,
FL 33313
. Supervise services in the language field: Translations,
Interpretation and Instruction rented to several organizations
and individuals.
. Develop curriculums, cultural differences seminaries, and tool
kits to teach Spanish, Portuguese, and French for executives at
FedEx, Imation, Discovery Channel, and others in the South
Florida Area.
. Increased revenues in a 100% in a period of 2 years.
. Assign the proper people to different projects.
. Personnel Recruiting.
. Coordinate the training for employees with personnel officers.
. Anodizing Department Manager. 1993 -
1997 ALDECA (ALUMINIO DE CENTRO AMERICA) Km 7.5 Boulevard del
Ejercito. Soyapango. El Salvador.
* Supervised 40 people, three shifts.
* Directed and Planed the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly activities of
the Anodizing Department
* Controlled of the chemical and equipment inventories.
* Established the yearly budget for the department.
* Designed reports to control production, chemical products consumption,
and scrap.
* Established and maintain a close work relationship with other plant's
department; especially with profile production and maintenance.
Established the weekly quality control team meeting to improve our
productivity and decrease scrap. The idea was that every member of the
Anodizing Department was a member of the quality control team. The
meeting was every Monday at 6:00 am, so we could share the experiences
of the past week and set the objectives for the present week and also
brainstorming to find new way or improvements that may help to achieve
the objectives and supersede them in about a 10%.
Establish the training program to every level and position in the
plant. This initiative plus the weekly quality control team meeting
resulted in a 20 % scrap reduction and an increment of 25% in our
production in a period of 6 months.
Visited clients to evaluate claims or any other concern. Our policy was
"Always Client First".
. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Executive Master of Business Administration, Marketing
Instituto Superior de Econom a y Administraci n de Empresas
(ISEADE). San Salvador, El Salvador. 1995 - 1997.
Bachelor of Sciences, Chemical Engineer
Universidad Centroamericana Jos Sime n Ca as (UCA). 1984.
English as a Second Language.
Delaware Community College (Del Tech) 1990.
Staff Development Courses, ACIPAS. Used as a tool on the development
of classroom activities. Among them: Smart Board, Hot Potatoes, Power
Point, Excel, The learning Styles, Understanding students who are
coming from difficult posts, etc. Tester/Examiner Language Training in
progress.
COMPUTER COURSES. Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word and other languages:
Fortran IV, Cobol, and DOS.
EQUIPMENT
Software: Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Fax-machine, Laser printer, Scanner, Internet
Large technical, scientific, and general library
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
Curriculum, project design and development, Teaching,
Translations, and Interpretations.
REFERENCES
. Leslie R. Drake. MTC. Senior Acquisition Analyst
Work: (703) 588 - 7725; Home: (703) 530 - 7777
13078 Shenvale Circle. Bristow VA. 20136.
. Giovanna Serrano
Language Services Director
uniVerse Language Solutions, LLC
Tel 770-***-**** - Fax 770-***-****
4570 Snowchase Way
Marietta, GA 30062
. Elio Sanchez-Bailen
Language Instructor and Curriculum Developer
FSI/SLS/ROM
George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20522-4201
phone 703-***-****
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