Thomas
Oakes
Experience
Commercial Insurance Manager• Insurance Brokerage • Farmer Brown Insurance Agency
2013–2015
Legal Intake Advisor• Initial Point of Contact for Potential Litigants • FULL Creative (Sokolove Law account)
2011–2012
Training Supervisor• Automotive Insurance Corporate Trainer • Alpine Access for Infinity Insurance account
2002-2011
Self employed ESL teacher and owner of Ingles en 3 Meses, a Costa Rican foreign language academy
Sold 64 policies in March 2018 with Farmer Brown insurance, generating over $50,000 in gross premium commissions for the agency
Created communicative learning system for teaching foreign languages that focused on students’ speaking from the first minute of the first and every class. Self-published two textbooks that went with that system
Recently created and published handbook for WABO Roofing, a Houston-based roofing contractor. Handbook covers hourly employees, independent contractors, and sub-contractors.
Education
Escuela Normal Superior Nueva Galicia, A.C., Guadalajara, México
Licenciatura degree (slightly higher than a bachelor’s degree) for English as a Second Language teaching, with a GPA of 3.5.
Leadership
Bilingual English/Spanish in all forms. P and C license in Texas. Published writer and blogger. Texas notary public since 2014.
5012 Garry Owen Road
El Paso, TX 79903
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