7/28/2019 Professional Resume for Thomas a Dyer1

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Thomas A Dyer, M.S. Page 2FacultyJanuary 2004 to October 2004Zhaoqing Medical College CHINA - Zhaoqing, PRC CHINA

Tapped to develop pilot program to train foreign nurses to work in the United States.Wrote and documented Computer Aided Training systems to accelerate learning programs and ultimately theteaching process of English and medical vocabularies for the CGFNS program.Taught Medical English used in hospital environments.Administered simulated CGFNS exams to prepare students to take exams in Beijing.Performed market research to discover how ESL students attending schools in six Chinese cities learnEnglish.Wrote Accelerated English program based on study results.Enrolled Chinese and American students in the CGFNS program, tracking their progress.

Financial Analyst/Corporate Trainer

March 2002 to January 2004World Financial Group Park Ridge, IL.

Led analyst training regarding financial market and insurance concepts in preparation for financial licensing

exams.Directed seminars to teach market and investment principles.Delivered financial services to diverse clientle, including mutual funds, retirement planning, life insuranceannuities plans for retirement.Selected to represent the region as Team Lead for Chicago Area.

SAT Verbal English TeacherOctober 2001 to January 2004Ray Chinese School - Lisle, IL

Established and taught SAT verbal English classes.Designed accelerated learning based techniques for SAT vocabulary lessons. Administered simulated SAT tests to enhance preparation.

System's Analyst & Scheduler operations/Technical WriterFebruary 2003 to September 2003Acxiom Corporation - Oakbrook, IL.

Analyzed, wrote system operations manuals, as well as processes to enable movement 85 Unix and NT.Spearheaded server systems of Acxiom facility.Reversed engineered operations and process, authoring documentation to duplicate environment at newfacility.Integrated Maestro scheduler operations and Open Basic control system to run in Acxiom environment.Conceived and implemented technical training documentation as well as updated operations manuals andprocedures geared toward Acxiom staff.

Previous Professional Experience

Bank One/IBM -- UNIX Systems Administrator/Technical WriterWang Laboratories, Inc. -- Regional Support SpecialistTechnicare Corp. -- Field Service EngineerU.S. Navy, USS Seahorse -- Data Systems Technician 1st Class

Education

Masters of Science:Computer Science