Education
Education:
Moscow State University; Moscow, USSR; Philology Faculty; Russian as a Foreign Language.
Rostov State University; Rostov-on-Don, USSR; Legal Faculty; Jurisprudence.
Skills:
Technical: MS Office applications, HyperSnap-DX, Internet.
Language: Native Russian; fluent English; basic German and Ukrainian;
Courses: Open Sources Academy :
“Hidden Universes of Information on the Internet”,
“Security and Privacy Issues on the Internet”,
“Advanced Googling”.
Professional Experience
Experience:
Linguist - Analyst: STG, Inc., Reston, VA; 09/2005 – 09/2008. Contract to government agency.
Language Instructor: Diplomatic Language Services, Arlington, VA; 09/2008 – present. Russian language advanced training course; intensive program, six hours per day, five days per week;
inguist: Freelance, Under contract to companies such as McNeil Technologies (Springfield, VA) and ASET(Arlington, VA); 11/2006 – present. Russian-English, English Russian, and small amount of Ukrainian-English translation of a wide variety of documents from Federal government agencies, including material requiring a degree of confidentiality. Subject matter included economic, military, scientific, and legal topics, among others.
Linguist: LinguaLISTek Inc., Columbia, MD; 08/2004 – 06/2005. Translation of a wide variety of documents from government agency, including material requiring a degree of confidentiality;
Language instructor: (contract position); LinguaLISTek Inc., Columbia, MD; 2002-03. Russian language training course; intensive program, five hours per day, five days per week; prepared lesson plan .
Manager: Marlendale International, Rockville, MD/Grand Rapids, MI; 1991 to 2000. International trade consulting company; assist companies to set up production, distribution, and marketing activities in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union; provide translation and interpreting services, including the hiring and managing of interpreters; develop relationship with clients; activities include aerospace, human and veterinary medicines, business education, feed and foodstuffs, wood products, other consumer and industrial goods.