Brian Tam

Current

• Business English Trainer at Oxford English Training

Past

• English Teacher at EF Education
• Consultant at Choice Hotels International
• Federal Marketing Intern at Hewlett Packard

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Education

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Brian Tam’s Experience

• Business English Trainer

  Oxford English Training

  (Privately Held; Education Management industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year )

  Teaching business English and professional skills to the local Shanghai offices of Fortune 500 companies.

• English Teacher

  EF Education

  (Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  November 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Spent a year using my business background to teach business English concepts to professionals and college students at a large EF Smart School in downtown Shanghai.
  Was known as a friendly and energetic teacher, and formed great relationships with the students.
  Independently, founded a blog as a space for the students.
  Learned conversational Chinese in my spare time and continue to learn today.

• Consultant

  Choice Hotels International

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CHH; Hospitality industry)

  June 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  I was in the Intermediary Marketing Department to inject fresh thinking and perspective. I worked to develop innovative programs and managed these projects to execution. These programs include AAA Appreciation Week, Pacesetters, and Travel Weekly Webinar which won an Adrian Award (Silver) in 2007.

• Federal Marketing Intern

  Hewlett Packard

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2004 — March 2005 (10 months)

  Supported the team marketing activities with trade show preparation (FOSE), PowerPoint perfection, and intranet updates.

Brian Tam’s Education

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  BS , International Business , 2001 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Founder of Alpha Theta Sigma Multicultural Fraternity

Additional Information

Brian Tam’s Interests:

innovation, strategy, analysis, training, creativity, simplicity, risk, management, beach volleyball, marketing, baseball, NY Yankees, jogging, snowboarding, miniaturization, technology, business, nytimes, Washington DC, Shanghai, China

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