Blaine P. Connor

Work Experience

Customer Service Representative
Ebco, Inc.	2/1999 - 8/1999

• Monitored inventory and production, tracking supplier deliveries and shipments to clients for busy rubber and plastic products company.
• Helped clients meet production scheduling needs.
• Assisted in ISO 9002-compliant quality system implementation.

Quality Consultant
Quality Technology Company	4/1998 - 1/1999

• Handled multiple projects. Set own schedule, met project deadlines.
• Developed ISO 9000 / QS-9000 compliant procedures and work instructions for all business functions (production, sales, purchasing, management) in a variety of industries (including printed circuits, metal stamping, and cable manufacturing).
• Consulted and advised quality control and other functions on system implementation.
• As trained internal auditor, conducted monthly management system and process audits. Reported audit findings, issued corrective action requests, spurred process improvement.
• Heavy client contact (phone, letter, fax, e-mail, face-to-face).

Assistant English Teacher
Nagasaki Board of Education	8/1994 - 7/1997

• Established effective relationships with Japanese teachers and staff in four schools.
• Developed Oral Communication curriculum for first-year high school students, preparing lessons, designing written and oral tests, and grading assignments. Personally interviewed over 350 students.
• Spoke or moderated at prefectural and regional teacher conferences. One of five teachers chosen to represent Nagasaki at the JET Program 10th Anniversary Symposium in Tokyo.
• Elected Goto Block Representative 1996-97. Wrote welcome letters to new foreign teachers, assisted in orientation, and acted as a communication liaison.

Teacher
The Princeton Review	1/1994 - 5/1994

• Taught test-taking skills for the Math section of the SAT-I to high school students, helping them attain significant measurable score improvements.

Teaching Assistant
Education Department, Dartmouth College	4/1991 - 6/1991

• Graded papers, led weekly discussion, and conducted oral examinations, working under strict deadlines and as part of a team.
• Received an academic citation for work from the instructor.

Education

• My primary research interest is the effects of work-related transfers on life-course decisions, the family, and rural communities.

State University of New York at Buffalo	1993 - 1994
M.A., English Literature	3.8/4.0

• Wrote thesis on Hawthorne, Faulkner, and Turner.

Dartmouth College	1988 - 1992
B.A. cum laude, Philosophy	3.6/4.0

• Received four academic citations for exceptional work in Education and Philosophy.
• Studied at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Summer 2000
• Japanese Summer Language Study Scholarship, Summer 2000
• University of Pittsburgh Faculty of Arts and Sciences Fellowship, 1999-2000

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Interests

Music	Bass Player, Shin Uonome Wind Ensemble 1994 - 1997
Martial Arts	Blue Belt, Ryukyu-kempo 1993 Green Belt, Aiki-jitsu 1992
Writing	Published articles in monthly newsletter and annual journal for Nagasaki teachers 1994 - 1997 Chief Editor of undergraduate Philosophy journal 1991 - 1992

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Computer Skills

Macintosh Win95, Win98

MS Office 97 MS Office 2000

HTML EMACS

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