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Razvan Costache

Razvan Costache

Geography & English Teacher

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  • About me

    Founder, Managing Director/Business English Teacher, avalon.ro

  • Education

    • University of Edinburgh

      1995 - 1995
      Advanced Studies for Language Teachers English Language Post-graduate

      Activities and Societies: Advance Language Course for Teachers Teacher trainer course

    • CD Gherea High School, Ploiesti

      1980 - 1982

    • Universitatea din București

      1987 - 1992
      BA in Geography and English English, Geography BA

      Activities and Societies: Geographica, founder, Liga Studentilor, 1989, founder member Geographica, Liga Studentilor

  • Experience

    • Colegiul Unirea Brasov

      Jan 1993 - Jan 1997
      Geography & English Teacher

      English & Geography Teacher

    • PROSPER-ASE Language Centre

      Jan 1998 - Mar 2001
      Business English Teacher; Corporate language courses

      Corporate language trainer; Teaching communicative General and Business English to adults, market language courses, offer language consultancy and language audit.

    • British Council Romania

      Mar 1998 - Oct 1998
      Project Assistant Textbooks Project

      Assist the Ministry of Education Textbooks Evaluation Panel in training the Romanian assessors to select the most suitable textbooks/subject; organize training sessions and seminars, maintain the liaison between the British Council and the ministry.

    • "Cotidianul" newspaper

      Aug 1998 - Jul 1999
      Translator & News editor

      Translator and editor of En language articles for the English section of the daily Cotidianul (www.cotidianul.ro)

    • Avalon Media Bucharest, www.avalon.ro

      Jan 2001 - now
      Founder/Managing Director

      Language Service Provider (LSP), MLV, technical, medical, software and other specialized translation projects & localization, DTP, editing and printing services, language courses - Business English, Romanian for foreigners -, interpreting, ELIA member - www.elia-association.org, BRCC member, www.brcconline.eu, CCER member, www.ccer.ro

    • Avalon Language Centre

      Feb 2001 - Mar 2013
      Business English Teacher

      Teaching Business English, German and Romanian as a foreign language to corporate clients.

    • Hara International

      Dec 2003 - May 2006
      Managing Partner

      Founder of the first professional babysitter recruitment company in Romania; Baby sitting; recruitment & placement of childcare specialists;

    • Penta Doc Pak, www.penta-arhivare.ro

      Nov 2006 - Sept 2009
      Founder

      Document management, complete on-site archiving services including document vacuum packing to reduce storageroom, consultancy in archiving.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Across

      Www.across.net
      Jul 2011
      View certificate certificate

    • TOEFL

      TOEFL
      Jul 1997

    • CEELT II

      University of Cambridge
      May 1997

    • BA in Geography & English

      University of Bucharest
      Jun 1992

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Mentor

      Issued by Romanian Business Leaders on Apr 2014
      Romanian Business LeadersAssociated with Razvan Costache

    • Interpreter

      Issued by The Romanian Orphanage Trust on Oct 1993
      The Romanian Orphanage TrustAssociated with Razvan Costache

    • Board Member

      Issued by ELIA - European Language Industry Association on Jan 2008
      ELIA - European Language Industry AssociationAssociated with Razvan Costache