Troy Tilus

Experience

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  YBM

  Feb 1997 - Mar 1998

  Cultural Business Development Manager/ Senior TEFL Teacher/Trainer - Pusan, South Korea

  Developed cross-cultural curricula, trained local instructors, and taught English as a second language curriculum targeting university students and corporate clients working for Multinational Corporations including Samsung and LG Electronics.

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  Inlingua

  Mar 1998 - Jun 2000

  Business Development Manager/Senior TEFL Teacher/Trainer - Milan, Italy

  Developed Language Institute curricula, trained local instructors, and taught ESL curriculum for University students and Multinational Corporation personnel including Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Siemens.

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  University of Phoenix

  Oct 2000 - Sept 2004

  International Business Development Manager/Trainer- Canadian Commonwealth Region

  Facilitated and delivered online and onsite educational training products to Canadian Commonwealth students and corporate clients based in French and English speaking Canada. Played major role in establishing self sustaining presence of University within the student, business, and government provincial communities of Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta.

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  Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University

  Sept 2004 - Jan 2010

  Assistant Director/Corporate Development - United States Mountain Region and Canada

  Developed consistent short and long term strategic partner and sales growth for domestic and international market segments through the use of staff training and management, development and maintenance of new and existing student/corporate alliances, and CRM management.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2010 - Sept 2011

  Global Educational Business Consultant

  Recommended business solutions for private/global for-profit organizations, proposed business partnerships, advised on changes or modifications and developed working relationship with domestic and international clients to produce consistent revenue stream. Analyzed targeted market trends, conducted market research and incorporated these results in desired company strategy for development of new products accordingly.

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  Rosetta Stone

  Sept 2011 - now

  Chief Global Strategist/Cross Cultural Advisor/Language Acquisition Specialist

  Provide global cross-cultural understanding and strategic insight during pre-sale, post-sale and renewal support for Rosetta Stone and Rosetta Stone Global Channel Partners operating in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, as well as provide face to face strategic cross cultural consultation and software implementation for high profile, high dollar value clients including Ministry of Education level partnerships with extremely large and complex countrywide deployments. Cross-culturally engage in helping all parties involved effectively communicate and successfully implement the Rosetta Stone software to achieve client specific goals resulting in substantial sustained revenue for Rosetta Stone. On a global scale, consistently collaborate, facilitate and deliver high dollar value client onsite visitation and training (corporate, government, and educational institutions including K12 and HED) on the use of Rosetta Stone language learning solutions. Embody Global Face of Rosetta Stone as a Global Cultural and Linguistic Ambassador. Show less