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Resume

​​2020–now

Freelance Business EnglishTrainer

I work with companies and individuals to meet their language goals.

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2015–2023

Freiburg English Services - Germany
My own company providing in-person training, as well as editing, training, and language consultation services for companies in Baden-Wurtenburg.​

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2013–2015

Ambassador Bilingual School., Chiang Mai, Thailand
Following an American curriculum, I taught Science and English to grades 8–11.

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2013–2015

SAT prep, Chiang Mai, Thailand  
I worked with small groups of advanced high-school students to prepare for the English and Maths sections of the standard American university entrance exam.

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2012–2013

ECC, Busan, S. Korea
I taught English to teens in a Korean cram school.

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2005–2012

NGO project work in Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia
Training staff in Economic Analysis, preparing technical and non-technical reports and presenting to partners and stakeholders including UNDP, Asian Development Bank, Regional and National NGOs

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2002–2005

Study at University of London

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2001–2002

Ockenden International (Cambodia) 
Analysing survey data, preparing reports and improving institutional English at a national NGO

 

1998–2001

1st IT People, London, UK
Senior recruitment consultant at an IT recruitment start-up

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Qualifications

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CELTA TEFL Level 4 

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B.Sc Development Economics - SOAS (University of London) 
 

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“We discuss dialogues, emails, presentations, workshops... everything that comes up in my daily work."
 Friedhelm Mueller — Consultant/Coach

Sample Clients

​German project-management coach (2017–2025)

We discuss seminar topics and high-level PM/development concepts. I help prepare presentations, and coaching materials.​

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Ukrainian web designer (2024–2025)

We work on spoken fluency, technical and marketing language, as well as improving emails and documents from her real-life business.​

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German Electronics Manufacturer (2016-2023)

worked with small groups of engineers to improve fluency, grammar, and communication with overseas partners. ​

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German Senior Manager in a logistics company (2016–2019)

This client wanted to keep their English ‘warm’ so we focused on free speaking with some fine-tuning of grammar, vocabulary and business small-talk.​

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European Holiday-Home company (2018–2020)

I designed and implemented a program for 100 customer services representatives to support a company-wide transition to English. I also worked with the marketing team on phrasing, email, and presentation language. ​​

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Spanish consultant at an investment fund (2024–2025)

This client is very busy, so we focus solely on improving the spoken English she needs to be confident and effective in stakeholder meetings.

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Chinese engineer/project manager (2025)

We work on pronunciation, technical  language, and international business culture.

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