Since my wonderful husband created this website for both of us, I decided to introduce myself and paste my Resume here. I currently work in San Francisco and my hobby is traveling, so many articles or travel tips in this website are written by me. I usually travel with Lukasz and we both update the "stories" section as often as we can: you can easily recognize the stories I wrote since they are usually (too) long. Enjoy!
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WORK HISTORY
July 2006 - now, Institute for Medical Quality, San Francisco
Corrections and Detentions Survey Program Coordinator
Responsibilities:
Coordinating the Corrections and Detentions Survey Program: scheduling surveys, contact and support for over 20 counties in California
Updating program's website and managing Access data base
Preparing marketing materials (ACHSA 2006 conference in San Diego, Ca.)
Nov 2004 - May 2006, Intrax Career Development, San Francisco
Program Assistant in Partner Services Department and Client Support Services Department
Responsibilities:
Support for numerous overseas partner agencies using Internet, e-mails, data bases.
Data entry, maintaining Access and relational data bases and keeping them updated with current contact information, helpdesk, managing department's web content and contributing to company's websites and internal portal,
Designed series of advanced Power Point presentations and Excel spreadsheets with multiple worksheets,
Creating Word documents such as Partner Introduction Letters for US Embassies overseas,
Achievements:
Provided excellent customer telephone service for international exchange students in English, Polish and Russian languages
Assured that company's website and data bases were always updated and accurate
Provided user manuals that enhanced usability of the corporate portal.
Organized international conferences in SF and Germany that resulted in significant increase in mutual understanding and better, smooth cooperation
Conducted online and phone training for overseas partners
2004 September, AMSI, San Francisco
uploading and managing Internet postings
2003 - 2004 Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin International Fairs
Customer Service Assistant/Interpreter
Responsibilities:
Assisted multiple Polish companies during International Fairs: www.sciskpol.pl
Assisted clients during business trips to Sweden , Germany , Holland , France , Italy , Austria and Switzerland . Responsible for interpreting and general travel organization.
Technical translations and marketing materials analysis (also Websites)
2002 - 2003 Union Knopf, Germany
Export Coordinator/Client Support
Responsibilities:
Data entry
Export Department: Provided support for Polish, German and Italian partners.
Created marketing materials in German, English and Polish languages (also Websites)
Visited Polish branch of the company and coordinated communication between the Polish and the German branches
2000 June, Internship in SPH, Denmark
General office tasks: data entry, filing.
EDUCATION
2006 Diablo Valley College, Walnut Creek : Web Publishing in HTML
2004 Master in Foreign Affairs: Poznan University , Poland
2004 University of Siegen , Germany : research on CAP (Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union) for my Master Thesis
2002 - 2003 University of Bielefeld , Germany : Department of Law: EU and German law
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Native in Polish
Fluent in German (3 semesters completed at German Universities, Certificate
of Advanced German obtained from the Goethe Institute in 2003, work experience in
Germany and Austria. Good knowledge of German law, politics, economy and culture.)
Fluent in English
Upper Intermediate: Russian (5 year university course)
Currently struggling with Spanish