Guier, David Carl

SEEKING A CHALLENGING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Email: guierdg@selway.umt.edu

I FIRMLY BELIEVE that my educational and professional background would prove valuable to any organization with interests in Russia, for the reasons listed below. * I have practical management experience with Russian employees, as well as first-hand knowledge of doing business in the former Soviet Union. Extensive travel throughout that region and being married to a Russian woman have also given me broad insight into the Russian character and the way things work there. * My knowledge of Russian is extremely fluent. Living and studying in both Leningrad and Moscow have allowed me to greatly refine all aspects of my Russian language skills. * I have several years of practical translating experience from Russian to English and vice versa, and have worked with all types of documents - technical, business, legal, as well as personal correspondence. * Having taught Russian at the university level, I am well equipped to instruct others. * As a graduate student in journalism I refined my writing skills, and developed editing and publication design skills. Together with my knowledge of desktop publishing programs, I can put these skills to work in both English and Russian. I would very much like to be part of a motivated and success-oriented team working in Russia. I have no personal commitments that would prevent my relocation.

GUIER, DAVID CARL
                              BOX 9001
                         MISSOULA, MT 59807
               Tel: 406-728-1720   Fax: 406-543-6232
                   E-mail: guierdg@selway.umt.edu

*EMPLOYMENT* 

1992-Present. Private translation of technical (largely geological)
documents from Russian to English and vice versa. 

1990-1992. GENERAL MANAGER of U.S. Sovko Inc., in Moscow, Russia.  Helped
set up and then worked as director of a minibar service - the first such
service in the FSU - at an upscale 540-room Russian hotel, the
Mezhdunarodnaya. Hired and supervised Russian employees; Imported beers,
wines, liquors and snack items from Western Europe and expedited them
through Soviet customs; Created a DOS database for controlling minibar
inventory; Negotiated with hotel officials on a daily basis; Translated
business, legal and other documents. 

1987-1989. GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT at the Language Learning Center,
University of Washington in Seattle. Developed computer programs for
Russian language study in a strongly computer-intensive position: DOS,
Macintosh, and Internet experience. Programs: QuarkXpress, Pagemaker,
dBase III Plus, Wordperfect, Windows, Norton Utilities. 
     
1986-1989. GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT at the University of Washington
Slavic Department from 1986 to 1989. Taught Russian language at the
university level; maintained telecommunications equipment. 

*EDUCATION* 

1993-1994. Took graduate courses in journalism at the University of
Montana in Missoula. Areas of interest included Russian news media and
publication design. 

M.A. in Slavic Linguistics                                        1989
University of Washington at Seattle
GPA - 3.88

IREX Bulgarian Language Program                            Summer 1988
Klimet Okhridski University, Sophia, Bulgaria

CIEE Russian Language Program                              Autumn 1987 
University of Leningrad, Leningrad, USSR 

Ohio State-Purdue Russian Language Program                 Spring 1985
Pushkin Institute, Moscow, USSR

B.A. in Political Science; 2nd B.A. in Russian                    1984
University of Montana at Missoula
GPA - 3.54