Daniel Konold

NAME: EMAIL: MOBILE: ADDRESS: PORTFOLIO: Daniel D. Konold- - Champlin Dr. #382 Champlin, MN 55316 linkedin.com/in/danielkonold SUMMARY As a person with a heart for the world’s cultures, I am looking for a position where I can increase my skill set by learning new things, meeting new people, and growing my passions. Communicating solutions to problems is a challenge I hope to overcome every time. Honesty, pro-activeness, a positive attitude, and intellectual curiosity describe my enthusiasm for both culture and technology. SKILLS Leadership, customer service, public speaking, marketing, content creation, and team-building; oral and written cross-cultural communication; have studied English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese; have traveled extensively around the world; advanced computer user with wide knowledge of hardware and expert user of Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe software; web development in PHP & CSS using content management systems such as Wordpress and Drupal; have lived in China for over 10 years. WORK HISTORY JUN 2016 – CURRENT Director / Lead Trainer Culturalbility LLC – Tianjin, China & Minneapolis, MN Founded a cross-cultural adjustment & orientation technology training brand helping clients acquire knowledge above and beyond just basic language, including: country-specific culture, business culture, software, leadership, career goals, and coaching. Grew social media followers from 0 to 15,800. MAR 2012 – JUN 2016 Program Coordinator American Cultural Center for Sport – Tianjin, China & University of Minnesota Started from nothing and helped make this cross-cultural sports exchange center into an award-winning beacon for culture learning: Administration: Took care of the day-to-day processes of running the office, such as financial reports and budgeting, grant writing and quarterly reviews, partnering with local sponsorships, and website and social media upkeep. Event Coordinator: Created and implemented over 20 successful events for locals and foreigners to take part in exchange together, including: dance courses, film festivals, fitness workshops, game nights, culture corners, sports tournaments, and an American Football league. Marketing: Developed all procedures and print materials for the aforementioned events from initial design to print distribution. Conducted surveys to regularly gain visitor feedback. OCT 2009 – JUN 2012 English Teacher ACES – America China Exchange Society – Tianjin, China Tianjin Polytechnic University – Tianjin, China Taught spoken English to undergraduate and graduate Chinese students in a classroom setting as well as hosted online classes when needed. SEP 2007 – MAY 2009 Technical Support Specialist Jewish Family & Children’s Service – Minneapolis, MN Patiently helped a large non-profit with daily tech issues as well as taught software trainings in Microsoft Office to help raise employees’ productivity. EDUCATION GRADUATED MAY 2007 University of Northwestern - St. Paul, MN Bachelor of Arts, Intercultural Studies VOLUNTEER EVENINGS 2007 – 2009 Cultural Orientation Trainer Somali Adult Literacy Training – Minneapolis, MN Assisted Somali refugees on their arrival to the USA with English classes, career planning, software training, driver’s licenses, and citizenship exams.