Chief Operations Officer at ABC Language Exchange
Greater New York City Area
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- Chief Operatios Officer at ABC Language Exchange
- Past
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- Project Coordinator / IT Manager at Actimail, Inc
- Operations Manager at MBC Direct Media
- Activations Representative at Southwestern Bell Wireless
- Activations at Southwestern Bell Wireless
- Education
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- New York University
- Texas Tech University
- Université Rennes II - Haute-Bretagne
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Kib Bibens’s Summary
Education and Training:
Foreign Language education
Instructor training
Language course curriculum and design
Software:
Microsoft Office, Exchange Server, Adobe Acrobat, Macromedia Studio 8, Macromedia Flash MX, Quicken, QuickBooks, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress
Operating Systems:
Windows (9x, NT, XP) and Windows Server (2000, 2003, SBS), Mac OS X, Linux
Technical:
Network Administration (Windows and Exchange Servers), Firewalls, Routers, VPN, PC hardware and software maintenance, Website design and administration, Digital image and video editing, Telephone system installation and maintenance, VoIP.
Human Resources:
Benefits administration, Policy and Procedure manual, staff training
Accounting:
Medical billing, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Bank reconciliation, Payroll
Administrative:
Vendor bidding and relations, facilities management, event planning, switchboard, 10-key, typing at 40+ w.p.m., research, customer service
Languages:
Advanced spoken and written fluency in French, conversational fluency in German, Spanish, Mandarin, Egyptian Arabic, and Russian. Reading comprehension in Latin.
Kib Bibens’s Specialties:
Language education and instructor training. IT consulting.
Kib Bibens’s Experience
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Chief Operatios Officer
ABC Language Exchange
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Translation and Localization industry)
August 2004 — Present (5 years)
ABC Language Exchange, New York, New York
August 2004 - Present
Chief Operations Officer
* Manage 15 full-time employees and 100+ instructors in 3 markets (New York, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale
* Recruit, hire, and train staff and contract language instructors
* Development of course curriculum and instructional materials for all language courses -
Project Coordinator / IT Manager
Actimail, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)
Project Coordinator / IT Manager
* Office Management: bookkeeping, vendor relations, inventory, and facilities maintenance
* Network Administration: hardware and software maintenance and repair, network security
* Translation: French/English -
Operations Manager
MBC Direct Media
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Operations Manager
* Network Administration: hardware and software maintenance and repair, domain and Exchange server administration, network security
* Office Management: vendor relations, supplies inventory and facilities maintenance, event planning, research
* Human Resources: benefits administration, manual production, staff training -
Activations Representative
Southwestern Bell Wireless
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)
March 1998 — August 1999 (1 year 6 months)
I was hired by Southwestern Bell Wireless who was bought by Cingular, who is now AT&T.
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Activations
Southwestern Bell Wireless
(Translation and Localization industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
Kib Bibens’s Education
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New York University
M.Ed. , Foreign Language Education , 2007 — 2010 (expected)
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Texas Tech University
BA , French , 1996 — 2003
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Université Rennes II - Haute-Bretagne
FLE 1999 — 2000
Additional Information
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Kib Bibens’s Interests:
Languages, technology, gaming
Kib Bibens’s Groups:
ACTFL, AATF,
Kib Bibens’s Contact Settings
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