Cui Gang 

1) The Professor of foreign language, the PhD Supervisor, the Director of the Center for Language and Psychology in Tsinghua University.

2) Part-time director of the Academic Committee of Foreign Language Education of the National Basic Education Research Center. 

3) A member of the Academic Committee of Professional Committee of the China Foreign Language Teaching.

4) Published various kinds of books related to English teaching, Language, Psychology and so on.

5) Joint Research in University of Nottingham, Cambridge University and University of Warwick and Educational Testing Service of America.

 

 

Keith

1) Adult Teaching, Language Certificate -- (University of Cambridge) between1995-1996. 

2) Teaching of English Majors at the Guangdong University of Technology in similar courses  and Business English course at Hua Nan Li Gong University in 2002-2004.

3) Teaching of professional English for MBA candidates at Guangzhou University in 2004-2005.

4) Currently at Guangzhou University, teaching Oral Business English, Western Culture and Writing to undergraduates.

 

Robert Roseburg

1) Bachelor of Arts in English Creative Writing, University of Washington. 

2) Published poem in Spring, 2000 issue of Mirror Northwest, an annual journal of Wenatchee Valley Community College.

3) An English teacher of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Guangzhou Yuexiu Foreign Language School.

 

Amparo Deusa Rovira

1) Two bachelor degrees in Universidad Complutense of Madrid:a Spanish Teacher at Newway school, an English Teacher at International Education. 

2) Fluency in Spanish, English, Chinese and a little Catalan.

 

Ellyn J. Hodge

1) Bachelor of Science-Human Development and Family Studies in the University of Connecticut. Getting a TEFL Certification in June 2010.

2) A foreign expert teacher in Guangdong University of Technology. 

3) A volunteer of HOPE Worldwide New England. 

 

Khalid Shroufi

1) BA in Politics in the University of Nottingham.

2) Masters in Chinese international Education in Shandong University.

3) Established a Network of English Teaching in Jinan, which becomes a local hub for English teaching work, and taught and delegated work to other teachers. 

4) Taught business and travel English to English major students in Suining Vocational and Technical College. 

 

Jenny Xu 

1) The Associate Professor of School of Foreign Study in Guangzhou University. 

2) Master Degree of Practical Linguistics and TEFL, University of Portsmouth. 

3) Study English teaching methodology in Okanagan College  An English teacher since 1990 and the most popular teacher in Guangzhou University.  

 

 

 Anthony Hutchings

1) Graduated from Brighton Polytechnic University; majored in Graphic Design.

2) Owned the Advanced Certificates of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language).

3) Owned years of experience in English teaching.

 

 

 Paul Wesley Hagood

1) Graduated from University of Maryland; majored in International Business (Concentration: Cross-Cultural Management).

2) Owned the certificates of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language).

3) Taught English grammar, conversation, and composition at Beijing Haidian Foreign Language Shi Yan School

 

 

 Bobby Chen

 

 George Edward May

1) Graduated from University of Sheffield; majored in Politics and Philosophy.

2) Studied at National University of Singapore for one year on the Sheffield Student Exchange Programme.

3) Worked in many education institutions and charity organizations as English tutor and experienced in English teaching.

4) Owned the certificate of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).

 

 

Adrian Hernandes  

1) Graduated from University of Texas at Austin; majored in Anthropology.

2) Experienced in English teaching, lesson planning, presentation and academic research.

3) Taught Oral English in Guangdong University of Technology.

 

 JAMES KEATING

1) The Master of Education in Human Resource Development, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2) The Bachelor of Arts in Finance and the Bachelor of Arts in Management, Georgia State University

3) Used to teach English, Economics and Finance in Nanjing University of Finance and Economics.  

4) Currently teaching English and Economics in Guangzhou University. 

5) Owned the Certificate of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) granted by Georgia State University.

6) Owned years of experience in English teaching.

 

 

 

David Thomas

David has spent the last five years working and developing educational relationships for CIBT Education Group in China. He is currently living and working for CIBT Education Group in Vancouver Canada. While stationed in Beijing, David traveled throughout China. David holds a BA in Chinese History, MBA in International Business, and his PhD dissertation topic relates to the in-depth study of China's education system and the regulatory environment foreign institution must face while providing foreign programs within China. David was formally an Assistant Professor at Doane College (a university) in the United Sates (a tier-1 institution) and was named teacher of the year, and formerly Associate Vice President for International Development at City University in Seattle. David helped found one of the first MBA programs in China between City University and Beijing University of Technology, managed by CIBT China. David was formerly Director of Trade for the World Trade Center with a focus on Mexico and helped draft the NAFTA trade agreement between the United States and Mexico. David was also a Military Analyst for 20 years with the United States Government. David's academic interests focus on international business and marketing and their application between the West and Asia. David is also a distinguished and accomplished Chinese landscape painter and interestingly holds a level 5 (5th degree) back-belt in Korean TaeKwonDo. Thomas has provided speeches throughout China on the challenges of teaching ESL, Western-China educational differences, and understanding China-Western cross-cultural communications. David first came to China in 1978.

 

 

Sir John Daniel

Sir John Daniel is one of the world’s most eminent practitioners and thinkers in open, distance and technology mediated learning. He has helped to progress the international development agenda in education globally and has been a distinguished leader of universities and intergovernmental organisations in Canada, France and the United Kingdom.  A citizen of both Canada and the UK, he was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to higher education in 1994 and holds 31 honorary doctorates from universities in 17 countries.

Sir John Daniel obtained his full-time university education in Metallurgy at the Universities of Oxford and Paris and later demonstrated his commitment to lifelong learning by taking 25 years to complete a part-time Master's degree in Educational Technology at Concordia University. The internship for this programme, which took him to infant UK Open University in 1972, was a life-changing experience. He saw the future of higher education and wanted to be part of it.

This career took Sir John on an international odyssey with appointments at the Télé-université, Québec (Directeur des Études, 1973-77); Athabasca University, Alberta (Vice-President for Learning Services, 1978-80); Concordia University, Montreal (Vice-Rector, Academic, 1980-84); Laurentian University, Ontario (President, 1984-90); the UK Open University (Vice-Chancellor, 1990-2001); UNESCO, Paris (Assistant Director-General for Education, 2001-04); and the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver (President and CEO, 2004-2012).  His non-executive appointments have included the presidencies of the International Council for Open and Distance Education, the Canadian Association for Distance Education and the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. He also served as Vice-President of the International Baccalaureate Organisation. He is currently Education Master with the Beijing DeTao Masters Academy, China.

Among Sir John's 320 publications are his books Mega-Universities and Knowledge Media: Technology Strategies for Higher Education (Kogan Page, 1996) and Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers: Achieving Education for All (Routledge, 2010).

Dr. Glen Farrell

 Derek Feng

Mr. Feng graduated from Tsinghua University in China with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, followed by a Master of Business Administration degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1992. Between 1992 and 1999, Mr. Feng held several finance and operational roles at Enron, worked in an investment banking firm, and was a manager in the strategic planning group at United Technologies Corporation.

In 1999, Mr. Feng joined the General Electric Company (“GE”) in Connecticut as Manager of Americas Business Development at GE Capital, and was later promoted to the position of Managing Director, Global Business Development at GE Equipment Management, and then further promoted to General Manager, Global Business Development at GE Infrastructure. Two years later, Mr. Feng became the Global Head of Business Development at GE Industrial, a US$33 billion revenue division that has operating businesses ranging from high tech instruments to equipment leasing. Mr. Feng was also an officer of GE Capital Corporation, the largest non-bank financial services company in the world with over US$600 billion in assets. During his tenure at GE, he evaluated hundreds of acquisitions, dispositions, minority investments and joint venture opportunities globally and completed over US$10 billion worth of transactions. In addition, he oversaw a number of strategy projects ranging from growth to restructuring as well as joint ventures.

In 2006, Mr. Feng left GE and became the Executive Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Operations at Knowledge Universe, one of the largest education holding company in the world with a network of more than 3,000 locations worldwide, employing over 40,000 education professionals, operating early childhood education centers, international schools, colleges, large on-line schools and school management systems.

In 2011, Mr. Feng left Knowledge Universe to become an investor and advisor to education companies that have significant growth opportunities benefiting from the increasing globalization of education between Asia and North America.

 

 

During the past 3 decades Dr. Farrell has held a variety of executive and strategic positions which have enabled him to contribute to the development of today’s open learning education model in Canada and internationally. He has held both administrative and academic appointments in Canada at the Universities of Saskatchewan and Victoria and was the founding President and CEO of the Open Learning Agency (OLA) in British Columbia - a comprehensive distance education organization that included the BC Open University and the Knowledge Network. As President of the OLA, he was active in organizations such as the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Council of Western Canadian University Presidents and the Association for the Tele-Education in Canada. He retired from the OLA in 1998 to establish a consulting practice that has focused on the use of learning technologies, and the management of innovative education organizations in developing countries.

Dr. Farrell has served on the governing board of Saskatchewan Tel, Royal Roads University, Pacific Rim Institute for Tourism, Elderhostel Canada and has provided consulting and project management services to such international development organizations as UNESCO, the Commonwealth of Learning, the e-Africa Commission, the World Bank and the World Health Organization as well as a variety of institutions and government ministries around the world. He is currently the chairman of the Sprott-Shaw Degree College Academic Council and continues to be active with several community organizations.

Dr. Farrell holds a B.Sc. in agriculture and an L.L.D. (Hon.) from the University of Saskatchewan as well as Master of Science and PhD degrees in adult education from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous papers on the development and practice of distance education and e-learning. His research activities have included the documentation of the use of information and communication technologies in education in Canada, the Asia Pacific countries, and in all countries of Africa. He also led a team of experts that was commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning to develop a proposal for a virtual university to serve the small states of the Commonwealth.