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Brian D.

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My ability to tutor in business, project management, accounting, and public speaking stems directly from my experience as a corporate operations manager. In my daily career within the telecommunications sector, I oversee profitable product rollouts, lead cross-functional operations groups, and manage complex project lifecycles. This hands-on experience serves as a practical foundation in corporate strategy, budgeting, and resource allocation. Furthermore, my position requires me to regularly...

My ability to tutor in business, project management, accounting, and public speaking stems directly from my experience as a corporate operations manager. In my daily career within the telecommunications sector, I oversee profitable product rollouts, lead cross-functional operations groups, and manage complex project lifecycles. This hands-on experience serves as a practical foundation in corporate strategy, budgeting, and resource allocation. Furthermore, my position requires me to regularly present complex strategies and operational metrics to executive leadership, providing me with a deep, practical mastery of public speaking, presentation design, and professional communication.

Throughout my professional career, I have transitioned into the role of an educator through peer mentoring, onboarding professionals, and coaching cross-functional teammates. For the past several years, I have worked one-on-one with young professionals, entry-level employees, and college interns to help them grasp technical workflows and organizational frameworks. My instructional approach relies heavily on real-world application rather than abstract textbook definitions. I specialize in stripping away confusing corporate jargon and breaking down intimidating concepts—such as project roadmaps or accounting data—into step-by-step, manageable logical pieces.

This background allows me to offer an exceptionally supportive, patient environment tailored to the unique needs of college undergraduates, business majors, and adults looking to advance their careers. Because my teaching context has primarily been individualized mentorship, I understand how to assess a learner's current confidence level and adjust my pacing to match their specific needs. I am committed to helping students of all backgrounds and budgets reduce their stress, overcome a fear of public speaking, and build the foundational communication and organizational skills required to pass their classes and succeed in their careers.

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Business

Business

I have more than 20 years of practical business experience leading teams and organizations in telecommunications, managed services, consulting, operations, and technology. My responsibilities have included business planning, budgeting and forecasting, product and service launches, operational improvement, vendor and customer management, hiring and developing employees, and working with senior leadership on strategic decisions. I have led organizations with more than 100 employees and have experience evaluating business performance through financial, operational, customer, and productivity measures. I help students connect concepts in management, strategy, operations, organizational behavior, marketing, leadership, and business decision-making to situations they are likely to encounter in the real world.
Interview Prep

Interview Prep

I have more than 20 years of management and leadership experience and have personally interviewed and hired hundreds of candidates for positions ranging from entry-level roles to technical professionals, project managers, and management positions. My experience includes reviewing resumes, developing interview questions, conducting behavioral and situational interviews, evaluating candidates, making hiring decisions, and coaching employees pursuing new career opportunities. I understand what hiring managers look for in a candidate's responses, communication style, preparation, professionalism, and ability to explain their experience with clear examples. I can help students and professionals prepare for interviews, practice common and behavioral questions, develop strong STAR-based responses, improve their resumes and professional presentation, and communicate their skills and accomplishments with confidence.
Managerial Accounting

Managerial Accounting

I have extensive professional experience applying managerial accounting concepts to budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, cost management, and business decision-making. My work has included developing and managing multimillion-dollar budgets, analyzing actual results against forecasts, evaluating fixed and variable costs, performing ROI and investment analysis, and using financial information to make operational and resource decisions. I have practical experience with concepts including contribution margin, break-even analysis, variance analysis, profitability, cost behavior, capital budgeting, NPV, IRR, and financial performance measurement. I help students understand both the calculations used in managerial accounting and, equally important, how managers use those calculations to evaluate alternatives and make better business decisions.
Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word

I have more than 20 years of experience using Microsoft Word to create professional business documents, technical procedures, executive summaries, project plans, process documentation, training materials, and customer-facing communications. Throughout my career in telecommunications, managed services, operations, and project management, I have relied on Word to develop and maintain large volumes of business and technical documentation for executives, engineers, project teams, and customers. My experience includes advanced formatting, styles, templates, document collaboration, revision tracking, tables, graphics, and document organization. I help students learn both the fundamentals and advanced features of Microsoft Word while focusing on practical skills that can be immediately applied in school, business, and professional environments.
Project Management

Project Management

I have more than 20 years of hands-on project and program management experience leading telecommunications, technology, managed services, and operational initiatives, including leadership within PMO organizations. My experience includes Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies, working with Scrum Masters and cross-functional teams, and using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint to manage schedules, requirements, budgets, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, status reporting, and project documentation. I have extensive experience using Jira to organize epics, features, user stories, requirements, backlogs, and deliverables, as well as Microsoft Project and other planning tools for project schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource planning, and tracking. I can help students understand both project management theory and its practical application, including project initiation, scope and requirements management, work breakdown structures, scheduling, budgeting, RAID management, Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, stakeholder management, change control, governance, executive reporting, implementation, operational readiness, and project closeout.
Public Speaking

Public Speaking

I have extensive public speaking and instructional experience in military and Fortune 500 corporate environments. As a military instructor, I developed and delivered weapons systems and safety courses to more than 2,000 service members through classroom instruction, hands-on demonstrations, audience questions, and practical assessments. In corporate leadership roles, I have led organizational all-hands meetings and major events with more than 2,000 viewers, delivered executive briefings and employee training, and been interviewed for company-wide broadcasts reaching more than 100,000 employees at Comcast. I help students organize presentations, adapt to different audiences, use visual aids effectively, handle questions, reduce speaking anxiety, and communicate with clarity, confidence, and credibility.
Writing

Writing

I have more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation, business requirements, process guides, operational procedures, executive summaries, project plans, and customer-facing communications within the telecommunications and managed services industry. Throughout my career, I have translated complex technical and business concepts into clear, organized documentation for executives, engineers, operations teams, project managers, and customers. My experience includes technical writing, business writing, editing, proofreading, process documentation, requirements gathering, and professional communications. I help students improve their writing by focusing on organization, clarity, grammar, audience awareness, research skills, and practical techniques used in professional business and technical environments.
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