My mother tongue is American English and I have a BA in French and a BS in Business Administration, along with twenty years of international organization experience in Francophone countries, as well as recent field experience for USAID in Afghanistan. I grew up in Francophone Cameroon and started my career as a Peace Corps and UN Volunteer, later transitioning to CARE International and WOCCU/USAID for five years, to develop credit unions in Niger. In the private sector, I owned and managed...
My mother tongue is American English and I have a BA in French and a BS in Business Administration, along with twenty years of international organization experience in Francophone countries, as well as recent field experience for USAID in Afghanistan. I grew up in Francophone Cameroon and started my career as a Peace Corps and UN Volunteer, later transitioning to CARE International and WOCCU/USAID for five years, to develop credit unions in Niger. In the private sector, I owned and managed an upscale hotel in Niger. Until July 2013, I worked as a French/English Risk Assessment Agent for American Express/Convergys in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Presently, I am living in Woodbridge, VA where my wife has recently started working.
Most recently, I worked for Freelance Translators French English. My experience also includes hourly assignments, monthly consultancies and yearly contracts since 2004, as a technical translator specializing in business, banking and finance. French English assignments include: UNDP/Peace Corps Volunteer Francophone Cameroon 80-85; UN World Food Program Logistics Office in Chad 85-87; CARE International in Niger 88-90: WOCCU/USAID in Niger 93-97; USAID as a Field Program Officer working with the French Military in Afghanistan 2010-12 and American Express Merchant Risk Assessment Agent French English 2012-13.
