Dave Brown, B.Eng.

s  Engineer & Executive Coach -- where the Head meet the Heart.  Technical, passionate, caring, human.

s  Trained in creating a relationship-based business including networking, follow-up, and hearing client needs.

s  3 years delivering engaging and educational training sessions to professionals and students.

s  8+ years planning and managing projects and getting results both locally and internationally.

s  Consistently receive positive feedback for providing superb customer service and delivering quality work.

s  Teaching/Mentoring: Executive Life Coach; Toastmaster; 10 years teaching/tutoring ESL

s  Computer:   Office s/w: Word, Excel, Adobe;  Programming Languages: VBA, VB.net, C, Java, HTML/CSS

s  Languages:  Fluent in English, proficient in French and Mandarin Chinese

Owner, B.E.S.T. Coaching, Campbell River, Canada                                                                      2011-present

w  As an Executive Life Coach I provide guidance, tools and powerful conversations that challenge my clients to shift not only what they are doing in their lives, but also who they are being about it.  Together we work at changing the client's fundamentally disempowering beliefs and stories and get them into action in new and powerful ways.  And they get the results they want from life; they get to create and live their dreams.

Project Engineer, CSA International, Vancouver, Canada                                                               2005-2010

w  Managed projects to conduct electrical evaluation of consumer and telecom products to international safety standards; coordinated multiple projects with conflicting deadlines; wrote documents in Word, Adobe; documentation; consistently received praise for tactfully and thoroughly communicating results to team.

w  Advised and provided training for international clients; collaborated with team and conduct research to interpret safety standards then determine how a product could cause injury and brainstorm ways of testing.

w  Developed test plans and constructed test setups to test a wide variety of electrical products; developed automation tools using VBA/VB.Net to improve team efficiency in preparation of documents.

w  Procured equipment and supplies for lab team by analyzing technical requirements of safety standards and finding and negotiating with vendors to get products promptly and efficiently to meet testing schedules.

ESL Instructor, Berlitz Language Training Center, Beijing, China                                                    2003-2005

w  Established a positive rapport with foreign students while facilitating small and large adult classes; received excellent reviews from students for my approachability, commitment to quality and my engaging classes.

w  Collaborated with colleagues to develop training materials, and delivered focused presentations at corporations and prestigious QingHua University and won extended contracts for Berlitz.

w  Supervised an office of international staff and resolved complex cultural issues with tact.

Technical Consultant, Patents, Dean Palmer IP Law, Vancouver, Canada  2002-2003

w  Interpreted laws using critical analysis skills, wrote patentability assessments of client inventions, drafted patent applications using concise writing skills, and interviewed/provided innovative design advice to clients.

Nortel Networks, Ottawa, Canada                                                                                                         1999-2001

Optical Systems Design Engineer, 2000-2001 

w  Managed system integration projects for a cutting-edge fiber optic system during a two year period; liaised with hardware/software/system designers to design/implement, and wrote requirements specifications/verification plans using strong research/writing skills and achieved beta release.

w  Researched fiber optic technologies, and constructed sensitive test bed using fiber optic test equipment and Labview automation software for conducting measurements and characterization of optical components.

Radio Frequency (RF) Production Test Engineer & Assistant Project Engineer, 1999

s  Contributed to system integration and production of an digital/broadband RF communications system; constructed waveguide production test beds, wrote test instructions, trained technicians to use test equipment, negotiated with teams to share resources and plan testing and develop manufacturing processes.

s  Planned, designed, procured parts and built an RF down-converter and tested a digital broadband RF system.

Computer Helpdesk, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada                                                        1997-1999

w  Provided software support (office s/w, Windows, Apple, UNIX) and network (TCP/IP, Ethernet) to over 15000 staff and local and international students using strong interviewing and problem solving skills.

Coach & Leadership Training, Accomplishment Coaching, Seattle, WA, USA                                                2011-2012

Provincial Instructors Diploma, Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, Canada                                 in process

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Eng., University of Victoria, Victoria, BC                                             1995-2000

Training:              Advanced-level Mandarin (UBC Continuing Studies); Drawing/Sketching (Emily Carr University)

Affiliations:         Director, Young Professionals of CR; Director, CR Business & Professional Women's Network; Director, CR Beacon Club; Member, CR Chamber of Commerce; Volunteer, CR Immigrant Welcome Center; Volunteer, CR Volunteer Society; Member, CR Kinsmen

Achievements:  Campbell River Volunteer of the Year Nominee 2010-2011

                              Campbell River Chamber of Commerce Micro Business of the Year Nominee 2011-2012

                              Campbell River Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year Nominee 2011-2012