The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Arlington

Tokyo Language Arts College

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Business Administration

Adjunct Professor & Corporate Communications Consultant

Training at corporate and government clients for Japanese engineers and managers preparing for overseas assignments & conferences. Courses included general business and technical instruction, such as global business cross-cultural perspectives, overseas project engineering & management, on-site engineering communications, presentation skills, international business manners, and meeting/negotiation skills. Tokyo, Japan  (also employed here April '91- Aug. '93)

International Education Services (IES)

Cross-Cultural Communications Trainer

Adjunct professor of Science English, Spoken English, and TOEFL/TOEIC Test preparatory classes for electrical engineering, computer science, & agriculture majors in the School of Science and Technology at one of Japan’s oldest and most prestigious private universities. Also, presentation skills & technical communication skills courses for Graduate School students studying mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, applied chemistry, architecture, & bioinformatics engineering. Tokyo, Japan

Meiji University

Adjunct Professor

Singing and dancing with full costumes in a Sesame Street-style children's English education stage show for Disney's World of English, conducted in public halls throughout Japan.  The beauty of this part-time weekend job is that it didn't interfere with my day jobs, and allowed me to see 44 of Japan's 47 prefectures.  Without question, one of my most glorious experiences in Japan.  Also, Telephone English speaking and singing lessons for young Japanese children, requiring us to learn over 60 Disney songs (http://garywolff.com/subdir/photos/dsneykid.htm).

World Family English Holdings Ltd.

Children's Show Performer

- one of Japan’s top 10 general contractors. Marketing Dept., International Operations Division.  Tokyo, Japan corporate headquarters office
- client relations in Japan, Guam, and America; 
- proposals for U.S. military projects in Japan administered by NAVFAC (Naval Facilities Engineering Command), PACAF (Pacific Air Forces), AFCEE (Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment), and USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); 
- technical writing; editing of engineering reports; 
- updating of company's English website; 
- critique of civil engineers’ technical papers/presentations for international conferences; 
- preparation of contracts, bids, specs, responses to RFPs & RFQs, technical manuals, brochures, annual reports, speeches (for corporate executives to deliver at overseas contract signing and groundbreaking ceremonies), and construction news briefs; 
- internet market research to stay abreast of new global construction projects/technology, including extensive study of the infrastructure requirements in Guam for the planned relocation of 30,000 U.S. marines & their dependents from Okinawa; 
- handling investor relations and media inquiries, including those related to the major company scandal in early '09; and
- language/cultural training for engineering staff preparing for overseas assignments to Asia, Europe, and Africa. 
- [Sidebar:  Ironically, my contract was terminated less than a week after being awarded the $93 million Misawa Air Base Phases 2 & 3 family housing project and the $25 million Data Center Facility project at the White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, both projects in which I played an instrumental role in helping procure.]

NISHIMATSU CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD.

Corporate Communications Consultant

In this Phoenix, Arizona-based position, I was responsible for client relations, proposals, technical reports, and marketing the firm's traffic and transportation engineering design services throughout the U.S. southwest region, including Arizona, Nevada, and California.  At the time, we were designing Arizona's first Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)---the Phoenix Freeway Management System (FMS)---for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).  The Phoenix FMS provides real-time freeway traffic congestion monitoring, CCTV video camera surveillance, entrance ramp metering, electronic variable message signs, etc., all controlled by the 2100-square-foot Traffic Operations Center.  The TOC includes 32 wall monitors and large screens to display speed and weather data, facilitates area-wide emergency response to freeway incidents, and 24/7 real-time traffic condition alerts to TV  and radio stations, newspapers, and ADOT's 511 Traveler Information System.

Kimley-Horn & Associates

Regional Vice President of Marketing

Solicited and managed traffic access, impact, and parking site analyses for new commercial development projects in the City of Fort Worth, Texas.  Also provided traffic engineering consulting services to small cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, requiring close coordination with the Fort Worth District Office of the Texas Dept. of Transportation (DOT) and the City of Ft. Worth Transportation & Public Works Dept. traffic engineering division.

Dunaway Associates

Transportation Engineering Design Manager

Employed in the Texas DOT Waco District Office to help implement state and federally-funded traffic engineering and highway safety improvement projects related to the state-owned and maintained street and highway network in this 8-county Central Texas region.

Texas Department of Transportation

Assistant District Traffic Engineer

At this Waco, Texas company founded by the late Paul J. Meyer, I worked in the Success Motivation Cassettes division where I managed a national sales network of independent distributors marketing personal development cassette tape and self-improvement courses dealing with goal setting, time management, leadership skills development, and the importance of a positive mental attitude.  Our top-selling, signature cassette was "Think and Grow Rich," by Napoleon Hill.  Also conducted monthly 3-day sales training seminars in the Waco home office for the nationwide distributor network.

Success Motivation Institute

National Sales Director

Responsible for heading up the design section for the City's traffic signal and street lighting program, including the installation of new signals and lighting for new commercial developments, upgrade and replacement of aging signals and street lights, and implementing the latest optimization strategies for the downtown computerized traffic signal network.

City of Fort Worth Transportation & Public Works Department

Traffic Signal & Street Lighting Design Supervisor

Helped finalize & obtain government approval for a number of federally-funded comprehensive traffic safety studies conducted for rural cities and counties in East Texas.  Also provided traffic engineering consulting services to small cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Based in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Rady and Associates

Transportation Engineering Director

Under a federally-funded traffic safety grant program administered thru the Texas Governor's office, I provided on-call traffic engineering services to cities and counties within a 15-county East Texas region. I helped identify and develop countermeasures for high-accident locations, improved operations at problematic signalized intersections, and assisted cities and counties apply for, implement, and obtain final approval for federally-funded traffic sign and pavement marking replacement/improvement programs.  It required close coordination with city engineers, public works directors, city managers, police chiefs, and county commissioners. Also worked with school boards and PTAs to help resolve school zone safety issues and  taught the National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course. Based at the SFASU campus in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Texas Governor's Office of Traffic Safety

Area Traffic Engineer

Lead engineer for the traffic access, circulation, and parking study for Denver, Colorado's old Stapleton International Airport, formerly located in the congested Quebec Street corridor inside the city.  Using Year 2000 projected traffic volumes, our report identified serious social disruptions and environmental impacts to the neighboring communities.  Due in part to the results of our research, Denver chose to build the new Denver International Airport well outside of the city rather than expand Stapleton.  Also, resident engineer for the comprehensive transportation study for Fort Hood, Texas, the nation's largest army base. Based in the Denver, Ft. Hood, and Houston (Texas) offices.

Gary J. Wolff