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Ray Balka

Private Tutor
I have 5 five years of experience in tutoring. By assisting many students I learnt how to deal and handle students with different capacities which developed in me new skills and styles in teaching.
Freelancer
Lebanese American University
Beit El Chaar, Lebanon

Professional Background

  • Current status
  • Profession
    Industrial Engineer
  • Fields
    Corporate Support
  • Work experience
    4-6 years (1-2 years relevant)
  • Management
    I've had experience in managing 10-15 people
  • Skills
    Word
    Excel
    Microsoft Office
    PowerPoint
    Matlab
    AutoCAD
    Lingo
    Arena
    VSM
    Java
  • Languages
    Arabic
    Native or Bilingual
    English
    Fluent
  • Highest level of education
    Bachelor

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
  • Desired work locations
  • Freelance
    Full-time freelancer

Work Experience

Private Tutor

Oct 2017 - Present
- Responsibilities: Strengthening students in scientific subjects, Guaranteeing an overall minimum passing grade to all students, Following up with parents on a regular basis, Ensuring the completion of all duties assigned to students, Motivating students to put effort to improve and perform better - Achievements: I was able to introduce new methods of teaching where students started to like the subjects I teach and perform better. Also, I worked on students’ skills development in terms of being responsible, organized, and self-dependent, ways of studying, and exam preparations despite the online learning. I handled several.

Intern

Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
3 mos
Responsibilities: Understanding the manufacturing and packaging processes, quality control, maintenance operations…, Inventory policy improvement, Data entry system, Learning how every department functions (sales, finance, accounting…), and KPI Assesment Achievements: I was able to reduce wastes in a significant way by suggesting faster ways of working for operators and more efficient ways for data entry to minimize error. I was able to handle mini projects assigned by the plant manager on a weekly basis while rotating among the different departments. This internship gave me a glimpse on real-work experience, where I was able to show all the skills acquired while pursuing my degree.

Owner

Oct 2017 - Aug 2021
3 yrs 11 mos
- Responsibilities: Managing the business, Communicating with parents, Tutoring scientific subjects, Supervising the staff (teachers, marketing team, cleaning staff) - Achievements: Improving the academic results of all students enrolled (about a total of 50 students), Building a good reputation in the area, Ensuring that all students succeed in the official exams (about 30 students).

Basketball Coach

Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
10 mos
- Responsibilities : Assisting the Under 16 team’s head coach during trainings and games , Training the Under 10 and Under 12 teams - Achievements: Working with one of the most important basketball coaches Coach Ghassan Sarkis , Enhancing trainees skills at a fast rate Getting the athletes love and respect despite the closeness in age, Making parents proud of their kids after seeing the improvement in their performance.

Warehouse Clerk

Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
3 mos
- Responsibilities: Packaging large orders distributed to all the regions in the country within a limited amount of time , Taking care of highly valuable pharmaceutical products, Controlling shipments of products entering and leaving the warehouse to ,Sorting the products within the warehouse - Achievements: At a young age I was able to handle big responsibilities, where the warehouse manager trusted my ability to fulfill the job correctly despite my age.

Summer camp monitor

Jul 2014 - Aug 2014
2 mos
- Responsibilities: Child Safety and Supervision, Basketball coaching, Reporting to parents and summer camp management on child’s behavior Achievements: Learning how to deal with critical situations, and being able to coach despite diversity of students’ capacities.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
Industrial Engineering
2017 - 2021
High School Diploma
Lebanese Baccalaureate G.S
2002 - 2017