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My hobbies include sea-swimming, kayaking, horse riding, skiing
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Julie Yeates

Julie Yeates

Pont-Melvez

Summary

I have worked for thirty years in the I.T. industry and have extensive technical and client-facing skills.


I have a proven track record with several large computer companies specialising in malware threat research, technical support and software engineering.


Since leaving Sophos I have been living in Brittany, France and teaching English first to adult learners at a software college and now to children, teenagers and adults as a homestay host.


I am adept at motivating adult learners and creating engaging business-specific lessons.


I would say that, aside from decades of personal experience of learning other languages (French and Italian), my main assets are my boundless enthusiasm and excellent people skills.



Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Business English Teacher (I.T.)

Callac Soft College
09.2021 - 05.2024
  • I created specialised lesson plans for a class of adult I.T. students.
  • I used technology to introduce topics from a variety of sources: videos, podcasts, online libraries and recordings to make my lessons interesting and relevant.
  • I motivated and enthused all the members of my class to learn English by making my lessons engaging, interesting and accessible. and by encouraging and supporting the less-able students.
  • I delivered lessons to a group of adult students of mixed ages and abilities focusing on the English they needed to acquire in order to pass an end-of-year examination.
  • During the COVID lockdown periods I taught my class online.

Malware Threat Researcher

Sophos
09.2008 - 06.2019

My role was to reverse engineer computer malware samples, determine their purpose and write code to detect and block them.


I also analysed email samples and wrote RexEx code to detect and block spam, phishing and other harmful emails.


My specialty was banking malware and phishing emails.


I trained and mentored other members of the company to fulfill these roles.


I wrote technical training documents for the company's Wiki pages..

Senior Technical Support Engineer

Compuware
06.1998 - 06.2006
  • I resolved complex technical issues for corporate clients, ensuring high satisfaction and retention rates.
  • I trained and mentored junior support engineers, enhancing team performance and knowledge sharing.
  • I developed and wrote handbooks to improve the efficiency of my team.
  • I worked with corporate clients to analyse mainframe software issues, collect problem determination documentation and to apply software fixes.
  • I collaborated with product development and maintenance teams to address recurring software issues, driving system improvements.
  • I went on-site for corporate clients to assist them to resolve software issues.
  • I worked with the Sales team to support them during pre-sales negotiations and software trials and helped them to win multi-million pound deals.
  • I helped to save the world from the Y2K bug!

Education

Teaching Business English

The TEFL Organisation
London, UK
01-2020

No Degree - Teaching English As A Foreign Language

The TEFL Academy
London, UK
09-2018

Bachelor of Arts - Modern Language Studies (English With French)

The Open University
Milton Keynes, UK
09-2012

Skills

  • Motivating students
  • Supporting and encouraging weaker students
  • Creating and delivering business-specific lessons
  • Coaching students to pass examinations
  • Technical English
  • Business vocabulary
  • Teaching adults
  • Classroom management

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Advanced (C1)
Italian
Upper intermediate (B2)
German
Beginner (A1)

Timeline

Business English Teacher (I.T.)

Callac Soft College
09.2021 - 05.2024

Malware Threat Researcher

Sophos
09.2008 - 06.2019

Senior Technical Support Engineer

Compuware
06.1998 - 06.2006

Teaching Business English

The TEFL Organisation

No Degree - Teaching English As A Foreign Language

The TEFL Academy

Bachelor of Arts - Modern Language Studies (English With French)

The Open University

My hobbies include sea-swimming, kayaking, horse riding, skiing

I am also an avid reader, a prolific writer and an occasional proofreader specialising in Nordic Noir and translated novels.


I also care for two rescued equines - one Icelandic horse and one Shetland pony.

Julie Yeates