Ted Snell, MBA

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Ted Snell,
MBA
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Biography

Ted Snell has been a teacher for twenty-five years with much of that spent in the Ontario college system. He has been teaching at George Brown College since 2000, and has been a full-time professor for the last three years. Originally hired to teach web design, Ted now teaches a variety of business computing and new media related courses on Microsoft Office, Project and Access, e-business and digital marketing. In addition, he is currently piloting the Centre for Business’ new soft skills course on ethics, psychology and interpersonal relations.

Ted has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto (Victoria College) with a major in psychology and a minor in philosophy. He also has an MBA from Athabasca University. He worked for many years in new media in the publishing and not-for-profit sectors producing web, print and video materials. In his spare time, Ted enjoys fitness, cycling, tennis, films and international travel.

Academic Credentials

Master of Business Administration, Athabasca University, 2014

Teaching of English as a Foreign Language certification from the Royal Society of the Arts/Cambridge University, 1993

Bachelor of Science, Victoria College, University of Toronto, 1987

Areas of Specialization

Business Computing

E-Business and Digital Marketing

Soft Skills (Philosophy

Ethics

Psychology and Interpersonal Communications)

Areas of Expertise

New Media and Web Design with the Adobe Creative Suite (Dreamweaver

Photoshop

Fireworks and Flash)

Print Design and Publishing with QuarkXpress and Adobe InDesign

Career Highlights

Technical Director, Beyond Reports (professional publication consultants), Toronto

Instructor, Centennial College (including joint programme with the University of Toronto)

Principal/Director of New Media, NMC New Media Content, Toronto

President/Director of Media Development, Omikron SR/The Omikron Group Inc., Toronto

Director of Studies, Marketing Officer, Web Site Designer, Homestay Coordinator, Activity Coordinator, Instructor, GEOS Language Corporation/GEOS English Academy, Vancouver

Instructor, Trainer, Four Seasons Hotel, Tokyo

Instructor, Advisor, Kokusai Securities Ltd., Tokyo

Instructor, Re-writer and Narrator, Ultra Ltd., Tokyo

Other Activities

Presenter – Seminar on The Current State of Technology and Publishing focusing on e-books, e-publishing, digital rights management and print on demand, China

Publishers Internet Seminar, Beijing, China

Presenter – Internet seminar on Establishing a Web Presence, Association of Canadian Publishers

Presenter – Seminar on The Current State of Technology and Publishing, Association of Canadian Publishers Annual General Meeting

Co-presenter – Seminar focusing on e-books, e-publishing, digital rights management and e-commerce, Ontario Book Publishers Organisation Annual General Meeting

Guest Lecturer – Publishing program, Centennial College