consultant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :23 years, 0 أشهر
Project for Post-Doctoral Researchers.
-- Debriefed scholars on military/civilian war trauma in low-intensity conflicts in Africa, Middle East, Asia.
South Korean Armed Forces, Techno Valley, South Korea. (From April of 2008 through June of 2010)
-- Designed and delivered a specialized English language curriculum for high-level Korean military officers up to the rank of General. I also hired bi-lingual Koreans to assist this training.
-- Personally trained elite KATUSA linguists posted with the American garrison at the DMZ facing North Korea. They are the key translators between the U.S. and ROK Armed Forces.
-- Analyzed the military culture of South Korea's Armed Forces.
-- Made infrastructure assessments for e-learning and Instructor-led Training.
-- Proposed and developed synchronous and asynchronous interactive delivery methods for the instruction. Created prototype learning portals, hyper-links, screen camera tutorials transferred to Adobe Flash Point from PowerPoint to achieve all military/linguistic training objectives.
-- Made assessments of student proficiencies, multiple intelligences and how to bridge performance gaps.
-- Developed appropriate cross-cultural training methodologies, learning objectives and course content.
-- On January 31, 2012 I was offered the head English teaching position at the Korean Armed Forces Nursing Academy. (Please see: AFNA.ac.kr).
Worked in 53 countries including; Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Cyprus, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, Portugal, the UK, Holland, Germany, Denmark, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Cuba.
-- Please see my archive at: http://www.wnd.com/author/lobaidoresponses/.
-- Published 354 articles on WND.com, which has over eight million readers per month and is the largest independent news organization (based on the Internet) in the United States.
-- Wrote hard news stories, multi-part series, opinion pieces, columns and produced photojournalism essays.
-- Expert at political analysis and strategic regional threat assessment in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa.
Photojournalist
Completed shoots at Angkor Wat, S-21, the Killing Fields, live land mine removal with Aki Ra (Cambodia), Petra, Bedouin nomads, Shiite women, Lawrence of Arabia’s World War I trek, Jerash, Beirut and the Roman ruins of Baalbek (Lebanon and Jordan), Ani (Armenian border), Mt. Ararat (Turkey), lepers of Myanmar, lions and elephants of the Chobe Nature Reserve (Botswana), Thailand’s elephants, Ayutthaya (Thailand), Victoria Falls (Zambia), World’s highest sand dunes, Chinese Space Tracking Station (Namibia), Tikal and Lago Atitlan (Guatemala), British Army jungle warfare training and Ambergris Caye (Belize), Copan Ruins (Honduras), Hurricane Katrina aftermath (Mississippi, New Orleans), Yosemite, Redwoods, migrating whales and the Golden Gate Bridge (California), American Bald Eagles and the Gateway Arch (St. Louis), Arches and Canyonlands National Parks (Utah), Mt.. Everest (Nepal), Jatiluwih (Bali), English Countryside (UK), Dachau (Munich, Germany), Isla Mujeres and Tulum (Yucatan) Havana, (Cuba), Saudi Arabia and Oman.
Capturing the World on Film Part I
http://www.wnd.com/2002/03/13319/
Lens Crafters
http://www.wnd.com/2007/11/44350/
-- On September 12, 2013, National Geographic, via Cengage Learning, asked to purchase the world, all media, English (plus three other languages) and derivatives rights to one of my photographs. On March 4, 2014, the purchase of this photograph was finally approved. It will appear in a National Geographic publication in 2015 and will be featured in various languages including Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese.
-- Please see the following story relating to LoBaido-National Geographic:
http://www.wnd.com/2014/03/wnd-photojournalist-makes-national-geographic/?cat_orig=diversions
Radio, TV and Book Projects
-- Guest on the Jim Bohanan National Radio Show along with Senator John McCain of Arizona. We examined North Korea’s Special Forces training and deployment, ballistic missile program, nuclear capability, allies, “juche” or “self-reliance, ” worldview, language, culture and history.
-- Produced, directed and hosted a 40 minute TV journalism adventure show filmed in Guatemala. This project was a bid for the pilot of “The Quest” on the Discovery Channel.
-- Radio reporter for e-FM 101.3 in Seoul, South Korea. (Please see TBSeFM.seoul.kr).
-- Appeared in a definitive Korean documentary about United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
I was selected to deliver a series of private lectures to visiting delegates from the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Education. The focus of these lectures addressed both the positive and negative trends in American Higher Education. The topics included the following:
-- Faculty structure and management systems.
-- The United States’ Higher Education “people-oriented” management philosophy.
-- Teachers and student management.
-- Faculty evaluation methods including academic summary reports.
-- Incentives for teaching performance.
-- Professional ethics education, ethics incentive systems and moral education.
-- Identifying, evaluating and motivating elite students.
-- A two-tier division of labor in which some professors only lecture, while others only write and research.
-- Discarding the outdated belief system that paper books and libraries constitute the “best” university.
-- An analysis of Confucian philosophy and its applications in regard to academic disciplines.
-- Removing the archetype Soviet-style bureaucracy and establishing local and regional control.
-- Mixing the very best leadership strategies from Western and other Asian nations with Confucianism.
-- Making China’s Higher Education System more efficient.
Instructor in the Digital Arts Department for Graduate Students
Please see: http://itu.edu/ and http://itu.edu/index.php/about-itu/philosophy-vision/).
-- Taught MMM 870 Image Manipulation/Strategic Information Operations.
-- Used the EMS or “Education Management System” to create course content accessible on the Internet.
-- Created a Virtual Learning Environment of on-line courses for Afghani women and girls.
-- Wrote a paper on hypothetical ethical/moral reasoning of AI programs for the robot soldiers of the future.
-- Fostered ideals of permanent innovation, flexibility, interoperability, timing, mental toughness, extra effort.
Department Overview
In a world of smartphones, wearable computers, and Augmented Reality, the role of a digital artist is more important than ever. Not only is there an insatiable appetite for new content, but the skills demanded from a designer, story-teller and artist to create that content has extended far beyond traditional skill-sets. ITU’s Digital Arts (DA) program integrates design fundamentals, professional skills and entrepreneurial innovation into a unique program tailored to the modern artist who dares create their own vision of the future.
Course Overview
In this modern digital age, the basic principles of photography have not changed. Yet the tools and techniques of how we arrive at our final image continue to evolve. This class will introduce students to the principles of photography and then explore the tools and aesthetics employed by professionals and amateurs alike to alter or enhance their images.
The Political Economy of the Internet in Asia and the Pacific: Digital Divides, Economic Competitiveness, and Security Challenges. Jason P. Abbott. (2004).
Taught Principles of Photojournalism. (Technical Aspects A-Z, Surviving dangerous overseas assignments).
-- Taught Advanced Global Journalism. (Case Studies linking Neo-classical political theories to world events).
-- Taught Strategic Communication. (Crisis, Leadership, Military, Conceptual Umbrella, Conduits, Effects).
-- Taught Fundamentals of Journalism. (History, Freedom, Inverted Pyramid, Techniques, Lab, AP style).
-- Taught Introduction to Mass Communication. (TV, Radio, Film, the Internet, Media Ethics, Newspapers).
-- Taught Psychology of Communication. (Johari Window, Propaganda, Neuro-linguistic Programming).
-- Advised the college newspaper Global Horizons. (Editing, Layout, Headlines, Journalism Techniques).
-- Tutor imparting techniques for top results in TOEIC, AP, SAT, GRE and USMLE examinations.
-- The most popular Capstone course I designed and taught was Advanced Globalization Studies:
Course Description:
A multidisciplinary “Big History” course which traces the development of multinational corporations since the Middle Ages, transnational and supranational institutions, micro-state and non-state actors, transnational drug trade, international finance, derivatives, credit default swaps, currency manipulation and commodity speculation, gold, mercenaries, oil, gas, fresh water, Rare Earth Metals, human migration, illegal trafficking and DNA-related issues of futuristic science such as Genetics, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology, space-based defense and colonization, diplomacy, new alliances such as BRIC as well as peacemaking. A heavy emphasis is placed on Ancient Rome, Crassus, Marco Polo, the Age of Exploration, the British Empire, American Revolutionary War, Africa, the Middle East, Afghanistan and China. Advances in transportation, medicine, science, communication in direct relation to the heightened arc of human complexity are deconstructed and analyzed in their Ancient, Medieval and Modern contexts.
Taught ESLG 4050 Independent Seminar. (Private tutoring for 15 foreign students from 15 nations).
-- Taught ESLG 4000 Research Paper Writing. (Research, structure, organization, linear flow, bibliography).
-- Taught ESLG 2000 Intermediate Writing. (Essay writing, grammar, analysis, deep logic, verbs/adjectives).
-- Taught ESLG 2000 Academic Support Skills. (EAP, research, PowerPoint, outlining, test-taking strategies).
-- Taught ESLG 2000 Intermediate Reading. (Comprehension, scanning, accent reduction, memorization).
-- Taught MEDC 1010 Mass Communication. (Radio, TV, Internet, Media Ethics, Media Law Case Studies).
-- Taught Fundamentals of Reporting. (Developing a Personal Writing Style, AP style, laboratory practice).
-- Taught JOUR 4220 Advanced Global Journalism. (Globalization, Southeast Asia, Africa, China, Russia).
-- Taught JOUR 4290 Global Affairs Reporting. (Independent Journalism Seminar centered on Case Studies).
-- Taught students from South Korea, Japan, Canada, Colombia, Scotland, France, Egypt, Venezuela, Israel, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand and Laos.
-- At one point I taught seven full-time courses while subbing for two others during the same semester.
Taught English as a Second Language Courses especially designed for the tourism and hospitality industry.
-- Responsible for selecting textbooks, curriculum design and the grading of 100 female students.
PhD candidate through a fellowship to study and teach at Texas A&M.
-- Taught the Educational Technology Laboratory required of all of the Education Department majors.
-- Studied emerging educational technologies, Instructor-led training and Web-based training.
-- Studied instructional design considering multiple intelligences, learning styles and applied critical thinking.
-- Studied Neuro-linguistic programming techniques and strategies for civilian and military use.
-- Directed all major video projects for the University Relations Department. Directed the initial fundraising video for the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M. The video aired on CNN in July, 1993.
Journalism 101 for four semesters.
-- Responsible for designing tests, analyzing performance gaps and issuing grades.
-- Directed counter-cheating (for examinations) and counter-plagiarism project at Baylor University.
-- Worked for the South African Star as a journalist during my six month overseas internship.
This was a single semester, temporary appointment ).
-- Taught MCM 10. Writing and Reporting News. (Fundamentals of Journalism from A to Z, laboratory).
-- Taught MCM 112. Feature Writing. (Research, style, serialization, human drama and dignity, USA Today).
-- Taught COM 101. Oral Communication. (Messages, cross-cultural barriers, speeches, non-verbal cues).
-- Advised the campus newspaper, The Forum. Student articles included GE/GM foods at Monsanto, the Gateway Arch, combat medical training for U.S. military doctors and Boeing’s fighter jet production.
-- Organized and led curriculum development, testing and grading for all of the courses I taught.
-- Sole oversight authority for a budget of US$ 20, 000 needed for purchasing items such as laptops, software and office infrastructure. I saved the department US$ 5, 000 for the term.
I was offered the position of Senior Training and Development Specialist with Raytheon.
-- I was asked to design linguistic training materials for the Afghanistan National Armed Forces.
European Naval Task Force, Djibouti and Somalia. (2011)
-- I was asked to design a counter-piracy program to be used in Djibouti and off the coast of Somalia.
-- One operational tactic was the creation of specially-fitted airborne vehicles that can spoof cellphone towers and intercept communications amongst the pirates.
Citizen of the United States of America
. Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (April, 2013 - November, 2014)
Saudi Aramco is the world’s richest company with an estimated worth of US$ 10 - 37 trillion. Aramco retains over 50, 000 employees and controls oil reserves exceeding 260 billion barrels.
Department of Industrial Relations. (Public Relations and Corporate Relations).
Asked to study and analyze
Remote Lands. Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia. (September 2012 - April 30th, 2013)
Remote Lands is a New York-based Bespoke Travel Specialist for Asia catering to high net worth individuals.
(This was a six month project to rewrite the Remote Lands website).
-- Senior writer and researcher for destinations including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the UAE and Vietnam.
-- Wrote original text for the launching of the new Remote Lands website, including SEO parameters.
-- Please see the new website in development at http://remotelands.com/newweb4/.
-- Added 80 new cities/destinations and hundreds of pages to Remote Lands website and tourism portfolio.
-- Created Remote Lands’ Blog postings including journalism stories incorporating history and geography.
-- Remote Lands has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Forbes, Business Week, the BBC, Departures (the American Express publication) the New York Times and National Geographic Traveler.
-- New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/10/travel/2013-places-to-go.html?hpw.
Corporate Relations Division
English Language Review and Approval
Time Magazine’s “Hero of Asia” and “Woman of the Year”
International Agricultural Development: Geography of the Soviet Union. -- MIJ in International Journalism. Baylor University. (Attended from Aug.
International Agricultural Development: Geography of the Soviet Union. -- MIJ in International Journalism. Baylor University. (Attended from Aug.
International Agricultural Development: Geography of the Soviet Union. -- MIJ in International Journalism. Baylor University. (Attended from Aug.
International Agricultural Development: Geography of the Soviet Union. -- MIJ in International Journalism. Baylor University. (Attended from Aug.