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in working with students targeting highly competitive universities as well as students with special circumstances. He has been deeply involved concurrently in education, writing, and public speaking throughout his career. As an educator, Mr. Ahn has taught for over fifteen years and is currently an adjunct professor at Emory University where he teaches undergraduate and post-graduate finance, investments, and Excel modelling and conducts business workshops on writing, speaking, and career development. He previously held adjunct professorships at the University of Georgia, the University of Texas, CalState University, and Pepperdine University. Mr. Ahn also privately tutors pre-college students in college preparatory skills as well as specific subjects including math, business, economics, the sciences, PSAT/SAT/ACT, writing (basic language arts, technical, analytical, & MLA research-based), reading (critical & editorial journalism), and public speaking & debate (policy, public forum, LD, & IE). Prior to formal teaching, he tutored high school students at the Westminster Schools of Atlanta. Around which time, he also volunteered as a special needs education assistant at the former Davison School of Atlanta for children with learning disabilities and has been a private tutor for ADHD/Bi-polar students. As a consultant, Mr. Ahn has been advising students over the last eight years resulting in their successful admission to Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and other universities. As a faculty member of Emory University, he reviews application essays and interviews admissions and scholarship applicants. He is also an Ivy League college admissions interviewer and application reviewer for the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and has been interviewing and evaluating students for over the last 20 years. He holds frequent seminars on interviewing, essay writing, and planning for and applying to college. As a writer, Mr. Ahn's very first published work was as a creative writer contributing to the writing guide book, Thinking on Paper (1988). Early in his business career, he published economic and marketing research reports for Samsung Company, the British Department of Trade, and the Japanese government (MITI). In 1996, Mr. Ahn authored the international business book Global Cash Management, published in three editions. Afterwards, Mr. Ahn was the managing editor of the Wharton Journal newspaper after serving as a staff writer and columnist. He is currently an editorial reviewer for publisher John Wiley & Co., a contributor to Bloomberg.com, National Public Radio, the London Financial Times, FORTUNE magazine, the Economist magazine, and other media, and a book reviewer for Pepperdine Graziadio Business Magazine. Mr. Ahn also has academic publishing accolades with Emory University and has served as a private editorial dissertation reviewer for doctoral candidates. He frequently conducts college resume, college application, and essay workshops for high school through post graduate school students and business professionals. As a speaker, Mr. Ahn is a frequent guest speaker, panelist, and judge for various topics on business and in speech competitions. He was specially recognized by the State of California Senate for business talks on finance and entrepreneurship. He gives frequent seminars and coaches effective presenting, successful interviewing, non-verbal communication interpretation, and analytical case competition. Previously, he enjoyed a successful forensic policy debate career as a frequently awarded top speaker with the Westminster Schools of Atlanta and with Emory University's Barkley Forum. He remains actively involved in teaching, coaching, and judging formal speech & debate. |
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