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James Tesmer
Campus Director

James has been teaching English as a second language to international students for six years.  he studied music composition and philosophy at Butler University in Indiana and at University College Cork, Ireland.  he began teaching in Japanese public elementary and junior high schools through the JET Programme, and later moved to Brasilia, Brazil, where he led English language classes for professionals affiliated with the federal government.  he has been with the International Academy of English since 2003.  James loves studying and talking about grammar, plays Ultimate Frisbee, and has studied several musical instruments including the Japanese koto and Irish bodhrán.

 

 

Carmen Tepper
Director
info@sdiae.com

Pontificia Universidade Catolica: Bachelor of Mathematics-Sao Paulo
Uniban: Teaching Certificate Mathematics
Other languages: Portuguese, Spanish and Italian

 

Robert S. Tepper
Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer
rtepper@sdiae.com

Robert has over 25 years of experience in starting and operating businesses, and is using that experience to strengthen the infrastructure, organization and programs at SSU. Prior to coming to SSU, Robert was the President of Day Elevator & Lift, a company that sells, installs, services and maintains residential elevators, stairlifts and wheelchair lifts. Before being recruited to Day, Robert was the President of UR Group, a sales rep organization that sold products from a variety of electronic component and test equipment manufacturers to customers throughout California. Prior to UR Group, Robert co-founded, raised money for, and was the first president of eBilities.com, an internet portal for people with disabilities, their caregivers, family and friends. Before founding eBilities.com, Robert held a variety of technical and management positions at AMCC, a semiconductor design company. Robert has an MSEE from Stanford University and a BSE from Duke University.

 

 

Tanya Davis
Academic Director, Intensive English Programs

Tanya is from the east coast of Canada. After graduating with a degree in philosophy and English she moved to Japan where she worked as an English instructor and, later, as the Academic Director at a university in Nagoya, Japan. She has ten years of experience as an ESL/EFL instructor and holds a TEFL Certificate, a TEFL Diploma, and is currently completing a Master’s in Education with a specialization in TESL. She loves to travel and has visited more than 10 countries – but she hasn’t yet been to Europe! It’s next on her list.

 

 

Mitsue Watanabe
Intern - Japan

 

Jee Hun Lim (Jae)
Intern - Korea

 
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