CURRENT WORK 1996-2004
self-employed knowledge worker with the below range of activities:

Journalism
Information and Market Research
Web Content Management
Internet Marketing
Translations

Web Content Management

Owner, editor and manager of a number of websites, including the Hungarian Ski Portal and the Hungarian Telework Info Portal. Self developed web projects featured on TV2, RTL Klub Hungarian television channels, NetTV, Radio Petofi (country-wide broadcast), and magazines such as Budapest Business Journal, Computer Technika, Computer Panorama, Figyelo, , Gyöngy, Nõk Lapja, etc.

Journalism
Author and editor of over 100 internet related articles, interviews and essays.
Articles have been published in the following printed media: Internet Kalauz, Business Online, VGA Monitor, Magyar Hírlap, Magyar Nemzet, Hungarian Telecommunications, Metro daily and more offline & online magazines.

Columnist of:
Internet Love Story - appeared in print on a monthly basis in Internet Kalauz between 1997-2001
Online Recruitment and Telework Trends in Hungary and worldwide in print in VGA Monitor weekly 1998-2002

Book publication:
Co-author of the books "Telework Guide" published by KJK-Kerszöv in 2003 and the "Telecottages and Telework in Hungary" published in 1999 by the Hungarian Telecottages Association

Information and Market Research
2000-2001 Member of the research team of the Information Society Research Center (ITTK) in the project "Research of Telework Practices in Hungary"

Overview and trends of the online recruitment market in Hungary - market research and analysis ordered by a potential foreign investor

Internet Marketing

Delivered a presentation about Google AdSense on the Internet Hungary conference in Tihany in October 2003. Author of a series of articles about keyword advertising, online marketing and online affiliate programs. Founder and moderator of the Hungarian affiliate marketing mailing list and the first Hungarian affiliate program guide at www.partnerprogramok.hu. Owner of an internet marketing consultation business with vast experience in managing keyword advertising campaigns on Overture.com and Google AdWords.

Translations
Home based free-lance translator from and to English and German 1994 - 1999

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

1994 - 1995 full time translator and interpreter
United Telecom Services / United Telecom Investment (Joint Venture of USTE Telecom and Alcatel Austria)
Translated letters, contracts, articles, memos, minutes, and various technical documents from and to English and German
Interpreted for the company management and staff at meetings, training and presentations
Provided assistance for the expatriate (mainly American and Austrian) colleagues in communication
Obtained extended knowledge in special terms of telecommunication

1992 -1994 free-lance translator and interpreter
As a self-employed free agent worked for the Hungarian Television, ICL Hungary, Semcor Europa, SVT Kft, MOVI -The Hungarian Motion Picture and Video Studios Company, Hungarian Brewers' Association, and other smaller firms

1990 - 1991 Travel Agency Manager
Travel Agency QATTRO, a business of the Medicomp Ltd.
Managed outgoing tourism, promotions and sales
Organized package tours to Austria, Italy, Spain and Transsylvania
Negotiated contracts with foreign partners and monitored compliance
Participated at international travel market fairs, represented the company abroad
Interpreted and translated for other branches of the Medicomp Ltd

March 1989 - September 1990 Coordinator for IAESTE
(International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience)
Technical University of Budapest, International Student Center
Arranged student exchanges and organized internships abroad, assisted in the reception of foreign students within the framework of IAESTE
Organized trips and international camps, managed international affairs.
Coordinated various activities with the aim of promoting mobility of Hungarian students

Practical training during study years
1989 summer: AIESEC trainee at the Chamber of Craftsmen in Münster, Germany
1988 summer: hostess at MAHART hydrofoil going between Budapest and Vienna
1987 summer: officer at Tourinform, Budapest downtown
1986-87 - Six months training at Hotel Erzsébet, Budapest, rotation through various departments
1983-84 - Summer receptionist at Camping Sástó, Mátrafüred
Occasionally done: guiding, interpreting, translating, language teaching, hostess service

EDUCATION
1984-89 College for Commerce, Catering and Tourism
Faculty of Catering and Tourism, Focus on Economics, Marketing and Tourism Management
"Business administrator for Catering and Tourism" diploma, February 1989

1980-84 High school
in Gyöngyös, Hungary, focus on Hungarian literature and foreign languages

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Hungarian - native
English - fluent
German - fluent
Italian - fluent
Russian  - some

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
User knowledge of Windows Office  (Word, Excel, Power Point)
Extended knowledge of web applications and web site editors
basic DTP, computer graphics and web design skills
basic knowledge of HTML

REFERENCES
As a journalist my main reference is Prim Ltd (editor in chief: Janos Vertes), the publisher of well known periodicals such as Internet Kalauz, VGA Monitor, Business Online, the owner of the www.prim-online.com web site, the premiere news source and gateway for Information Technology in Hungary

As a translator my references include: United Telecom Investment UTI Ltd, (former United Telecom Services - UTS), Bakonytel, Egomcom, Kisdunacom, Dunatel, Alcatel, Hungarian Television, ICL Hungary, Semcor Europe, SVT Kft, MOVI -The Hungarian Motion Picture and Video Studios Company, Hungarian Brewers' Association, Medicomp Ltd, and other businesses

PERSONAL
Date and place of birth: September 17^th 1966, Gyöngyös
Nationality: Hungarian
Marital status: married
Children: Adam (1991), Tamas (1995)

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
traveling, languages, literature, music, outdoor sports, camping, Internet surfing,

AVAILABILITY
Please contact me any time online to check whether I am available to get involved in new projects.