Hi there,

I’d like to do something different and address you directly while writing this. Personal connections are few and far between these days, so I hope this helps us connect a little more than what would otherwise be some boring marketing copy.

Let’s keep this one real.

I’m sure you’re wondering how I was able to land a billionaire as a student. I can’t tell you exactly how that happened, but I can tell you that much of it had to do with my experience in Hamburg, Germany.

I earned my CELTA in Hamburg. And I immediately started servicing government and corporate contracts at some fairly impressive places.

I trained the copywriters and creatives at advertising powerhouse DDB, and professionals at logistics beast HHLA. DDB Worldwide ranked 1st in the 2023 D&AD Annual Agency Network rankings.

And HHLA handles so much cargo that if they were to stop, commerce in Germany would be crippled, and its economy would likely collapse.

One of the government contracts I serviced was Hamburg’s transportation authority, Hochbahn. But the biggest was Germany’s central bank, The Deutsche Bundesbank. This notch on my resume is likely what landed me the gig with the billionaire.

After an incredibly successful run in Germany, my wife and I moved to Japan, which would be my second stint.

I immediately started two separate gigs, developing teaching materials for Fortune 500 companies like Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Pfizer, Ricoh, and more in the Tokyo area, and teaching Japanese professionals, including government officials and diplomats.

As a designer by trade, I couldn’t bring myself to use the commonly available English training materials on the market today, so I started making my own. That eventually turned into Lingualab.io, a self-study reading and listening SaaS business – something I had to teach myself how to build.

I also have a business English newsletter called The Executive Advisor, which I curate once a week. It’s great for quick reading and listening practice focused on real-world English, not useless textbook English.

My goal is to build Lingualab into a B2B white-labeled training solution and B2C self-study SaaS while releasing materials modern professionals can use.

I believe today’s learner has outgrown the materials available to them and I intend to fill that hole with modern, relevant, transformative materials suited for a modern business professional and the way we all learn today.