Pierre Vandelac

100 Chemin Caron
Montpellier (Quebec), J0V 1M0
Telephone (domicile) : +1 (819) 428-3153
Telephone (cellular) : +1 (819) 983-8068

Email : pierre@vandelac.ca

Web site: www.vandelac.ca

Nationality: Canadian

Languages:

• Spoken: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Catalan
  Written: French, English, Spanish

Born: Montréal, (QC), Canada; 1947/05/26

Schooling:

• In Spain: Escuela de las monjas, San Augustin, Palma de Mallorca, (in Spanish)
• In Switzerland : International School, Geneva, (in English)
• In France : Collège St Exupéry, Thonon-les-Bains (in French)

Post secondary schooling:

• RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force), pilot cadet. Esquimalt, (B.C., Canada)
• Dairy Farming Management, Abbotsford College, (B.C., Canada)
• Presently enrolled in an online course aiming for a Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies.

Diplomas:

• Modern languages, B.A. (English, Spanish) and Sciences, (Baccalauréat "C"), Université d’Annecy (Hte Savoie) France.
• Dairy Farming Management, Abbotsford College, (B.C., Canada)

Professional experience:

• 1964-65 Front Desk Clerk, Sporthotel, Engelberg, Switzerland
• 1965-67 Cala d’Or Hotel, Mallorca, Spain
• 1967- 1968 Front-Desk Senior Clerk and Night-Auditor, Montreal Ritz-Carlton, (QC) , Canada
• 1968-1970 General Manager Sing-Sing Discothèque. (Four year bank loan paid in 14 months.) Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
• 1970-1971; Language Steward, Canadian Pacific Air, on overseas flights from Vancouver and Toronto in Canada to Europe and Mexico. .
• 1972-1975, Front-Desk Senior Clerk and chief Night Auditor, Montreal Ritz-Carlton.
• 1975-1976 Hôtel le Méridien, Montréal (QC). Hired six months before opening to write the Front-Desk and Auditing Procedures. Daily tour of Hotel with engineers and architects to understand operation of all systems, electrical, water, air conditioning, gas (kitchen), elevators, and power plant, in preparation for the position of Night Manager, sole responsible for the 609 room hotel between 10pm and 8am.
• 1976-1980 Vice-President et General Manager Casa Pedro Restaurant, Montréal (QC). Hired to update all procedures and systems of the restaurant which had annual sales of 3,7 M CAN$; and 54 employees. During my time at Casa Pedro, Operating Costs were reduced by 17% and Food and Beverage cost went from 35% to 30%.
• 1981-1984 Night Manager and Chief Auditor; Harrison-Hot-Springs Hotel, HHS (B.C.).
• 1984-1985 Night Manager, Chief Auditor including F&B reporting, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
  
• From 1985 on, Translator:
  • 1985 to 1990 Transcomm Translations, Ottawa
  • 1990 to 1995 Omnis Technical Translations, Ottawa
  • 1995 to 2000 Thivierge, Larrue et Cloutier, les Traductions TLC, Gatineau-Hull
  • From 2000 on, working under my name and Vandelac-Services.

Other Experience:

• Study, and edition of a forestry plan for Latin America and of tropical interest.
• Presentation to the Secretary General of United Nations of a tropical investment plan aiming to enhance Social Justice and Wealth in approximately 60 tropical countries.
• Study trips to Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua on recommendations from the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

Personal Capabilities:

• Knowledge of accounting, internal audits techniques and practices.
• Knowledge of computer and management systems such as Microsoft Office 2003 Premium (including Access relational database, FrontPage, Web maintenance).
• Public-relations, good understanding and rapport with people (guests, clients, employees, suppliers etc..)
• A feeling for negotiation and conciliation.
• Good analysis of situation and good solving capacity of problems.
• Initiative and capability to work alone.
• Good capacity for work.

Personal hobbies:

• International relations.
• History, cooking and gardening
• Physical activities, golf.

Associations:

• Associate member of the American Translator’s Association.
• Formerly certified translator for the Secretariat of State of Canada in the following language pairs: EN-FR (English-French); ES-FR (Spanish-French), CA-FR (Catalan-French) and CA-EN (Catalan-English).

December 2005