Business & Academic English Tutoring | Coaching

About Me

I grew up in Texas but moved around a lot as a kid. Since my family was always moving, I got good at meeting new people and making friends. At the same time, my dad’s colleagues were usually from other parts of the world: Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. So I made friends with their kids! I got to enjoy the food and influences of their cultural background as I was growing up.

But I also saw the challenges my international friends went through due to discrimination and the communication and cultural differences they had to deal with. As a result, I wanted to help when I got older.

I started Omni English to provide students and professionals from other countries and cultures with the communication and soft skills they need to succeed.

The mission is simple: to help you as international student or professional achieve your dreams in the USA. No matter where you’re from or whether you’re in tech, finance, design, healthcare, UX/UI, marketing, data science, or the arts, I’m here to help.

Background in English and Culture

I offer over fifteen years of professional and academic teaching experience in university and ESL academies. I have deep expertise in English grammar, pronunciation, writing, speaking, and expression as well as business and cultural communication, American job interview skills, networking, and team dynamics.

I’ve traveled extensively and have worked closely with people from Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. I love getting to know people from different cultures and backgrounds!

I’ve also worked with international professionals at Google, Apple, Intuit, Salesforce, Pinterest, Samsung, Naver, SKHynix, and Charles River Associates as well as many small start-ups and local firms.

I believe in a more inclusive, multi-cultural world through collaboration and culturally-savvy communication, and I’m looking forward to talking to you about your career goals!

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Currently I live in San Francisco, where I enjoy all the various cultures and foods the city has to offer! In my spare time, I’m also a musician and an artist and enjoy restaurants, reading, watching movies, and hiking.

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Omni is about success and making the world a better place – but it’s also about enjoying a good laugh once in a while!

What Clients are Saying

I work at CRA (a management consulting firm). For my program, we focused mostly on writing (style, grammar and punctuation) as well as some de-wording. All these skills are very important to master in a client-facing, fast paced business. After a couple of months results were already showing, which led to positive feedback from my colleagues! All in all, I had a great experience and would definitely recommend Omni and Kevin for English tutoring.

Yves LeVot

Consulting Associate

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

The sessions are extremely helpful for someone who is not a native speaker and needs to present themselves in the best way in an interview in the U.S.. Kevin will let you know the best terms or style to use to leave an impression on interviewer, what structure to apply to your answer when being asked questions like “tell me about a time when you needed to cooperate with different stakeholders.”Before the interview sessions with Omni, I never even got past the initial phone screenings, and I’d gotten no interview offers. But since working with Kevin, I’ve passed the interviews, and I’ve gotten a few offers for my ideal position. I highly recommend people to work with Kevin because he can give you sincere suggestions, cultural aspect of insights, and his experience working with many other non native speakers. All these things will help you feel confident and comfortable in a job interview.

Ellie Wang

Data Analyst

For: Business English, Job interview prep, Professional Tutoring

As a foreign-born designer, my biggest challenge was that I’m not familiar with Western culture, especially in the work place. I used to be very quiet in meetings, check-ins, and any kind of meet-ups because I was afraid of ruining it by making grammatical mistakes.

Through more sessions, I was able to learn techniques for clarifying topic points in meetings when it’s not clear to me or when I’m struggling to understand what’s going on. If I hadn’t studied with Omni, I would still be in many unclear work situations, which is quite stressful. I’m truly grateful for Kevin’s helping me improve my situation! Highly recommended!

Woosung Kang

Designer, Human Interface

For: Business English, Job interview prep, Professional Tutoring

I’m an international student from Taiwan and studying for a Master’s degree in Sculpture at Academy of Art University. My English skills were not even on the average level before we started classes, and I could only barely keep myself alive in school. Kevin has been giving me a lot of advice and helps to improve my English skills. He also was very helpful in passing the Midpoint Review. We’ve been training my grammar, writing skill, pronunciation, accent, time management, and future career and work development in our class. Kevin has not only helped me to improve my English, but also taught me to integrate into American culture, and helped me to have ability to find a good job in the future. Now I can communicate with native speakers very naturally, and I can write essays that impress the instructor. All in all, if you want to improve your English skills and also try to find a job in the U.S, Kevin is the best option you have

Zen Yu

3D Modeler, Sculptor

For: Academic English & Essay Tutoring, Academic Tutoring, Art Schools, Job interview prep, Professional Tutoring

I was a master’s degree student in Graphic design at Academy of Art. Academy of Art has ESL assistants but Kevin also gave me a lot of advice on content and concepts. His background is in academic topics like history, theory and research, so I got a lot of valuable feedback from him. Kevin also helped me pass the Midpoint Review, which was very difficult, and a lot of students fail it. I am sure I wouldn’t have made it through without his help. Definitely contact him if you’re working on degree at AAU or another art school. Update: I got a full-time job 2 months after graduating, so now I’m working at a major IT company in the Bay Area as a senior graphic designer. Kevin helped with the job search and networking and interviews. I could not have done this without Kevin’s help, and I strongly recommend taking his helpful classes Highly recommended!

Sunjung Park

Senior Graphic Designer

For: Academic Tutoring, Job interview prep, Professional Tutoring

This class is really helpful for any business person who needs to have international conference calls and expand their professional English ability (writing, speaking and ETC).

My job requires that I communicate with our suppliers in the US. I have to conduct many conference calls, and I hired Kevin to help me feel more comfortable talking to my American counterparts. His paraphrasing skill is also very good. He helped me write emails that successfully communicate our needs and priorities to our suppliers overseas.

Kevin has professional knowledge in several industrial fields so has a great skill to support you improving your English skill

I would recommend him for anyone who needs help with E-mails, documents, or conference calls in English.

John Kim

Assistant manager; Purchasing Team

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

I work as a director of research in investments and wealth management. I originally contacted Kevin because I wanted to improve my public speaking and presentations, as well as become more confident in building rapport with clients in casual communication. These were two of the things I perceived to be instrumental in getting me to get to the next level. After six months of meeting twice a week, Kevin helped me achieve both. Along the way, he also helped me develop skills in organizing my messages and customizing them for specific audiences. In addition, I upgraded my active English vocabulary and usage. Without reservation, I recommend Kevin to anyone who seriously desires to get to the next level.

Rita Lee

Director of Research

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

I am happy and lucky to have met Kevin. He helped me complete my higher studies here in the United States. He challenged me in an inspiring way. Kevin is a personal, approachable, and a great guy. My journey with Kevin began when he corrected all those bad habits I had when speaking English as a second language. At the same time, he works with my pronunciation reducing my heavy accent and making my English sound more American. Wait this does not end, Kevin also has been training me on how to face a professional life, teaching me how to take a job interview, do a resume, and how to improve my presence in social networks such as Linkin. If you are struggling with your English and you are about to throw in the towel call Kevin. He is going to change your life!!

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Joel Peralta Martinez

Professional chef

For: Academic Tutoring, Job interview prep, Professional Tutoring

I’m a product designer from Japan. When I joined a company in the U.S, I lacked confidence in meetings and communication. As a senior-level designer, I was keen to improve my speaking skills and luckily found Kevin. I’ve been working with him for two years. We often role-play design meetings or brainstorming sessions. Through the sessions, I learned structures of conversations and many phrases which made my communication better and helped build confidence. His coaching style is unique – he communicated with my teammates and conducted a survey on me to figure out my current level, based on that, he tailored lessons to me.

He also taught me cultural differences between America and Asia beyond English skills. If you are from Asia: Japan, Korea, China, etc., and would like to take your English communication skills to the next level, he is the best coach.

Namika Hamasaki

Product Designer

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

I highly recommend Kevin to everyone who wants to improve their professional English skills.
I have been working with Kevin to improve my English professional communication. Kevin is an excellent English instructor, very clear, and taught very interestingly. As a CEO of a tech company, to be able to communicate as an English native is crucial. Kevin is an angel in my career; he focuses our classes on subjects he knows will impact my career. I have really enjoyed our lessons.

Ana Alves

Entrepreneur, Advisor, Angel Investor

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

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