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

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 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

Kevin supported me to improve my papers’ academic structure and also how to better support my arguments and make my points clearer. He has a background in university and graduate school and understands how professors think and what they want! Moreover, he helped me with my resumé and prepared me for job interviews. Thanks to him, I finished my M.A. with great grades, and I got the job I wanted. Highly recommended!

Noelia Huertas

Master’s Student in Psychology

For: Academic English & Essay Tutoring, Academic Tutoring, Job interview prep

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 am a Civil Engineering major working in a construction company. I worked with Kevin for three months. He is professional and pays attention to the most subtle problems in my speaking and writing. I have become more confident and have learned to write and present in an audience-centered manner.

Jue Wang

Scheduling / Cost Analysis

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

I work for an international company based in Korea. I hired Kevin to help train me in business communications with clients in Europe and the US. All of my written and phone communication with them is in English, so I needed some help.
Kevin has extensive experience teaching global business English. He has particular skill in helping non-native professionals “translate” their meanings into English. And for “paraphrasing” business concepts and information.
I learned the proper words and sentence structures to use in e-mail, meetings, and presentations. I also learned about how to adapt to cultural differences in international business.
Along with this, I learned global business manners by performing various situational role plays with him.
To anyone who wants to learn real professional English, I would highly recommend his guidance and instruction.

Yena Kwon

Sales manager

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

I have been a working in a field of residential architecture, design and construction for over a decade. I am fluent in English, but I contacted Kevin in order to improve my professional and client communication. Kevin is a great personal coach and outstanding English tutor. Kevin is very passionate about his work and he gets himself involved in the process.

Although construction is my main field, I am also a fine art painter and over the past couple years have been engaged in launching a second career in this space. As a creative person himself, Kevin has provided outstanding support and incredible help that made this endeavor more enjoyable for me. Highly recommended!

Paul Asadov

Residential Architecture and Design

For: 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

I work in construction industry where communication plays an important part. With English as my second language, I used to find it hard to express my idea explicitly and concisely. However, after spending 12 lessons with Kevin, I believe I’ve found the right way to improve my English systematically. Kevin’s class is very informative and he will customize the class based on each person’s situation. I highly recommend those who want to improve your speaking and writing English try Kevin’s class.

Yingqi Wang

Scheduling /Cost Analyst

For: Business English, Professional Tutoring

I used his services to improve my English writing which greatly improved the quality of my research project. He is always worried about my progress, so he provides valuable tips that connects the English learning with my daily life. I am so grateful and deeply indebted to Kevin. This experience of working with an English tutor has been very important for my professional improvement and for my life in the United States.

Marlon A.

PhD. Student, UCSF

For: Academic Tutoring, ESL Academic Tutoring, Professional Tutoring

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