David Ian Kellen

Ma’agale Yavne 112D/16

Jerusalem, 93582, ISRAEL

Home: + 972.2.648.3352

Mobile: +972.546.324.888

davidkellen@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION

·        The Hebrew University of Jerusalem—Jerusalem, Israel; Master of Arts, Conflict Analysis,

      GPA: 3.5                                                                                                                          November 2007

·        Claremont McKenna College—Claremont, California; Bachelor of Arts, Peace and

      Conflict Studies, GPA: 3.7 (cum laude)                                                                               December 2002

EXPERIENCE

Personal Productivity Consultant, Freelance—Jerusalem, Israel                               August 2006 - present

·        Developed robust personal organization systems for people in high work-volume environments that resulted in drastic improvements in productivity and reduced personal and organizational stress

·        Developed highly-efficient organizational workflow procedures with an emphasis on management-worker interaction

Researcher, The Truman Institute (Hebrew U.)—Jerusalem, Israel            September 2005 – October 2007

·        Investigated and published academic articles dealing with the failure of international intervention and the potential deployment of peacekeeping forces in Israel and Palestine

·        Coordinated two international conferences on peacekeeping in Israel and Palestine

·        Co-edited an academic book on peacekeeping in Israel and Palestine                                                                                                                                                                                         September 2005 - present

Editor and Translator, Freelance—Jerusalem, Israel                                            September 2006 - present

·        Translated academic articles from Hebrew to English for several professors at Israeli universities

·        Edited academic articles and prepared them for publication

Chief Program Evaluator, IPCRI—Jerusalem, Israel                            September 2004 – November 2006

·        Evaluated and improved the performance of semi-official Israeli-Palestinian policy-formation meetings

·        Conducted academic research on Israeli-Palestinian cross-cultural communication

·        Edited and translated policy papers

Manager, BSD Associates—New York, NY                                                     September 2004 – June 2006

·        Responsible for the implementation and management of senior staff directives for all junior staff

·        Responsible for training junior staff in the areas of marketing, research, and administration

·        Data entry and database maintenance

Administrator, The Elijah Interfaith Institute—Jerusalem, Israel                    August 2003 – November 2005

·        Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Institute’s main offices in Jerusalem

·        Maintained the Institute’s financial records and petty cash accounts

·        Designed, built and maintained the Institute’s fundraising database

·        Coordinated travel and hotel plans for hundreds of people attending Institute conferences

·        Designed and oversaw publication of the Institute’s PR material

SKILLS

·        Trained in Facilitating Interactive Problem Solving Workshops and Family Mediation

·        Skilled in Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Photoshop

·        English (mother tongue), Hebrew (fluent)