Jay Risser

Jay.Risser@Yahoo.com
805-222-6460

SUMMARY

I am a highly skilled and experienced individual with a passion for learning and helping others. I
have a strong background in teaching, coaching, social work, and business, and I am proficient
in a variety of skills.

I am also a life-long learner who is always reading and learning new things. I have lived most of
my life in multi-cultural communities (Hawaii and Mexico), which has given me an intimate
knowledge of life, people, and relationships.

All of this has made me ready for this moment.

SKILLS

SOTA (State of the Art) Prompt Modeling

• ToT (Tree-of-Thought)
• CoT (Chain-of-Thought)
▪ Zero-Shot-CoT
▪ Manual-CoT
▪ Random-Q-CoT
▪ Retrieval-Q-CoT
▪ Multimodal-CoT
• ICL (In-Context Learning)
• RLHF (Reinforcement Learning From Human Feedback)
• SBERT (Sentence Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers)
• Sample prompts: https://promptbase.com/profile/aipromptwhisperer

LLM Interfacing
• Python
• Java Script
• Jupyter
• Anaconda3
• GPT3.5, 4
• Google Bard
• DALL▪E 2

Problem-Solving
• Problem diagnostics
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• Problem decomposition
• Idea generation
• Developed the DICTATE problem-solving method

Digital Arts

• DALL▪E 2
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Corel Draw
• Webpage development (HTML, Dreamweaver, Weebly, Squarespace, WordPress)

Presentation skills
• PowerPoint
• Google Slides
• Public speaking
• Workshops and seminars
• Classroom and online teaching

Curriculum design and implementation

• Career and college preparation
• Emotional Intelligence
• Mindfulness
• Happiness

Management and supervision skills

• 17 years leadership experience
• Ability to motivate and encourage
• Problem-solving
• Administrative tasks

20 years of teaching and coaching experience

• Infants to senior citizens
• Special needs
• Diverse populations, cultures, socio-economics, ethnicities

Computer skills
• PC computer operating systems and hardware repair
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage)
• Google Docs, Sheets, Slides
• Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw
• Acrobat Pro
• Familiarity with languages: Linux, BASIC, HTML, CSS, Python, JavaScript, Scratch, Scratch Jr.
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EDUCATION

Below is a list of my formal education and areas of study that interest me, but I am a life-long learner
who is always reading and learning new things. Not reflected in this list are the experiences that have
shaped me and given me an intimate knowledge of life, people, and relationships. I have lived most of
my life in multi-cultural communities such as Hawaii and Mexico where I have interacted with people
of diverse ethnicities, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds.

PhD (ABD) – Psychology

Capella University

Master in Education – Early Childhood Education

University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa

Bachelor of Arts – Psychology

University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa

The Happiness Advantage Master Class

Shawn Achor, Good Think Inc.

The Science of Happiness

University of California, Berkeley, Greater Good Science Center

Building Systems with the CHATGPT API

Andrew Ng and Isa Fulford, DeepLearning.AI

CHATGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers

Andrew Ng and Isa Fulford, DeepLearning.AI

Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT

Vanderbilt University/Coursera

Google Cloud Skills Boost:

Introduction to Generative AI
Introduction to Large Language Models
Introduction to Responsible AI
Generative AI Fundamentals – Machine Learning & AI
Introduction to Image Generation
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WORK EXPERIENCE

Below are highlights of some of the fields I worked in and skills that I acquired.

Teaching

Coding Teacher
• Teacher students from ages 5 to teenagers different coding languages (Scratch, Python)
• Work with students from around the world
• July 2022 – present

ESL Teacher (English as a Second Language)

• Teach students from countries around the world including Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil,
Japan, and China.
• Students have different levels of English speaking abilities from none to advance.
• My effective teaching skills include: patience, building rapport, building confidence,
humor, and motivating my students.
o Cambly
▪ December 2019 – present
o iTutor Group
▪ January 2020 – March 2021
o VIPKid
▪ December 2018 – January 2020

Instructor, non-credit course – Emotional Intelligence

• Developed and created my own Emotional Intelligence curriculum.
• Administered, interpreted, and made reports using the Bar-On EQ-i (Emotional
Intelligence Quotient Inventory).
• Developed and wrote Emotional Intelligence workbook.
• Featured in Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper
article: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/04/09/features/story3.html
o Kapiʻolani Community College
▪ January 2001– June 2001

Child Development Specialist

• Worked with special needs infants and toddlers. Special needs included: blindness,
muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, down syndrome, drug addicted babies, etc.
• Created and implemented Individual Development Plans (IDPs) with parents and
professional therapists (speech, occupational, physical, and behavioral).
• Created and provided one-on-one developmental therapy for children with special
needs using Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP).
• Taught parenting classes.
o Wahiawa Early Childhood Services Program
▪ May 1990 – January 1992
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Computer skills Teacher

• Developed and created curriculum for various computer applications.
• Taught courses for various computer software applications: Microsoft Office (Word,
Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage), internet basics, Lego robotics, and
keyboarding.
• Taught computer assembly, diagnostics and repair, and networking to adults and
children.
o Kapiʻolani Community College
▪ February 2014 – June 2014
o Henkels & McCoy Computer Lab (Teacher and Manager of the Lab)
▪ June 2000 – January 2001
o Farrington Community School for Adults
▪ January 1991 – June 1995
o FutureKids
▪ January 1994 – January 1995
o Farrington High School
▪ January 1991 – June 1993
o Honolulu Community College
▪ January 1990 – May 1990

Preschool Teacher
• Worked in a variety of preschool programs while studying for my Associate of Arts
degree in Human Development and for my Master in Education degree in Early
Childhood Education.
• Developed curriculum and activities for specific areas of development.
• Supervised children and other teachers.
o University of Hawaiʻi Children’s Center
o The Early School
o Hanahauʻoli School
o Rainbow Schools
o Honolulu Waldorf School
o Keiki Hauʻoli Children’s Center

Coaching

• Counseled students in a variety of concerns such as academic, personal, financial, and

health.
• Created Individualized Development Plans and set goals with students.
• Motivated and encouraged clients to develop and achieve goals.
• Conducted various assessments: Emotional Intelligence (Bar-On EQ-i), Character
Strengths (VIA Institute on Character), and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).
• Created curriculum and taught skills including Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, and
Mindfulness.
• Assistant coached granddaughter’s softball team (U11 – 11 year olds and younger).
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o Life and Business Coach

▪ January 2001 – January 2003
o iCAN (Individualized Career Achievement Network) Career and College Coach –
C3T (Community College Career Training) Project
▪ September 2014 – April 2015
o Kapolei Cobras Softball Team
▪ June 2009 – August 2009

Social Work

• Assessed parent-child interactions using NCAST (Nursing Child Assessment Satellite

Training) and HOME (Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment) tools.
• Made recommendations for improving child development to home visitors and parents.
• Designed and provided activities for homeless children and families living in ʻAʻala Park.
• Counseled homeless and at-risk teens and adults.
o Hana Like Home Visitor Program, PACT (Parent and Children Together)
▪ January 1992 – December 1993
o Hawaii Ecumenical Housing Corp. (Volunteer)
▪ June 1992 – September 1993

Business

• Problem-solved in a number of areas including human resources, supply chain, and

technical issues.
• Interviewed, hired, and supervised employees.
• Conducted performance reviews of personnel.
• Developed marketing materials and campaigns.
• Wrote invoices and billed clients.
• Budgeted money for equipment, software, and marketing.
• Kept accounting and fiscal records and created financial reports using Quickbooks and
Quicken.
• Designed, manufactured, and sold signs, banners, and stickers.
• Provided exceptional customer service to clients.
• Updated benefits and operations manual.
• Developed and wrote contracts.
• Updated EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) manual according to Federal guidelines.
o Vinyl Tech and Masonry Hawaiʻi – Office Manager
▪ January 2010 – September 2012
o Kavajava Signs – Business Owner
▪ November 2002 – May 2010
o Henkels & McCoy Computer Lab – Manager
▪ June 2000 – January 2001
o Belt Collins Hawaii Ltd. – Administrative Assistant
▪ January 1995 – May 2000
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MEMBERSHIPS

• American Psychological Association (APA) – Affiliate Member

• Psychology Today – Member
• International Association of Professional Life Coaches (IAPLC) – Member
• Soka Gakkai International (SGI) – Buddhist lay organization – Member
• Nichiren Shu – Buddhist religious organization – Member