William Kohler

Experience

• Lecturer in Managerial Communications, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998-Present
• Developed a new business writing curriculum (BA 300) for the College of Business Administration in 2010
• Negotiated approval of on-line MBA program: UIC and Krasnoyarsk State University, Russia, 2005
• Invited by Chinese Bureau of Foreign Trade to address small businesses in Liaoning, China on "How the US Government Affects Small Business (Safety, FDA, EPA, OSHA)" , 2004
• Visiting Faculty, International University of Japan, Urasa, Japan, Summer 2000
• Course Instructor, Arthur Andersen Worldwide, Summers 1996-1999
• Worked in Silicon Valley with the electronics industry during the initial stages of the computer revolution; negotiated leases and/or real property sales in excess of $150 million in industrial and commercial real estate as a real estate broker specializing in research and development groups within the electronic industry; brokered leases with corporations such as General Electric, IBM, Loral Corporation, Ford Aerospace, Graesby Electronics, Plantronics Corporation, and United Technologies, 1976-1984