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2010

Stuart Jay Raj

Polyglot

TV Host

Facilitator

Cross Cultural Communication

Specialist

3/29/2010

Stuart Jay Raj – Extended Profile

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Stuart Jay Raj in Brief

Background Of mixed race, TV personality Stuart Jay Raj or ‘Jay’ has a fluent command in speaking,

listening, reading and writing over 13 modern languages including Chinese dialects, Spanish,

Indonesian, Thai, Danish and Sign Language. He has more than a passing familiarity in more

than 15 other languages both modern and ancient and is proficient in several computer

languages. From working with offshore Oil & Gas projects to Miss Universe, Stuart’s ability to

seamlessly communicate across cultures has become an invaluable asset for both multinational

corporations and governments alike.

Entertainment Stuart is a Television Host hosting programmes around the region in several languages including English, Thai, Bahasa

Indonesia and Mandarin Chinese.

Stuart plays Jazz Piano with the Bangkok based ROL Jazz Trio and is also on the official interpreters team for Miss Universe.

From 2000 Stuart has been closely associated with the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand initially running his Cracking

Thai Fundamentals programme to equip journalists to hit the ground running with Thai language and cultural skills. Most

recently Stuart has been a board member of the FCCT and today continues to extend his network of key players that shape the

happenings in SE Asia.

Facilitation, Training and Coaching Stuart is an internationally accredited Trainer and Facilitator and under his company Kognisens, consults and trains for

Governments and Corporations in several languages around the globe. Training programmes help participants develop both

soft and hard skills covering areas including Leadership, Negotiations, Team Building, Simultaneous Interpreting, Key Account

Management and Presentation Skills.

Through his experience with a diverse client base, Stuart has been trained in several disciplines in the Oil and Gas Industry,

Modern Trade, Pharmaceutical Industry, Sustainable Development and HIV AIDS and works in conjunction with several

agencies around the world as a buffer between western executives and local people in these fields.

More information on Stuart’s activities, TV shows, learning techniques and video clips demonstrating them can be found in

Stuart’s popular Language and Mind Skills blog ‘Behind the Curtain’ at http://stujay.blogspot.com and on his Youtube ™

Channel at http://youtube.com/stujaystujay .

TESTIMONIAL “Stuart’s background in teaching, marketing, translating and interpreting, music and computers are a testament to his multi-skilled versatility. Learning with Stuart is not a chore – his methods build an indelible understanding of ways to apply fundamental principles that underpin the paths by which we actually learn. And his methods for learning apply equally to the learning of language, music and applied technologies. In short, Stuart Raj’s methods reflect his sincere passion for the fulfilment of the human spirit”

Malcolm Smith NALSAS Indonesian Project School of Languages and Linguistics

Griffith University – Brisbane, Australia

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Stuart Jay Raj – Full Profile

Background Of mixed race, TV personality Stuart Jay Raj or ‘Jay’ has a fluent

command in speaking, listening, reading and writing over 13 modern

languages including Chinese dialects, Spanish, Indonesian, Thai,

Danish and Sign Language. He has more than a passing familiarity

in more than 15 other languages both modern and ancient. From

working with offshore Oil & Gas projects to Miss Universe, Stuart’s ability to seamlessly

communicate across cultures has become an invaluable asset for both multinational

corporations and governments alike.

Facilitation, Training and Coaching In 1999 Stuart was introduced to Dale

Carnegie Thailand. He cut his teeth here

becoming an accredited trainer / facilitator

training the Dale Carnegie Breakthrough to

Success Program as well as other programs

including Leadership Training for Managers,

High Impact Presentations, World Class

Customer Service and Sales Advantage.

In 2003 combining facilitation and training with language, culture and communication, Stuart

founded Kogneit Thailand and later its international arm Kognisens Company Limited.

Kognisens provides consultation, training, facilitation and coaching services to public and

private sector clients around the globe.

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Oil and Gas In any Oil and Gas project, Health, Safety and

Environmental issues should never be

sacrificed for productivity.

Having been trained in Behavioural Health and

Safety, Stuart has proven his ability with Oil

and Gas companies working in Asia, by

synergizing his HSE knowledge with his ability

to communicate with people in their own

tongues and on their own wavelengths.

Through coaching, training and facilitation Stuart builds up healthy communication networks

onsite and offsite that transcend both rank and culture. Potential hazards and obstacles to

productivity often get nipped in the bud and company executives are free to focus on

achieving their targets all the while maintaining a culture of safety and care throughout all

levels of the organisation.

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Entertainment Stuart was born into a family of musicians and since

2000 has been the pianistic third member of the

ROL Trio playing with Kenro Oshidari on double-

bass and Dale Lee on drums in Bangkok.

Since 2000 the Foreign Correspondents Club of

Thailand has played an integral role in linking Stuart

into the region. Initially conducting his Cracking

Thai Fundamentals workshop for Foreign

Correspondents that needed to hit the ground

running with their Thai Language skills, Stuart

continued to work with many other political and

entertainment based organizations associated with

the club and was a member of the FCCT board

from 2009-2010.

Stuart has worked as the official interpreter for

Miss Thailand and Miss Indonesia for the Miss

Universe organization since 2005 and in 2009

became the host for the Thai TV Channel 5 Show

‘เหนือช้ัน 1000 แปลก’ (Neua Chan Phan Plaek) or

‘The Amazing and Extraordinary World’. From

Istanbul to the Coober Pedy, Stuart travels around

the globe finding the world’s most extraordinary

people, places and things. Episodes can be

viewed on his Youtube ™ channel at

http://youtube.com/stujaystujay.

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Modern Trade Fifty years of Modern Trade development in the United

States has occurred within ten or so years in China.

The need in Asia to equip local people with the soft and

hard skills that their positions demand of them has

never been so imperative.

Working with international Modern Trade giants, Stuart

works between executive management and their local

teams to help them develop hard skills including Sales

and Marketing planning, Key Account Management and

Customer Insights with soft skills in Negotiations,

Customer Service, Communication, Leadership and

exceptional Presentation Skills.

Stuart is also often invited to be the Key Note Speaker

at Modern Trade events where he links his knowledge

of the industry to cultural insights to give his clients the

edge in the market.

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Language and Mind Skills When people first meet Stuart, their

first impressions are often influenced

by his ability with languages. In

several languages Stuart has native to

near native command, being able to

communicate in all registers of the

language. For other languages, his

facility ranges from advanced

competence in speaking, listening,

reading and writing to beginner level.

The languages Stuart has worked with

include Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Lao,

Mandarin, Spanish, Cantonese, Danish, Sign Language, Norwegian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese,

Swedish, Urdu, Sanskrit, Korean, Arabic, Burmese, Pwo (Karen), Tagalog, Tamil, Tibetan,

Vietnamese and Burmese.

This affinity with languages is a by-

product of the foundation that Stuart’s

maternal grandfather had laid down in

communication, memory and mind-skills.

Stuart has honed his raw knowledge of

linguistics, memory, NLP, hypnosis,

technology and culture to develop a

mind-development system under the

banner of ‘Mindcraft’. Mindcraft inspires

people of all ages and all backgrounds to push their minds to new levels and through

controlled techniques, stretch the limits of their memory, capacity with languages and ability

to absorb and comprehend complex knowledge in an accelerated manner. Techniques

include heightened sensory perception and speeding up thought by decoupling the mind

from the body’s motor activities.

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More information on his techniques and

video clips demonstrating them can be

found in Stuart’s popular Language and

Mind Skills blog ‘Behind the Curtain’ at

http://stujay.blogspot.com and on his

Youtube ™ Channel at

http://youtube.com/stujaystujay .

Sustainable Development Stuart has worked with UN agencies, the

German Government and NGO’s around

Asia helping to promote Sustainable

Development solutions to governments and

the private sector.

Stuart has successfully run workshops for

civil servants and academics in China,

India and Pakistan equipping them with the

skills to be able to inspire and work with the

corporate sector in achieving Sustainable Development goals.

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Interpreting and Translation Stuart has been simultaneously

interpreting between multiple languages

since 1992. Clients include the United

Nations, Government agencies,

corporate clients including Microsoft and

Pfizer and NGO’s working throughout

Asia.

Since 2003, Stuart has been teaching

Simultaneous Interpreting to university

students and government employees and

in 2007 incorporated fundamentals of his simultaneous interpreting classes as core skills for

his Mindcraft mind development programmes for the public.

Stuart has been on the official Miss Universe interpreting team, interpreting for Miss

Indonesia and Miss Thailand, as well as other languages when required including Mandarin

Chinese and Spanish.

Testimonial “Stuart’s background in teaching, marketing, translating and interpreting, music and

computers are a testament to his multi-skilled versatility. Learning with Stuart is not a chore

– his methods build an indelible understanding of ways to apply fundamental principles that

underpin the paths by which we actually learn. And his methods for learning apply equally to

the learning of language, music and applied technologies. In short, Stuart Raj’s methods

reflect his sincere passion for the fulfilment of the human spirit”

Malcolm Smith

NALSAS Indonesian ProjectSchool of Languages and Linguistics

Griffith University – Brisbane, Australia

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Services

•Act as a local face to international policy implementation for governments and corporations•Work as a buffer between local and foreign teams to resolve conflict and analyse current work practices•Work with management to strategise best practice within the local business culture

Local Interface to International Policies

•Work with management to identify cross cultural issues and a develop strategy to maximise the cultural mix within their work teams•Develop a rapport with local staff to provide a non‐threatening environment where organisational issues can be discussed without fear of negative repercussion•Coach foreign staff on language, cultural and other communication issues when working with the local culture

Provide Coaching and Guidance to Local and Expatriate Work Teams

•Internationally accredited facilitator•Facilitate meetings / discussions / think‐tanks across multiple languages and cultures•Raise service standards through raising a sense of accountability amongst staff through ongoing development and evaluation •Reduce staff turnover and provide a structured career development path for service employees•Can train in technical skills specific to the customer's organisation to work as a local proxy for overseas management

Facilitation ‐Multi‐lingual

•Interactive, participant focused training•Modular training curriculum that can be customized to suit specific customer needs•Specialise in both Participant and Facilitator Manual Development•Internationally accredited facilitation methods•Business Development Discussions / Interview•Ongoing Quality Assurance and Evaluation•Incentive development strategies

Training & Development

•Provides a long term solution to companies to reduce the burden on their own training departments, leaving them to focus on product and technical skills training•Gives incentive for employees to remain within the organization by providing them with the pathway and skills that they will need for upward movement within the organization•Allows the organization to constantly be aware of and train their staff up to and beyond industry ‘best practice’

Employee Retention

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Put a Local Face to Your International Strategies

Language and culture plays a big role in everything Stuart is involved with. From multi-

lingual facilitation, simultaneous interpreting, International Public Relations or even scoring

and performing music for cross cultural audiences, Stuart’s ability to be able to confidently

communicate across several languages and mediums, as well as understand the extra-

linguistic cultural nuances puts Stuart as a leader in his game in the region.

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Local Eyes Ears and Voice for Management

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Clients

Company / Organization Industry Logo

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Boeing Aerospace

Tata Motors Automotive

Talk Time Asia Consulting

Wright English Club Education

Webster University Education

Combined Insurance Finance

Prudential Insurance Finance

Cadbury's FMCG / Retail

Christian Dior FMCG / Retail

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Pepsico FMCG / Retail

Sermsuk FMCG / Retail

Tesco FMCG / Retail

CoffeeWORKS Food and Beverage

IndoFood Food and Beverage

ProfilRestauranger Sweden Food and Beverage

Australian Embassy of Thailand Government

GTZ - SUT Programme Government

Ministry of Labour - Thailand Government

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Thai Senate Government

Blue Marlin Graphic Design / Branding

Theravitae Health

Aman Resorts Hospitality

Sheraton Grande Hospitality

IBM I.T.

Microsoft I.T.

SMB Nation I.T.

Transtech I.T.

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Boral Industry

AsiaWorks Television Media / Production

Australian Broadcasting Commission - ABC

Media / Production

ITN News Media / Production

Metro TV Jakarta Media / Production

Miss Universe Media / Production

MTV Exit Media / Production

Radio Bangkok Media / Production

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SEAPA (Southeast Asian Press Association)

Media / Production

Technicolor Media / Production

Clough Oil and Gas

Hyundai Oil Bank Oil and Gas

Pfizer Pharmaceutical

Eukor Car Carriers Shipping

Dale Carnegie Training and Development

IUCN NGO

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UNDP United Nations

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