C-Suite HotSeat

Leading Tech Teams Through The AI Shift with Stéphane Cinguino

MultiLingual Media — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:29:01 +0000

How does the CTO of one of the world's largest language service providers decide where to invest in AI? For Stéphane Cinguino, CTO at Acolad, the answer is simple: prioritize real client impact over industry buzzwords.

This week, he shares his unvarnished perspective on enterprise technology, automation, and leadership and discusses the "automation illusion" and why trusting your intuition, moving fast, and demanding strict measurement are mandatory for AI success.

Be Sensitive to Individualities with Gabriel Fairman, CEO at Bureau Works | C-Suite Hot Seat E58

MultiLingual Media — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Gabriel Fairman is a technologist, linguist, philosopher, father of 3, amateur cook, and outdoor enthusiast. Gabriel is an optimist who believes in the power of human intellect and creativity despite evidence pointing the contrary again and again. He is the Founder and CEO of Bureau Works, an innovative translation management system, and is devoted to helping forge a future in which translators are still key high-value agents in multilingual content production through software. He received the 2023 Innovator of the Year award by winning the Process Innovation Challenge promoted by LocWorld.

Host:
Eddie Arrieta, CEO, MultiLingual
Eddie has a decade of experience in startups, comms, and growth. He's now focused on global expansion through AI, ML, and blockchain to create opportunities for all.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/
for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com
to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.
Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer
Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights
Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Gabriel Fairman, CEO at Bureau Works
01:00 What does your company do?
01:10 What was your dream career as a child?
01:22 How do you like to spend your free time?
01:28 3 destinations you'd like to visit
02:01 Best advice you've ever been given?
02:25 Career path
04:33 When did you realize you could do money out of this business?
05:11 How has the industry changed?
06:22 Secret sauce
06:49 Advice for newcomers
08:02 Key business challenge
10:52 What makes you a great leader?
12:49 Advice for entrepreneurs
14:58 Music or silence?
15:29 Where would you live?
15:37 Movie recommendation
15:49 Book recommendation
15:56 Most productive time of day
16:11 Most misunderstood part of your job
16:54 Favorite drink

Keep Moving Forward with Vera Hooijdonk, Managing Director at Avantpage Life Sciences | CSuiteHotSeatE57

MultiLingual Media — Thu, 16 May 2024 15:00:00 +0000

As Managing Director of Avantpage Life Sciences, Vera Hooijdonk is adept at juggling projects, time, and people. Vera manages all aspects of the translation process: assessing and distributing workloads, monitoring performance and productivity, managing training and support for team members, communicating client needs to the translation team, overseeing translation technology tools, ensuring that processes and procedures remain cost-effective throughout the life of a project and maintaining quality standards. As a problem solver and troubleshooter, Vera loves working with Avantpage’s clients, understanding their linguistic needs, and learning about new industries and technologies.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 Vera Hooijdonk - Managing Director at Avantpage
00:50 What does your company do?
01:13 What is your role?
01:31 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:10 Career path
04:11 How has the industry changed?
06:13 Advice for newcomers
07:58 Valuable business lesson
10:04 How do you motivate your team?
11:21 Key things to spend time on
12:00 What does success mean to you?
13:04 Would you rehire your current team?
13:39 What makes you a great leader?
14:52 Music or silence?
15:01 Where would you live?
15:24 Most productive time of day
15:32 Most misunderstood part of your job
15:47 Book recommendation
16:12 Favorite drink
16:37 Shoutout

Invest in Your People with Dareen Mukhaimer, Founder & CEO eArabization | C-Suite HotSeat E56

MultiLingual Media — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:37:37 +0000

Dareen, Founder of eArabization, a premier Arabic localization and translation company in the Middle East, brings over two decades of expertise to the forefront of the industry. With a steadfast commitment to excellence, I have cultivated eArabization into a trusted partner for businesses seeking to effectively communicate their message to Arabic-speaking audiences.
My journey in localization and translation spans more than 20 years, during which I have honed my skills and deepened my understanding of linguistic nuances and cultural sensitivities. Armed with a Master's degree in Translation from the prestigious University of Leeds in England, I have garnered the knowledge and proficiency necessary to deliver top-tier solutions tailored to our clients' needs.

Hosts:
Eddie Arrieta, CEO, MultiLingual
Eddie has a decade of experience in startups, comms, and growth. He's now focused on global expansion through AI, ML, and blockchain to create opportunities for all.

Laszlo Varga, Lead Researcher and Consultant, Nimdzi Insights
Laszlo has 10+ years in localization and excels in service delivery, solution development & strategy. Enjoys physics, randomness & a healthy lifestyle.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 Dareen Mukhaimer, eArabization
00:59 What does your company do?
01:13 What was your dream career as a child?
01:54 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:20 What inspired you to start your company?
03:12 When did you realize you could do money out of this business?
04:29 How big is your team?
04:50 Key things to spend time on
06:06 Biggest challenge
07:41 Your biggest failure
08:29 Valuable business lesson
09:03 What does success mean to you?
10:17 Secret sauce
11:38 What makes you a great leader?
12:54 Advice for entrepreneurs
14:20 Music for working
15:19 Where would you live?
16:04 Movie recommendation
16:29 Most productive time of day
16:46 What's your favorite drink?
17:07 Book recommendation

Apply What You Learn with Jan Cizmar, CEO of Tolgee | C-Suite HotSeat E55

MultiLingual Media — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:10:00 +0000

Jan Cizmar is a visionary entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of Tolgee Company. Since 2008, he has passionately developed web applications, gaining extensive experience in various technologies, languages, tools, and libraries. In March 2021, Jan founded Tolgee, an open-source localization platform for software companies. With his leadership, Tolgee aims to revolutionize the industry by delivering smart and simple software solutions. Jan firmly believes in the future of open source and has simplified software localization for developers with the Tolgee Localization Platform, making it accessible to everyone.

Hosts:
Eddie Arrieta, Head of Growth, MultiLingual
Eddie has a decade of experience in startups, comms, and growth. He's now focused on global expansion through AI, ML, and blockchain to create opportunities for all.

Lazlo Varga, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Nimdzi Insights
Laszlo has 10+ years in localization and excels in service delivery, solution development & strategy. Enjoys physics, randomness & a healthy lifestyle.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 Jan Cizmar CEO of Toglee
00:45 What does your company do?
00:59 What was your dream career as a child?
01:40 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:33 3 destinations you'd like to visit
03:24 What is the best advice you've ever been given?
04:37 What inspired you to start your company?
05:56 When did you realize you could make money out of this business?
06:33 Biggest challenge
07:04 Have you ever considered pivoting?
07:36 What makes you a great leader?
08:11 Who are your mentors?
08:35 Secret sauce
08:46 Valuable business lesson
09:28 What is the most innovative thing you have done?
10:19 What does success mean to you?
10:40 Key things to spend time on
11:06 How big is your team?
11:09 Would you rehire your current team?
11:15 Advice for entrepreneurs
12:08 Music or silence?
12:36 Music for working
13:10 Where would you live?
13:14 Movie recommendation
13:23 Last business books you've read?
13:36 Most productive time of day
13:45 Misunderstood career
14:13 What's your favorite drink?

Maintain Trust in Your Team with Heather Shoemaker, Founder & CEO of Language IO |C-Suite HotSeatE54

MultiLingual Media — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Heather is the mastermind behind Language I/O’s core technology, which eliminates the need for expensive and time-consuming neural machine translation engine training by dynamically selecting the NMT engine that will best translate a given piece of content and imposing company-specific terminology onto any of the many NMT engines integrated into the Language I/O cloud solution.
Prior to co-founding Language I/O, Heather was well-known for globalizing code for Fortune 500s. She was also the senior director of Product Management and Globalization for eCollege, which was acquired by Pearson Education during her tenure. While at Pearson/eCollege, Heather and her team built a next-generation, online college education platform, which was launched globally.
Heather holds a Master of Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Engineering as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has lived in various parts of the United States and Mexico and speaks English and Spanish.

Laszlo Varga, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Nimdzi Insights
Laszlo has 10+ years in localization and excels in service delivery, solution development & strategy. Enjoys physics, randomness & a healthy lifestyle.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 Heather Shoemaker Founder&CEO Language IO
00:46 What does your company do?
01:02 What was your dream career as a child?
01:13 How do you like to spend your free time?
01:46 3 destinations you'd like to visit
02:50 Best advice you've ever been given?
03:12 What inspired you to start your company?
05:48 Biggest challenge
06:35 Your biggest failure
07:56 Secret sauce
08:41 Have you ever considered pivoting?
09:19 What does success mean to you?
10:22 How big is your team?
11:06 How do you motivate your team?
12:35 Would you rehire your current team?
12:56 What makes you a great leader?
14:05 Advice for entrepreneurs
15:57 Music for working
16:09 Where would you live?
16:15 Favorite foreign word
16:29 Last business books you've read?
16:47 Most productive time of day
17:01 What's your favorite drink?

Have Fun While Achieving with Grainne Maycock CRO at Acolad | C-Suite HotSeat E53

MultiLingual Media — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Laszlo Varga, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Nimdzi Insights
Laszlo has 10+ years in localization, and excels in service delivery, solution development & strategy. Enjoys physics, randomness & a healthy lifestyle.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Grainne Maycock CRO at Acolad
00:46 What does your company do?
01:07 What was your dream career as a child?
02:04 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:59 3 destinations you'd like to visit
04:17 Best advice you've ever been given?
05:04 What brought you to the Revenue track?
06:55 Biggest challenge
09:18 How do you motivate your team?
11:06 Secret sauce
13:25 Would you rehire your current team?
15:13 Key business challenge
17:14 Advice for entrepreneurs
17:59 How often do you get angry?
18:43 One time when you felt discriminated
19:13 Most uncomfortable conversation?
20:10 Misunderstood career

Doing the Right Thing with Xavier Maza | Global Client Solutions Manager at iDisc |C-SuiteHotSeatE52

MultiLingual Media — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Xavier Maza, with a background in translation and management, has a diverse professional journey. Starting as a freelance translator in the early 90s, he has transitioned into various management roles in the Language Industry and currently holds the position of Global Client Solutions Manager at iDisc. In his current role, Xavier supervises Sales, Business Strategy, Customer Services, and Global coordination. He collaborates with the Marketing team and reports directly to the CEO.

Hosts:
Inge Boonen, Chief Growth Officer, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization, and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 Xavier Maza-Cid, Global Client Solutions Manager | iDISC
00:52 What does your company do?
01:39 What was your dream career as a child?
03:50 How do you like to spend your free time?
05:00 3 destinations you'd like to visit
06:42 Best advice you've ever been given?
07:13 First breakthrough moment
09:08 How has growth been for?
10:18 Your biggest failure
10:58 Biggest time wasters
11:50 Three key things to spend time on
13:02 What does success mean to you?
14:15 What makes you a great leader?
16:01 Valuable business lesson
16:51 Secret sauce
17:56 Your biggest success
18:59 Advice for entrepreneurs

Be Part of the Supply Chain with Eric Bauwelinck | Owner & Founder of Mastervoice |C-SuiteHotSeatE51

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Eric is the Owner, Founder & CEO of Mastervoice and a member of the Industrial Advisory Committee KU Leuven, a recognized EC expert in simultaneous translation and UN-accredited provider of simultaneous interpreting. He aims to unlock global business potential with online interpreting for international organizations and speakers. He's the author of the book 'Voices from Above' on the transformation from onsite to online interpreting; he strongly believes in human language technology to globalize business.

He is interested in languages, language technology, philosophy, and spirituality.

"I believe language is a unique gift that can change and influence thoughts, lives, and businesses."

Hosts:
Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Gabriel Karandyšovský, Chief Operations Officer, Nimdzi Insights
Gabriel specializes in localization, creative writing, business development & project management. He helps clients along the way to international market expansion one research or data-supported step at a time.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Eric Bauwelinck | Owner & Founder of Mastervoice
00:44 What does your company do?
01:21 What was your dream career as a child?
02:10 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:47 3 destinations you'd like to visit
04:35 Best advice you've ever been given?
06:28 What inspired you to start your company?
08:10 Biggest challenge
09:37 Your biggest success
11:23 Valuable business lesson
12:31 The secret sauce!
14:08 How do you motivate your team?
15:04 Pet peeve when it comes to clients
16:24 Have you ever fired a friend or relative?
17:47 Advice for entrepreneurs

Never Give Up with Carol Velandia | Founder of Equal Access Language Services | C-SuiteHotSeat E50

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Carol G. Velandia Pardo CHI, PMP, MBA, LMSW is a University of Maryland Graduate Professor, language access advocate, award winning curriculum developer, and the founder and CEO of Equal Access Language Services. She Developed the Interprofessional Curriculum: Effective Inclusion through Language Access which will be taught to three different schools at the University of Maryland in Spring 2024. As a social worker, interpreter, academic, and entrepreneur, Carol’s mission is to expand the concepts of Cultural Competence and Diversity Equity and Inclusion by adding language access as a key component. She hopes to promote a cultural shift that will result in the effective inclusion, and equal access of 25 million multilingual people to public and private services, and the betterment of their healthcare, justice, and education outcomes. She enjoys traveling, movies and dancing flamenco!

Hosts:
Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Carol G. Velandia Pardo | Founder & CEO of Equal Access Language Services
00:40 What does your company do?
00:58 What was your dream career as a child?
02:07 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:39 3 destinations you'd like to visit
05:25 Best advice you've ever been given?
06:13 What inspired you to start your company?
09:06 Biggest challenge
09:36 Your biggest success
11:17 Valuable business lesson
12:09 The secret sauce!
13:18 Who are your mentors?

Do What You Like and Pursue It with Agnes Varga, CTO of memoQ | C-Suite HotSeat E49

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Ágnes Varga was born in Győr, Hungary, and has been fond of languages all her life. Her desired career path was to study English to become an interpreter or a diplomat. However, with a sudden decision, she chose to study Computer Science in addition to English at the University of Veszprém, which changed her whole career path. After graduating, she became an Assistant Lecturer, then later a Senior Lecturer at the Department of IT at Széchenyi University in her hometown, Győr. During this time, she brought back her love for languages into her PhD thesis about the possibility of automatic post-editing of machine-translated text, which she finished in 2012.

After getting her PhD, memoQ approached her, and she has been working with them for the past 10 years: 7 years as a Software Developer, then a Development Team Lead and Product Manager, and now as a CTO, managing an outstanding Production team.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Agnes Varga |CTO of memoQ
00:40 What does your company do?
01:14 What was your dream career as a child?
01:57 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:16 3 destinations you'd like to visit
05:16 Best advice you've ever been given?
06:50 A day in the life of a CTO
07:49 Biggest challenge
10:47 First breakthrough moment
13:51 Your biggest failure
16:04 Advice for entrepreneurs

Building Up Your Leaders with David Brackett, Founder & CEO of Linguava | C-Suite HotSeat E48

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 10 May 2023 17:39:00 +0000

In his leadership role, David brings real-world experience with a focus on medical language access on a national level, sales/ marketing, and health equity. David founded Linguava with just one employee in 2010 and has grown it to more than 75 employees and thousands of linguists in more than 250 languages. He served for 3 years as the president of the Oregon Healthcare Interpreters Association (OHCIA). Currently, he serves as the Chair for the NCIHC Languages of Limited Diffusion (LLD), which provides training and resources to LLD language interpreters and the community. He also has his own podcast titled The Invisible Profession, which provides tools, tips, and resources in the interpretation and translation industry. David is a certified Spanish medical interpreter himself and has a strong passion for achieving health equity for all. He is passionate about helping the Limited English Proficient and Deaf and Hard of Hearing community receive meaningful language access that helps improve patient experience and health outcomes.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization, and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 David Brackett | Founder & CEO of Linguava
00:42 What does your company do?
01:00 What was your dream career as a child?
02:20 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:35 3 destinations you'd like to visit
04:14 Best advice you've ever been given?
05:32 What inspired you to start your company?
07:41 First breakthrough moment
09:02 The secret sauce!
10:57 What makes you a great leader?
12:27 Biggest challenge
13:38 Valuable business lesson
15:37 What does success mean to you?
17:42 Your biggest success
19:06 Advice for entrepreneurs

Setting Goals and Expectations With Dave Deasy, CMO of Wordly | C-Suite HotSeat E47

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Dave is the CMO at Wordly, a start-up transforming the live translation market for meetings and events with an AI-powered SaaS solution.

He is a full-stack marketing exec with hands-on experience driving growth for SaaS startups and F-500 tech companies. He has implemented modern digital marketing strategies along with integrated brand, product marketing, and demand gen programs to deliver $400M+ sales growth and $200M+ funding across a range of industries and sales models.

Past companies include HP, AOL, TrustArc, and OPSWAT.

Dave has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh - and resides in San Mateo, CA.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Josef Kubovsky, CEO, Nimdzi Insights
Josef uses his unique blend of language, tech, and sales skills to help Nimdzi partners in their pursuit of business excellence and growth.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Dave Deasy, CMO of Wordly
00:40 What does your company do?
00:58 What was your dream career as a child?
02:02 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:01 3 destinations you'd like to visit
03:33 Best advice you've ever been given?
04:19 First Breakthrough
05:37 What made you choose your market vertical?
06:49 Biggest challenge in your day to day
08:24 Your biggest failure
10:43 Your biggest success
11:46 What does success mean to you?
13:28 How do you motivate your team?
15:04 Most innovative thing you've ever done
17:09 Valuable business lessons
18:08 Advice for entrepreneurs

Knowledge Unites Us with Ludmila Golovine, CEO & Founder of MasterWord | C-Suite HotSeat E46

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Ludmila Golovine is the President and CEO of MasterWord Services, the fastest organically growing LSP in the world, also named one of the top places to work. She has been recognized for her efforts to support the language services industry and promote language access through awards such as the California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA) Trainer of the Year and the Congressional Recognition G7 “Excellence in International Service” award. Over the course of her career, and through her involvement in many professional organizations, she has helped to create and promote the next generation of standards and best practices for our industry.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Ludmila Golovine | CEO & Founder of MasterWord
00:43 What does your company do?
01:01 What was your dream career as a child?
02:30 How do you like to spend your free time?
04:10 3 destinations you'd like to visit
05:32 Best advice you've ever been given?
06:52 What inspired you to start your company?
08:31 First breakthrough moment
09:28 Access to information
11:03 Deaf and hard of hearing community
13:29 Valuable business lesson
14:49 Your biggest success
15:48 What is your leadership style?
16:55 Advice for entrepreneurs

Think About The Outcome with Evan Kramer, CEO at MotionPoint | C-Suite HotSeat E45

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Evan Kramer has over 25 years’ of experience managing private equity, and venture-backed companies focused on digital transformation, marketing, and technology. Mr. Kramer has delivered strong investor returns over four different exits.

Prior to joining Motion Point, Kramer was most recently CEO of White Glove, a tech-enabled marketing platform to which he transformed a traditional marketing service into a tech-enabled digital marketing platform. Previously, Kramer led Knowfully Learning Group to 500% growth over 4 years by expanding a professional education company into a digital remote learning ed-tech company that serviced certified professionals across accounting, finance, and healthcare. Before Knowfully, Mr. Kramer was a marketing and technology executive, either General Manager or CMO to Credibly, The Neat Company, LifeShield (sold to DirecTV), EZPrints.com (sold to CafePress), Hubzu.com, and VacationRoost (sold to Ski.com). Mr. Kramer began his career as a CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Throughout his career, Mr. Kramer has been an active speaker in digital marketing and product management and a board member and advisor to several start-ups. He earned a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Emory University.

MotionPoint is a managed website translation platform that delivers concierge-level, end-to-end translation to meet the needs of brands across different languages and markets. We're smartly engineered to optimize translation quality, speed, accuracy, and efficiency relative to your brand's translation objectives. We also provide predictable returns on investment in translation over time with ever-improving efficiencies utilizing adaptive translation technologies, a streamlined su

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Evan Kramer | CEO of MotionPoint
00:37 What does your company do?
00:56 What was your dream career as a child?
01:55 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:44 3 destinations you'd like to visit
03:37 Best advice you've ever been given?
05:29 First breakthrough moment
08:39 Valuable business lessons
10:04 What is the most innovative thing you have done?
11:57 3 things that you spend the most time on
13:26 The secret sauce!
16:19 Advice for entrepreneurs

Exceed Clients' Expectations with Scott Klein, CEO & President at LanguageLine Solutions|CSuiteHotSeatE44

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:05:00 +0000

Scott is a seasoned executive with many years of leadership experience and success in achieving profitable growth in a variety of industries. Scott is the President and CEO of LanguageLine Solutions, the world’s largest provider of on-demand interpretation. He is also the President and Global CEO of Specialized Services for LanguageLine’s parent company, Teleperformance.
Previously Scott held the position of CEO of SuperMedia, Inc. Earlier, Scott served as President and CEO of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), a leading market research firm; President of Consumer Industries, Retail & Energy division of Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS); and President of PCMall, Inc., a $1.2 billion telesales, catalog, and Internet reseller of computer-related products and COO for PrimeSource Building Products. He also had leadership roles with Pepsico Inc. and Procter & Gamble Company.
A graduate of Syracuse, Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Josef Kubovsky, CEO, Nimdzi Insights
Josef uses his unique blend of language, tech, and sales skills to help Nimdzi partners in their pursuit of business excellence and growth.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

00:00 Scott Klein - CEO & President of LanguageLine Solutions
00:39 What does your company do?
00:49 What was your dream career as a child?
01:14 How do you like to spend your free time?
01:57 3 destinations you'd like to visit
03:03 Best advice you've ever been given?
04:35 First breakthrough moment
08:34 What made you choose your market vertical?
11:02 Your biggest failure
13:29 Your biggest success
16:04 What is your pet peeve when it comes to clients?
18:32 How do you motivate your team?
20:26 Advice for entrepreneurs

Do What You Love with Tom Bridges, CEO & Founder at CaptionHub | C-Suite HotSeat E43

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Tom Bridges is the CEO and Founder of CaptionHub, the platform for multimedia localization. Prior to CaptionHub, he founded and led multiple post-production and motion graphics studios in London.

Hosts:
Josef Kubovsky, CEO, Nimdzi Insights
Josef uses his unique blend of language, tech, and sales skills to help Nimdzi partners in their pursuit of business excellence and growth.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.
Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer
Evelyn Najarian - Communications & Marketing, MultiLingual
Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights
Nika Allahverdi - Product
Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Tom Bridges - CEO & Founder | CaptionHub
00:43 What does your company do?
01:20 What was your dream career as a child?
01:55 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:52 3 destinations you'd like to visit
03:37 Best advice you've ever been given?
04:12 What inspired you to start your company?
06:12 First breakthrough moment
06:53 Biggest challenge in your day to day
07:18 Your biggest success
08:24 Who are your mentors?
09:30 Most innovative thing you've ever done
11:32 How do you motivate your team?
12:48 Advice for entrepreneurs

Listen and Be Empathetic with Louise Callcott-Stevens, CEO of EarCandy | C-Suite HotSeatE42

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Louise Callcott-Stevens is co-founder and CEO of EarCandy, the world’s leading media and entertainment localization Provider for Africa.

An African mother-tongue advocate, Louise was voted one of the top 100 most influential people in Content Localization in 2021 and the top 10 in 2022. Her passion for her continent motivates her to contribute to shaping a positive African narrative and making media accessible to African audiences in their own language.

Louise is an international speaker, has a qualification in Women’s Leadership from the University of Stellenbosch Business School, and is currently the chairperson of the Entertainment Globalization Association Education Committee.

Hosts:
Josef Kubovsky, CEO, Nimdzi Insights
Josef uses his unique blend of language, tech, and sales skills to help Nimdzi partners in their pursuit of business excellence and growth.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Louise Callcott-Stevens Co-Founder & CEO | EarCandy
00:42 What does your company do?
02:18 What was your dream career as a child?
03:43 How do you like to spend your free time?
04:00 3 destinations you'd like to visit
08:21 Best advice you've ever been given?
09:11 What inspired you to start your company?
10:23 First breakthrough moment
11:26 Biggest challenge in your day to day
12:23 3 things that you spend the most time on
13:30 Biggest challenge
15:27 Your biggest success
16:37 How do you motivate your team?
17:28 Most out of the box thing you've ever done?
17:46 What is your pet peeve when it comes to clients?
18:11 Advice for entrepreneurs

Build a Great Team with Gary Kalaci, CEO of Alexa Translations A.I. | C-Suite HotSeat E41

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:00:00 +0000

A lawyer and award-winning entrepreneur, Gary Kalaci is CEO of Alexa Translations, a professional translation services firm, and Alexa Translations A.I., a leader in translation technology. In addition to steering his translation company's strategy and growth efforts, Gary has held leadership positions and sat on the boards of directors at several professional associations and not-for-profit organizations.

Gary’s business and legal training armed him with the skills required to work with clients across the finance, corporate, legal, and government sectors.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Gary Kalaci | CEO of Alexa Translations A.I.
00:39 What does your company do?
00:47 What was your dream career as a child?
01:17 What made you choose the language industry?
02:35 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:21 3 destinations you'd like to visit
04:08 Best advice you've ever been given?
04:45 First breakthrough moment
06:28 Biggest challenge
09:41 Your biggest success
11:47 3 things that you spend the most time on
12:57 What are your clients looking for?
14:22 Valuable business lessons
15:48 Advice for entrepreneurs
16:25 How do you motivate your team?

Believe in your plan with Bryan Murphy, CEO of Smartling | C-Suite HotSeat E40

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Bryan Murphy is the CEO of Smartling, a Translation and Localization software company servicing hundreds of global companies. Formerly Murphy was the VP of Vertical Markets at eBay and CEO and Co-Founder of WHI, a SaaS company, acquired by ebay in 2012. He has also served as CEO of Breather and as President of Digital for Serta Simmons.

Murphy serves as a director for Smarting, JEGS.com and Playpower . He is also an advisor for Starboard Capital Partners, and is a former director of Neighborly and PartsSource.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Bryan Murphy | CEO of Smartling
00:43 What does your company do?
01:11 What was your dream career as a child?
02:55 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:53 3 destinations you'd like to visit
05:12 Best advice you've ever been given?
06:37 What made you choose the language industry?
09:14 First breakthrough moment
10:54 Biggest challenge
12:44 What does success mean to you?
15:13 Who are your mentors?
17:30 How do you motivate your team?
19:20 Advice for entrepreneurs

Be your authentic self with Mark Lawyer, General Manager of Trados | C-Suite HotSeat E39

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Mark Lawyer is the General Manager – Trados for RWS Group, responsible for leading and developing the go-to-market strategy with the product, R&D, sales, account management, service delivery, and partnerships.
For two decades, Mark has worked with many of the top global fortune 500 companies with a passion for global content and technology, always putting the customer and people at the center of it. He has a proven track record of growing and developing high-performing teams through personal integrity and executive leadership.
Based in New York, Mark holds a degree in Communication and International Business. When not working he enjoys spending time outdoors with his family.

Hosts:
Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights
VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights
Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

00:00 Mark Lawyer | Trados
00:42 What does your company do?
01:08 What was your dream career as a child?
02:07 How do you like to spend your free time?
03:15 3 destinations you'd like to visit
06:13 Best advice you've ever been given?
07:22 First breakthrough moment
08:24 Biggest challenge
09:29 Valuable business lessons
10:33 Who are your mentors?
11:28 What does success mean to you?
13:29 What makes you a great leader?
14:24 How do you motivate your team?
15:24 3 things that you spend the most time on
16:50 Advice for entrepreneurs

It's all about people with Quentin Naylor, CEO & MD of THG Fluently | C-SuiteHotSeatE38

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Quentin has led THG Fluently, formerly Language Connect, since their acquisition by The Hut Group in 2018. Since taking on Fluently, he has grown revenues and EBITDA year on year and developed a winning client localization proposition alongside the eCommerce experts at THG Ingenuity.

Hosts:

Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights, Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization, and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.

Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer

Evelyn Najarian - Communications & Marketing, MultiLingual

Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights

Nika Allahverdi - Product

Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Quentin Naylor 00:35 What does your company do? 01:05 What was your dream career as a child? 04:03 What is your role? 05:33 3 destinations you'd like to visit 06:50 Best advice you've ever been given? 09:00 Biggest challenge 11:15 Valuable business lessons 14:11 What does success mean to you? 14:46 What is the most innovative thing you have done? 16:44 Your biggest failure 18:59 Advice for entrepreneurs

Be logical when making decisions with Shamus Sayed, COO of Interpreters Unlimited |C-SuiteHotSeatE37

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000

For Shamus, discipline is his driving force. Early in his career, it was the discipline of biological science and now it’s the unwavering discipline needed to successfully grow an enterprise. As Vice President for Interpreters Unlimited, Shamus has broad oversight of sales management, multi-regional operations, and business strategy. He follows in his father Sayed Ali's footsteps with his entrepreneurial spirit and keen business sense, doing whatever it takes to help the business succeed, always with his eyes on the future, and always open to and looking for new opportunities to expand and grow.

Hosts:

Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting edge market research and consulting in the language industry. Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news of the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.

Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer

Evelyn Najarian - Communications & Marketing, MultiLingual

Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights

Nika Allahverdi - Product

Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Shamus Sayed 00:38 What does your company do? 01:04 What was your dream career as a child? 03:51 How do you like to spend your free time? 04:57 3 destinations you'd like to visit 06:33 Best advice you've ever been given? 08:11 First breakthrough moment 11:40 What does success mean to you? 13:41 Valuable business lessons 16:17 Your biggest failure 18:07 Advice for entrepreneurs

Step out of the comfort zone with Burcu Demirörs, CEO & Co-Founder of Helico | C-Suite HotSeat E36

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Burcu Demirörs is a co-founder and CEO at HeliCo Translation. After translating millions of words and simultaneously interpreting for ten thousand hours, she built a translation and interpretation company that now serves hundreds of clients worldwide with a full-time team of 14. She is a hard-working and determined individual with a motivated mindset to help her start each day positively and do whatever it takes to reach her goals in life. Burcu is also one of the best women paragliding pilots in Turkey as well as she drives a Harley Davidson bike. She believes that one should always have a second passion apart from business, and only by this can one stay motivated for growth.

Hosts:

Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.

Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer

Evelyn Najarian - Communications & Marketing, MultiLingual

Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights

Nika Allahverdi - Product

Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Burcu Demirörs 00:40 What does your company do? 00:58 What was your dream career as a child? 02:12 How do you like to spend your free time? 03:17 Do you like traveling? 04:48 Best advice you've ever been given? 06:00 What inspired you to start your company? 09:31 First breakthrough moment 10:45 3 things that you spend the most time on 11:41 Your biggest failure 12:27 What does success mean to you? 13:44 What is the most innovative thing you have done? 15:02 Advice for entrepreneurs

Try to start at the top with Leonid Glazychev, CEO of Logrus IT | C-Suite HotSeat E35

MultiLingual Media — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Leonid Glazychev originally specialized in plasma physics and computer simulation graduated with honors (M. Sc.) and holds a Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics. He was lucky to join one of the first ever software localization projects, and that turned out to be a life-changer. Leonid co-founded Logrus, a professional software localization company when even the concept itself was somewhat novel, and served as the company’s CEO since then. Over the last 28+ years, we (now Logrus IT) have grown from 3 employees to 160+, with multiple offices around the world, including China, Korea (added in 2017), and Turkey (added in 2022). His goal is to bring some hard-core, fundamental, objective, and unbiased scientific approach and knowledge to the areas traditionally occupied by project managers and linguists. He is relentlessly challenging common knowledge, traditional ways, and widespread prejudice, and enjoys working with people and demonstrating creative thinking.

Hosts:

Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, conference interpreter DE - EN by trade

Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights Is dedicated to providing localization, globalization and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news on the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.

Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer

Evelyn Najarian - Communications & Marketing, MultiLingual

Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights

Nika Allahverdi - Product

Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Leonid Glazychev 00:42 What does your company do? 01:24 What was your dream career as a child? 02:43 Why the language industry? 04:46 How do you like to spend your free time? 06:13 Do you like traveling? 07:09 Best advice you've ever been given? 08:55 First breakthrough moment 12:20 Biggest challenge 15:28 Your biggest success 17:30 Advice for entrepreneurs