Localization Program Presenters2008 Workshop PresentersSuneeta AggarwalSuneeta Aggarwal is the Director of Technical Publications and Localization at TIBCO Software. She has been in the field of technical writing for eighteen years and localization for the last six years. Suneeta has undergraduate degrees in business management and computer science and worked as a software engineer before actively seeking a career in technical writing. Suneeta manages a global team of writers distributed across the globe including locations in India and China. Elham Attarpour
Dr. Boris Bartikowski
Dain Bedford
Kathleen Bostick
M. Katherine (Kit) Brown
In addition to writing and editing web content, manuals, online help, and technical information sheets, Kit has designed the functionality and interface for internal software tools, has designed and developed intranet web sites, has designed and conducted several surveys, and has developed usability tests. Kit is an Associate Fellow for the Society for Technical Communication (STC), has spoken about various technical communication topics at many conferences in the United States and internationally. She recently coauthored (with Brenda Huettner and Char James-Tanny) Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools. In addition, she is the editor of IEEE-PCS News and a frequent contributor to Multilingual. Daniel Carter
Daniel was one of the founding Board members of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) and serves on the Advisory Board for the California State University Localization Certification Program. He has been a guest speaker covering a range of industry topics and published numerous articles. In 1992, as part of the Macintosh Inside Out series, he published one of the first books on localization: Writing Localizable Software for the Apple Macintosh . Karen CombeAs Vice President of Localization at PTC, the Prior to establishing her consulting practice, Karen worked for nearly ten years for one of the foremost localization companies in the field, International Language Engineering, Inc. While at ILE , she led the development of each of the company's production departments during its years of intensive growth from 12 people to a staff of over 125. As Senior Vice President, she managed both the Client Services and Sales and Marketing departments, and served on the Executive Committee. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the University of California at Berkeley and a post-graduate degree in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University. She spent two years in the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa, and two years with International Voluntary Services in Algeria. Other work experience includes 2 years in the financial services industry and 8 years working as a cowboy on a ranch in northwestern Colorado. Muntsa Cuchi-Robinson
Donald A. DePalma
Bob Donaldson
Bastian Enners
Bert Esselink
Tracey Feick
Hans Fenstermacher
His 25-year career in the language and writing industries led him to create ArchiText's ABREVE® process (patent pending), a proprietary English content globalization system. Hans is an Associate Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication, as well as past president of the STC Boston Chapter. In 2002 Hans co-founded the Globalization And Localization Association (GALA) and served as its first Chairman until 2006. Hans now serves as the Chairman of the GALA Advisory Council. Linda Gaus
Martin A. Guttinger
Maria Kania-Tasak Carsten A. Kneip
Debbie Lambert
Inger Larsen
Rosilene Martins
Patricia McKenna
Nic McMahon
Gary Muddyman
Muddyman received his master's degree in business administration from Warwick University . Andre PelletAndré Pellet has been in the translation and localization industry for over 20 years, having served as President of a mid-sized translation company - M2 Enterprises/M2 Limited, and then as Vice President at Welocalize - a leading mid-sized LSP. He has an engineering degree with a specialization in computer science, and has been active with the American Translators Association and its Washington chapter, NCATA, ALC, GALA, Localization World, and Multilingual Computing leading discussions on M&A and technology within the language industry. He currently is the COO at ProZ.com, leading the development of the industry's workplace. Klaus-Dirk SchmitzKlaus-Dirk Schmitz is Full Professor of Terminology Studies at Cologne University of Applied Sciences in Germany. His teaching and research activities focus on terminology theory and terminology management as wells as on software localization and computer tools for translators. Numerous articles and books where he acts as author, co-author and editor show his excellent expertise in these fields. Prof. Schmitz has also taken a leadership role in national and international forums e.g. as president of the International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm), Vice-President of the Germen Terminology Society (DTT), and chairman of the German Standards Committee on Computer Applications in Terminology. Richard Sikes
Richard holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine, Diplom Betriebswirt (FH) from the Volkshochschule Heidelberg, and an MBA from the University of Toronto. He has presented frequently on a wide variety of topics at Localization World conferences and the Gilbane Conference, and his articles appear with regularity in MultiLingual magazine. Leif Sonstenes
Willem Stoeller
Stephane Vinuesa
John Yunker
Since 2000, he has authored a number of landmark reports on Web globalization, including The Art of the Global Gateway and The Web Globalization Report Card , now in its 5 th edition In 2002, John authored the first book devoted to Web globalization, Beyond Borders: Web Globalization Strategies . Widely acclaimed, the book is now used in a number of university and corporate training programs. John authors the Global by Design blog at www.globalbydesign.com and is a 2008 Fellow of The Society for New Communications Research ( www.sncr.org ). John has a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and an MS from Boston University. Angelika Zerfass
Daniel Zielinski
2007 Workshop PresentersElham Attarpour
Boris Bartikowski Dr. Boris Bartikowski is Associate Professor of Marketing at the Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management since 2003. He holds a doctoral degree from the I.A.E. d’Aix-en-Provence in France and the University of Augsburg in Germany. He is Visiting Professor at the Kansai University Osaka/ Japan. Dr. Boris Bartikowski is Program Advisory Board Member of the Localization Certification Program and has helped implementing the Program in Europe. His industry and consultancy experience includes internet services, financial services, marketing research services and marketing planning. His research is related to consumer behavior in cross-cultural settings, with focus on (a) effects of cultural adaptation of website design and (b) the issue of cross-cultural equivalence of marketing studies and measures. His articles have appeared in a variety of international marketing journals and conferences. Steve Billings Steve Billings is a senior solutions engineer at Idiom Technologies with a dozen years experience in localization-related roles in product development, marketing, and sales. He has been responsible for the globalization of products sold in over 40 countries around the world. In his role at Idiom, Mr. Billings works closely with Idiom's LSP partners to help them utilize Idiom’s technology to increase operational efficiency, increase competitiveness, and offer higher-value solutions to clients. Kevin Bolen
Mr. Bolen leads the global marketing function responsible for setting market direction, solutions management,
competitive positioning, and brand promotion for Lionbridge Technologies, Inc a $420M publicly traded provider of
language, content, and off-shore solutions. Mr. Bolen joined Lionbridge in 2005 through the acquisition of Bowne
Global Solutions where he had served as the VP of Sales and Marketing since joining in early 2002. Prior to Bowne,
he led the marketing function at LexiQuest, Inc. an enterprise software developer after spending six years with IBM
Global Services where he held a variety roles spanning consulting, corporate development, and marketing. Mr. Bolen
holds a BBA in International Business from Pace University and an MBA in Marketing and Management from NYU. Kit Brown
During her career, Kit has worked with technical experts to successfully develop information and training materials for a variety of audiences, ranging from government agencies to technicians, physicians, and software end-users. Kit holds a Master of Science degree in Technical Communication and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, both from Colorado State University. In addition to writing and editing web content, manuals, online help, and technical information sheets, Kit has designed the functionality and interface for internal software tools, has designed and developed intranet web sites, has designed and conducted several surveys, and has developed usability tests. Kit is an Associate Fellow for the Society for Technical Communication (STC), has spoken about various technical communication topics at many conferences in the United States and internationally. She recently coauthored (with Brenda Huettner and Char James-Tanny) Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools. In addition, she is the editor of IEEE-PCS News and a frequent contributor to Multilingual.
Daniel Carter
After earning his undergraduate degree in Computer Science in 1983, Daniel worked as a Systems Engineer, QA Testing Manager, Localization Group Manager, and helped establish and support Microsoft’s European Offices in the UK, Benelux and Scandinavia. He studied for his MBA at the University of Washington in Seattle. Daniel founded a software localization company, International Software Products (iSP), in 1989 and was CEO until 2001. Since 2001 he has been active in the formation of a number of new companies, most recently MedCom (Medical Communication International, www.medcomintl.com). He has over 20 years experience in the translation and localization industry. He is currently an advisor and consultant, often involved in facilitating mergers between translation and localization companies. He is an active investor in translation and technology companies.
Daniel was one of the founding Board members of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) and serves on the Advisory Board for the California State University Localization Certification Program. He has been a guest speaker covering a range of industry topics and published numerous articles. In 1992, as part of the Macintosh Inside Out series, he published one of the first books on localization: Writing Localizable Software for the Apple Macintosh. Karen Combe
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Elham Attarpour is the Operations Manager of the Language Technology Center
INC.(LTC), in Washington DC. As a business development specialist,
Elham has expertise in technologies, processes and workflows in the language
industry and consults companies on process automation and optimization.
She is a certified ISO Auditor (Loyds Registry Quality Assurance) and
has a Master's degree in Translation from the University of Saarbruecken, Germany. Elham has worked as a freelance translator as well as a court
translator, interpreter and language instructor before working as a project
manager in one of the industry's leading companies for several years. 
Dain Bedford
is the Sales and Training Executive at The Language Technology Centre (LTC) in Kingston-upon-Thames, England. He recently joined LTC after several years' experience as a trainer
in hardware and software products for a large IT company.
Kathleen Bostick is the VP of Global Business at Lionbridge. With more than thirteen years' experience in the multilingual services, Kathleen was Vice President of North America for SDL International for 9 years prior to joining Lionbridge in 2005. Often instrumental in helping companies accelerate time-to-market and increase global market share, Kathleen has expertise in a range of vertical markets, including IT, Life Sciences, consumer, e-commerce, education and government. 
M. Katherine (Kit) Brown is an award-winning writer and consultant with
a background in the life sciences and 16+ years of experience in the
technical communication field. She is currently the Principal for Comgenesis,
LLC, which provides consulting services and training to clients on internationalizing
and improving the usability of their documentation, developing a coherent
documentation strategy and content model, as well as more traditional
technical writing and editing services. 
product development company, Karen is responsible for product localization support for Global Services, Technical Support, and Marketing. She was previously the president of Combe Consulting, LLC, offering consulting services in the fields of internationalization and localization.
Muntsa Cuchí-Robinson has 16 years experience in the translation
and interpreting industry. A qualified translator and interpreter, she developed
her professional career in the U.K., where she founded the translation and
interpreting department at Birmingham City Hall, and managed it for eight
years. She then worked at Comtec Translations a translation company based
in the UK's West Midlands. Muntsa collaborated with the British Olympics
Association, organising international events and during the 1992 Olympic
Games was the official interpreter for the Princess Royal. She returned
to Spain in 2003 to join STAR group's Barcelona office as Production Director.
Muntsa began work for CPSL in 2005 as Director of CPSL Events and CPSL Consultancy
as well as Director of Spanish Sales Dept. for Language Solutions. 
Donald A. DePalma
is the president and founder of Common Sense Advisory, Inc., is an industry
analyst, author and corporate strategist with expertise in the business-and
marketing-focused application of technology. His practical approach to global
business issues, as laid out in his book Business Without Borders: A Strategic
Guide to Global Marketing, set the stage for Common Sense Advisory, a research
and consulting firm committed to improving the quality of international business
and the efficiency of the online and offline operations that support it.
Bob Donaldson
is the VP of Strategy at McElroy Translation. He has over 25 years of
executive experience in software development, international business development,
project management and technology strategy consulting. One of his specialties
has been "Project Rescue Operations" … turning around "problem
projects" that are late, over budget and off course, which has given him
broad exposure to the many ways in which projects can fail. An academic
background in Slavic Linguistics and early career work as a Russian translator
give him insights into technology challenges arising in the language services
environment. 
Bastian Enners is the Director of Marketing and Sales at Plunet Berlin.
Enners has a degree in Business Management from the University of
Würzburg, Germany. He has more than 10 years experience in successful
enterprise software marketing and consults companies on process automation and
optimization. Enners gives regularly lectures at the Humboldt University Berlin – Germany
and is also a well-known guest lecturer at the Universities of Cologne and Flensburg, Germany. 
Bert Esselink has been active in multilingual publishing and localization projects for more than 15 years. He worked for several years as a localization specialist for International Software Products and ALPNET. His book, A Practical Guide to Localization , was published in 2000 and is used widely throughout the localization industry. The same year he joined Lionbridge as Global Engagement Consultant and today still works in Amsterdam for Lionbridge as Account Manager. 
Tracey Feick is the Vice President of Operations, Americas at Lionbridge.
With more than eighteen years' experience in localization, Tracey currently
manages Lionbridge's client services and production organization in North
and South America. In this role, she focuses on her passion for customer
satisfaction, change management and team building, and expertise in working
within global organizations. Prior to joining Lionbridge, Tracey held
a variety of positions within the localization industry. Most recently
she served as Managing Director for Bowne Translation Services, where she
led sales, operations and finance. Before entering the localization field,
Tracey lived and worked in Taipei , Taiwan for five years. She has a
degree in Asian Studies and is fluent in Chinese. 
Han Fenstermacher
is the President and Founder of ArchiText, a division of language service provider
Translations.com (part of the TransPerfect Global Group). ArchiText provides
comprehensive translation, localization, and content globalization services
to Global 2000 companies. Born in Germany, Hans speaks six languages fluently
and holds degrees from Princeton University and the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy. 
Linda L. Gaus, the proprietor of MadDocs LLC, has a Ph.D. in German from
the University of California-Berkeley and over 15 years' German-English
translation experience. Over the years she has taught many different subjects,
from German language to general humanities courses to computer courses,
and she has taught herself four different CAT tools from scratch. In her
current incarnation as a freelance translator, her specialties are technical
and marketing translations, but she greatly enjoys breaking things up a
bit by translating other kinds of texts (touristic materials, historic documents,
and whatever else comes her way) when she can. 
Martin A. Guttinger has been Manager of Translation and Localization for
Cisco System's Unified Communications Business Unit for the past five years.
Prior to that, he was Globalization Manager for Active Voice Corporation.
In his current role, he's responsible for the localization of several of
Cisco's Enterprise Voice and Unified Communication applications. 
Maria Kania-Tasak has over 7 years of experience in the translation industry
in sales. She obtained a degree in Humanities from University of Waterloo,
Canada, with Honours in Business English with specialization
in Rhetoric and Professional Writing. She started her professional career
as a technical writer for companies such as Marconi (telecommunications)
and Discreet Logic (special effects software), both based in Montreal,
Canada. In 2000 she moved to Krakow, Poland where she managed the Sales & Marketing Department for a fast-growing translation company - Argos Company Ltd. She joined CPSL in 2005 as Sales Director for the international market. 
Carsten A. Kneip, PMP, is an International Release Program Manager at Microsoft. Carsten
is part of Microsoft's Developer Division and is currently driving the Localization
of the next version of Visual Studio and all of its components. He holds
a Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science and received
a Certification in Project Management from the University of Washington prior
to successfully earning his PMP designation in February 2005. He has also
presented at several Localization World events and served on the Localization
World
Board. He is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and actively
participates in local chapter events. 
Debbie Lambert is a program manager for Hewlett Packard's (HP) Translation and Localization (T&L) team. She is currently involved in the testing and analysis of a new Translation Management System. She has 26+ years experience at HP and has spent the past few years working extensively with various content management systems, translation and localization and vendor management. 
Inger Larsen is the founder of Larsen Globalisation recruitment,
which has provided recruitment services to the localization industry worldwide
since 2000, with offices in London, Dublin, Paris, Stockholm, and Boston. Before
this, Inger worked internationally in localisation for 15 years on both the production and sales side, for IBM, Microsoft and Xerox. She is also pursuing a degree in Human Resource Management, with special emphasis on selection methods and international HRM.
Rosilene Martins is a senior globalization program manager at Yahoo!. She
drives strategic initiatives to support localization and internationalization
best practices and standards compliance. Rosilene spearheaded the qualification
and selection of Yahoo!'s preferred suppliers of localization services,
and is the point person for localization vendor management in the organization.
Rosilene holds a Master's degree in Computer Science with emphasis in Compiler
Design, and has over 10 years of experience in Internet product management
and globalization. Prior to Yahoo!, Rosilene held International product
and program management positions at Palm, AOL and Netscape. 
Patricia McKenna completed a BSc. in Applied Computational Linguistics
at Dublin City University. She worked for several years for Localization
Service Providers where she specialised in the area of applying Computer
Aided Translation tools to the localisation process. She has held the position
of QA Manager in Alchemy Software for the past six years and provides training,
support and consultancy services to users (PMs, Engineers, Translators)
of Alchemy Catalyst as part of this role.
Nic McMahon is the VP GM US for Jonckers and was previously the VP Global Solutions for
SDL. In his 11 years in the industry, Nic has had the fortune to be involved
in many of the major acquisitions and technology developments that have helped
to shape the overall industry.
Gary Muddyman is Managing Director and CEO of Conversis . Established in
2003, Conversis is a U.K.-based leading provider of Globalization,
Internationalization, Localization and Translation (GILT) services.
Muddyman, together with a team that brings more than 60 years to the Globalization,
Internationalization, Localization and Translation market, founded Conversis
with the idea of advancing the understanding and use of localization
and translation as a strategic business tool. As managing director and
CEO, Muddyman leads the company's strategic business development. Conversis
is now one of the world's fastest growing GILT businesses. Prior to joining
Conversis , Muddyman served as director
of operations for K International Plc. In this position, he was responsible
for all the development and implementation of business strategies, which
included positioning K International within the top ten foreign language
services companies in the United Kingdom . Earlier, Muddyman spent 16
years working for London-based HSBC Asset Finance U.K. Ltd., one of the
largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. During
his tenure there he led various product, commercial and business development
divisions. In particular, he helped create the Metropolitan Collection
Services, the debt management arm of HSBC. 
Richard Sikes has been immersed in localization since 1989, having held
senior localization management positions at several industry-leading software
publishers. He now works as a freelance globalization management consultant
and trainer. As well as his ongoing association with The Localization Institute,
Richard is a Certified PASSOLO Trainer, a Localization Technology Evangelist
for across Systems and was, until recently, Director of Sales and Marketing
for KCSL Inc., a web search and localization technology provider.
Leif Sonstenes has been active in global business for more than twenty-five
years in Europe and North America as a software developer, trainer, translator,
interpreter, editor, author, consultant and translation business
owner, and as a global account manager for major localization companies.
Winner of numerous corporate and customer service awards, he specializes
in creating intense learning experiences where participants gain real tools
to tackle real issues. His areas of expertise include translatability training,
content development and marketing consulting for companies involved in international
business. He joined Locatech GmbH as Marketing Manager in January 2007. 
Willem Stoeller, currently is responsible for the enterprise applications
and Media & Telecom practices at Welocalize. Since 1974 he has worked
full time in IT and the software industry. Since 1992 his sole focus has
been in localization and internationalization. He has received certification
as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is a former board member
of the Project Management Institute, Silicon Valley Chapter. Willem is a
former visiting professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
where he taught software localization for two years. He is a Director of
Workshops for the Project Management Institute Portland Chapter and a frequent
presenter at Localization World. 
Stephane Vinuesa
works at Lionbridge Technologies, Inc as a technical project manager with over
10 years experience in applications development and project management in the
Global Technology group. His experience includes financial and information technology
services. In his current role, Stephane is leading development teams to design,
implement and deliver cost-effective workflow solutions to support the localization
business needs. His current focus is on facilitating the deployment of these
solutions in a controlled environment to increase operational efficiency, while
he is participating in different initiatives and researches on future workflow
implementation.
Founder of Byte Level Research ( 
Angelika Zerfass holds a degree in translation (Chinese, Japanese and
Computational Linguistics) from the University of Bonn, Germany. After
her studies she worked for the Japanese Embassy in Bonn and then joined
TRADOS Germany in 1997. Until 2000 she was a TRADOS training and support
specialist for Microsoft projects in Japan, Ireland and the US. In October
2000 she went freelance and is now working internationally as an independant
trainer and consultant on translation tools technology. For the last 6 years
she has also been lecturing at the University of Bonn and frequently gives
speeches at localization-related conferences. 
Daniel Zielinski holds a degree in translation (German, Italian, French)
from Saarland University, Germany. Today, he works as a lecturer and
research assistant for translation and localization technologies at Saarland
University. Apart from his university job, he also works as an independent
trainer and consultant for translation and localization tools.
Joseph Dengler
is Solutions Director at LinguaNet AG, a globally active language management
company based in Austria with offices in Austria, France, Germany, Italy
and Poland.
Michael leads the Globalization Operations Program for Starwood Hotels’ web group, Global Web Services. In terms of Globalization, he manages the enhancements and development of the branded consumer websites for Sheraton, Westin, Le Méridien, W Hotels, Four Points by Sheraton, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Aloft, Element and Starwood Preferred Guest. These sites across (all languages) generate over $1.3B in annual revenue. Globalization is an important part of Starwood’s web group. Currently, the branded websites are available in five languages: English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. Michael and his team are planning to launch additional languages in 2007 and 2008.
Irene Koppenaal has been involved in the localization industry since 1986. After graduating with an M.A.
in English language and literature from Leiden University in the Netherlands she worked as a translator/journalist
for a Dutch quality newspaper before moving on to project management. Before joining WhP in 1997, Irene worked at
the International Localization Center of Digital Equipment ISE in the Netherlands and in Sophia Antipolis, France.
At WhP she was responsible for major WhP industry partners, as well as training, new procedures and communication.
Her background as a project manager both on the supplier and on the provider side in this industry gives her an
excellent insight in the various issues all players face. She has a strong interest in terminology management
and related services.
Daniel Nackovski is a Swedish national. He studied International Business at the University of Kristianstad and attained a master´s degree in Strategic Management from the University of Lund. As National Manager USA of across Systems, he advises companies on the practical application of language technology. He is also responsible for the operative management of the US partner network.
Willem Stoeller has been involved full-time in software localization since 1992. He has been directly or indirectly involved in project management his entire career. Willem's project management "boot camp" consisted of ten years of IT projects through Andersen Consulting followed by senior software development management positions with several US software publishers. He is a certified project management professional and a board member of the Project Management Institute, Silicon Valley Chapter. He teaches localization principles at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Translation
and Localization Manager, Content and Product Data Management, Global Operations,
Hewlett-Packard. Alison Toon has worked for Hewlett-Packard since 1991,
originally as a usability engineer and technical author with localization
responsibilities. After several years in this role, Alison moved on to creating,
designing and introducing services such as web-based distribution of documentation
and software to HP's support engineers.
Fred
Tuinstra is Process Architect at Lionbridge Technologies. He's responsible
for evaluation and standardization of the localization processes deployed
within the company. His current focus is on developing requirements that
allow the implementation of these localization processes in automated workflow
systems.
VP
of Sales and Marketing, directs worldwide marketing and sales strategy for
Language Weaver. Vashee has more than 25 years experience in successful
enterprise software marketing and product development, including background
with small entrepreneurial as well as larger technology companies such as
EMC, Dow Jones and Legato. Language Weaver is a pioneer in developing the
technology of statistically based automated translation which is widely
used today in the National & Homeland Security efforts. LW has developed
a variety of text and speech based language translation solutions for mission
critical enterprise applications.
Suneeta
Aggarwal is the Director of Technical Publications and Localization at TIBCO
Software. She has been in the field of technical writing for sixteen years
and localization for the last five years. Suneeta has undergraduate degrees
in business management and computer science and worked as a software engineer
for a couple of years after finishing college but never enjoyed coding very
much. As she had always enjoyed writing, she actively sought a career in
technical writing as it would keep her close to technology without having
to write code. Suneeta manages a team of writers distributed across the
globe including locations in India and China.
Donald
A. DePalma, president and founder of Common Sense Advisory, Inc., is an
industry analyst, author and corporate strategist with expertise in the
business- and marketing-focused application of technology. His practical
approach to global business issues, as laid out in his book Business
Without Borders: A Strategic Guide to Global Marketing, set the stage
for Common Sense Advisory, a research and consulting firm committed to improving
the quality of international business and the efficiency of the online and
offline operations that support it.
Adam
Freed has been Google's director of international product management since
January 2004. Adam manages the teams principally responsible for localization
and the development of Google's international products. Some recent highlights
of Google's global products are Gmail in 28 languages and AdWords in 41
languages and 58 currencies.
Mr.
Konecny works as a Customer Solutions Engineer at Alchemy Software Development.
He is responsible for identifying and expanding business opportunities
in North America , and also providing Alchemy's clients with online trainings
and basic technical support. He gained localization industry experience
at Moravia Worldwide starting with test lead position, working as project
manager on multilingual projects, business development manager, account
manager and finally sales enginner, bridging production and sales.
Richard
Sikes has been immersed in localization since 1989. He has held positions
as Technical Director for Central Europe for Micrografx, Director of International
Development for Delrina Corporation, Director of Development Services for
MGI Software Corp and, most recently, Director of Globalization for Peregrine
Systems where he oversaw localization teams at three company sites and spearheaded
company globalization initiatives. Richard also founded the Toronto office
of GECAP, which later became part of Bowne Global Solutions.