C-Suite HotSeat MultiLingual TV and Nimdzi Insights

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, MultiLingualEddie 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 InsightsLaszlo 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.
This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights. Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Jan Cizmar CEO of Toglee00:45 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 visit03:24 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 challenge07:04 Have you ever considered pivoting?07:36 What makes you a great leader?08:11 Who are your mentors?08:35 Secret sauce08:46 Valuable business lesson09:28 What is the most innovative thing you have done?10:19 What does success mean to you?10:40 Key things to spend time on11:06 How big is your team?11:09 Would you rehire your current team?11:15 Advice for entrepreneurs12:08 Music or silence?12:36 Music for working13:10 Where would you live?13:14 Movie recommendation13:23 Last business books you've read?13:36 Most productive time of day13:45 Misunderstood career14:13 What's your favorite drink?

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.
Hosts:Eddie Arrieta, Head of Growth, MultiLingualEddie 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, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Nimdzi InsightsLaszlo 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.
This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights. Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Heather Shoemaker Founder&CEO Language IO00:46 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 visit02:50 Best advice you've ever been given?03:12 What inspired you to start your company?05:48 Biggest challenge06:35 Your biggest failure07:56 Secret sauce08:41 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 entrepreneurs15:57 Music for working16:09 Where would you live?16:15 Favorite foreign word16:29 Last business books you've read?16:47 Most productive time of day17:01 What's your favorite drink?

Hosts:Eddie Arrieta, Head of Growth, MultiLingualEddie 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, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Nimdzi InsightsLaszlo 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.
This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights. Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Grainne Maycock CRO at Acolad00:46 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 visit04:17 Best advice you've ever been given?05:04 What brought you to the Revenue track?06:55 Biggest challenge09:18 How do you motivate your team?11:06 Secret sauce13:25 Would you rehire your current team?15:13 Key business challenge17:14 Advice for entrepreneurs17:59 How often do you get angry?18:43 One time when you felt discriminated19:13 Most uncomfortable conversation?20:10 Misunderstood career

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 InsightsIs dedicated to providing localization, globalization, and multicultural insights to enterprise companies and language service providers.
Lazlo Varga, Senior Consultant and Researcher, Nimdzi InsightsLaszlo 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.
This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights. Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Xavier Maza-Cid, Global Client Solutions Manager | iDISC00:52 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 visit06:42 Best advice you've ever been given?07:13 First breakthrough moment09:08 How has growth been for?10:18 Your biggest failure10:58 Biggest time wasters11:50 Three key things to spend time on13:02 What does success mean to you?14:15 What makes you a great leader?16:01 Valuable business lesson16:51 Secret sauce17:56 Your biggest success18:59 Advice for entrepreneurs

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 InsightsIs 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.
This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights. Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Eric Bauwelinck | Owner & Founder of Mastervoice00:44 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 visit04:35 Best advice you've ever been given?06:28 What inspired you to start your company?08:10 Biggest challenge09:37 Your biggest success11:23 Valuable business lesson12:31 The secret sauce!14:08 How do you motivate your team?15:04 Pet peeve when it comes to clients16:24 Have you ever fired a friend or relative?17:47 Advice for entrepreneurs

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 InsightsIs 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.
This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights. Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Carol G. Velandia Pardo | Founder & CEO of Equal Access Language Services00:40 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 visit05:25 Best advice you've ever been given?06:13 What inspired you to start your company?09:06 Biggest challenge09:36 Your biggest success11:17 Valuable business lesson12:09 The secret sauce!13:18 Who are your mentors?