Global Ambitions

Jon Ritzdorf, Sr. Manager of Global Content Solutions at Procore and Adjunct Professor at Middlebury Institute, talks about declining enrollment in translation masters programs in the United States and what needs to be done to prevent talent shortages in the language industry. 

Data services is an area that many language service providers have expanded to but it does not quite fit into the same bucket as translation and localization. Chief Solutions Officer of Data Services, Chris Phillips, walks us through how the field works and how he got started. 

Giulia Greco takes us through the localization centralization process at Shopify.

Jodi Shimp takes us through how she managed global content strategy at Wayfair to support global expansion. 

We kick off this year with Katell Jentreau, a globalization leader with experience at Netflix, Box, Yahoo, and SDL. She speaks from a wealth of knowledge about the client and the LSP sides of localization on what is needed for a good partnership.

Eva Gross (formerly of Stripe) talks about starting her own consulting business to help startups develop localization programs, as well as how she coaches immigrant women in tech. 

Mariana Rolin, Director of Quality and Creative Solutions at Chillistore introduces some of the common issues that companies face when trying to be inclusive in their content and recommends some ways to overcome these challenges. 

What is International PPC, and how can you do it right? Digital Marketing Director, Sarah Presch, walks us through what we need to be looking for. 

Simon Lesser, Co-founder and CEO of Dragon Metrics, takes us through some of the biggest challenges in International SEO and how to avoid them. 

The life science industry moves fast, and localization teams need the tools and processes to keep up. Dan Koenig, Senior Strategist for Life Science at Argos Multilingual takes us through how to not lose pace.