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The C-Suite HotSeat show is a collection of short conversations with the executives at language service providers worldwide. In these episodes, the host ask a mix of rapid-fire and more in-depth questions to find out how the C-Suite got to where they are today.

  1. Leading Tech Teams Through The AI Shift with Stéphane Cinguino

    APR 7

    Leading Tech Teams Through The AI Shift with Stéphane Cinguino

    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. 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.

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

    11/15/2024

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

    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

    18 min
  3. Keep Moving Forward with Vera Hooijdonk, Managing Director at Avantpage Life Sciences | CSuiteHotSeatE57

    05/16/2024

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

    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. 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 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

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

    04/30/2024

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

    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. 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 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

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

    12/08/2023

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

    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. 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 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?

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

    11/23/2023

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

    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, 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, 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. 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 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?

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

    11/16/2023

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

    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. 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. 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 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

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

    11/09/2023

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

    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. 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. 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 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

    21 min
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The C-Suite HotSeat show is a collection of short conversations with the executives at language service providers worldwide. In these episodes, the host ask a mix of rapid-fire and more in-depth questions to find out how the C-Suite got to where they are today.

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  • Creator
    MultiLingual Media
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    25
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2021
  • Show Website
    C-Suite HotSeat