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

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