Geert is the founder and CEO of Yamagata Europe, and director at Yamagata Corporation in Japan. Geert holds an MA in Chinese and Japanese languages and an MBA from the Vlerick Business School. He started as a programmer working in the textile industry where he first learned the Japanese quality philosophy. After two extra years of studying in Japan he moved to the localization & translation industry in 1991 and founded Yamagata Europe in 1998. Today Yamagata Europe employs over 60 information specialists, with offices in Ghent (Belgium) and Bratislava (Slovakia). The company creates, translates, manages, and prints technical and marketing information for international companies in a wide variety of industries. Learn more about the show and sign up for the mailing list on: https://www.nimdzi.com/c-suite-hotseat/ 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. Hosts: Inge Boonen, VP of Consulting, Nimdzi Insights Inge is 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. 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 Geert Benoit 00:43 What does your company do? 00:59 Your dream career as a kid 01:51 3 destinations you'd like to visit 03:17 How do you like to spend your free time? 04:10 What is the best advice you've ever been given? 05:07 First Breakthrough 06:43 3 things that you spend your time on 07:23 Your biggest failure 08:09 Your biggest success 09:02 What makes you a great leader? 09:17 Pet peeve when it comes to clients 09:49 Advice for entrepreneurs
*Since the time of this recording Elizabeth has moved to a new career opportunity, and is no longer with LanguageLoop.* With more than 20 years' experience working in executive roles across financial services, automotive and government, Elizabeth Compton is now on a mission to digitally transform language services. She works with Australia's largest corporates to ensure that across any customer touch point and journey, customers can interact with the businesses that serve them. Anywhere, anytime, any channel in ANY language. Her passion is improving outcomes for customers, understanding their needs and delivering the products and services to serve them. Using the latest tech, driving business transformation, strategy implementation and by focusing on getting the best out of people to deliver great outcomes. Learn more about the show and sign up for the mailing list on: https://www.nimdzi.com/c-suite-hotseat/ 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. Hosts: Sarah Hickey, VP of Research, Nimdzi Insights Sarah is VP of Research at Nimdzi Insights by day, podcaster at The Troublesome Terps by night, and conference interpreter DE to EN by trade. Marek Jakúbek, Business Development Manager, Nimdzi Insights Entrepreneurship, a natural talent for bringing people together, and a passion for the localization industry push Marek to strive to uncover opportunities for creating value. 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 Elizabeth Compton | LanguageLoop 00:40 ...
Georg Ell is the recently appointed CEO of Memsource. He brings more than 15 years of experience in the technology sector, having previously held senior leadership roles at Tesla, Yammer and Microsoft. Read more on Georg's recent appointment to CEO on multilingual.com: https://multilingual.com/georg-ell-ap... Learn more about the show and sign up for the mailing list on: https://www.nimdzi.com/c-suite-hotseat/ 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. Hosts: Josef Kubovsky, CEO, Nimdzi Insights Josef uses his unique blend of language, tech, and sales skills to help Nimdzi partners in their pursuit of business excellence and growth. 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. 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 ...
Silke Zschweigert is a passionate, authentic, and driven executive, with 23 years of experience in the language software and services industry. Before becoming CEO at Jonckers, Silke was a member of the executive team at SDL as their Chief Delivery Officer. She's always looking for ways to be better, faster, and more profitable by discovering new business opportunities, process optimization & automation through AI and machine learning without losing a clear focus on the customer, the employees, and quality. Learn more about the show and sign up for the mailing list on: https://www.nimdzi.com/c-suite-hotseat/ 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. 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. 00:00 Welcome 00:49 What does your company do? 01:36 Your dream career as a kid 02:06 How do you like to spend your free time? 02:43 Three destinations you'd like to visit 03:48 What is the best advice you've ever been given? 06:56 First Breakthrough 09:01 The best moment of you career 11:27 Your biggest failure 12:56 A waste of time 13:46 Three main things you spend your time on? 16:02 Advice for young entrepreneurs ...
