Fernando Gargano is CEO at Paras and Associates, a Bay Area company that manages language technology and quality assurance for the Health Care Interpreter Network (HCIN). He is also the founder and CEO of Valhalla Mobile Technologies, a company that builds tablet carts for healthcare organizations. Prior to his current roles, Fernando had nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare language access – first as a Portuguese medical interpreter and later as manager of more than 50 staff interpreters at Cambridge Health Alliance, an HCIN member organization and public safety-net health system affiliated with Harvard and Tufts medical schools. Fernando is a licensed private pilot and studied Aviation Administration at Utah Valley University.
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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.
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00:00 Welcome 00:41 What does your company do? 02:11 Your dream career as a kid 02:55 How do you like to spend your free time? 03:15 3 destinations you'd like to visit 03:52 What is the best advice you've ever been given? 04:44 First Breakthrough 07:33 What does success mean to you? 08:17 How to motivate your team 09:05 Advice for entrepreneurs 11:43 What makes you a great leader? 12:02 Most innovative thing you've ever done?
Prior to Cloudbreak Health, Jamey was the CEO of Emergent Medical Associates. During his tenure, EMA grew into the leading multi-specialty group in the southwest US. He remains with EMA as a Board Member. He is also Board Member for Santa Monica Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Young President’s Organization and a Mentor at the LA Incubator Start Engine. Jamey has been a 3x Honoree for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and a 2x Honoree for the LABJ Healthcare Leadership Awards. Jamey is also a proud member of the #PinkSocks Tribe of healthcare innovators, working to disrupt healthcare from the ground up and drive positive change for patients and providers. He received his MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. *Since the time of this interview, Cloudbreak Health announced the completion of its special purpose acquisition company transaction with UpHealth, where Jamey is now President. Read more here: https://multilingual.com/cloudbreak-health-completes-spac-merges-with-uphealth/ Find Jamey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameyedwards/ 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. 00:00 Welcome 00:50 What does your company do? 01:23 First career 01:53 How do you like to spend your free time? 02:38 Three destinations you'd like to visit 04:00 What is the best advice you've ever been given? 05:25 What inspired ...
Krzysztof Zdanowski is an entrepreneur. He grew up in a Polish-Canadian family, studied and graduated from the Tischner European University in Poland and the European University of Rome in Italy. In 2009 he built his first business – now, with annual revenue exceeding USD 25m, one of the top 100 largest multilingual data management providers in the world. As CEO of Summa Linguae Technologies, he has developed a unique business model based on a combination of organic growth and M&A strategy. He took the company public (SUL, Warsaw Stock Exchange), raised multiple angel and PE equity and debt rounds (USD 30m+) and managed a number of mergers and acquisitions (Poland, India, Romania, Scandinavia, USA and Canada). Krzysztof is fascinated by processes of innovation in cultural and business environments. He has invested and advised in 30+ equity/debt projects. Krzysztof frequently keynotes conferences and has been a mentor, panelist and speaker at 100+ events. Essentially, Krzysztof is an entrepreneur, investor and a licensed airplane pilot. He is also an active long-distance runner. 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 ...
*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 ...
