Thrive in Global Markets

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In this special episode of the Thrive in Global Markets podcast, we welcome Russell Armstrong, inventor of hotun detect and the hotun dry trap tundish and the Managing Director of RA Tech. RA Tech is the sponsor of this year's Translation Challenge competition. Translation Challenge has been running for 10 years and provides translation students with the opportunity to gain real-world experience b...

Edith Bendermacher is the Director of Globalization Strategy and Localization Operations at NetApp, based in San Jose, California. Focused on the end goal of delivering the best global Customer Experience, her team is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of globalization across all departments, including delivery, innovation, uptake, and return of the globalization investments. Und...

Anna Schlegel is VP of Product, Global Infrastructure, International Markets, and Globalization at Procore Technologies, co-founder of Women in Localization, a non-profit based on 30 worldwide sites with 7000 global members, and the author of "Truly Global '', awarded as the best book on international markets by Book Authority for the past 3 years. Anna has led globalization teams at top technolog...

Tugce Bulut is the founder and CEO of Streetbees which connects with real people in real-time through conversational AI, capturing the reality of everyday life. While working as a strategic advisor, Tugce Bulut was continually exposed to the limitations of the traditional consumer intelligence space, which was struggling to uncover growth opportunities as they continue to use outdated survey metho...

Pia Bresnan is Senior Localization Manager at Uber. She was technically born in NY but is a Citizen of the world. She spent her childhood in Europe before coming back to the US for her under-grad studies in International Relations. Pia started her second career in Localization at a single language vendor, learning the ropes from the linguists' perspective then worked her way up the value chain, no...

Chris Walker is CEO and Director of Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd, a high-growth SME in the Advanced Engineering Sector producing innovative patented coating materials and thermal management products. The business was established in 2005 and currently exports 60-80% of its turnover to 22 countries worldwide. Chris is an entrepreneur, Chartered Marketer, and Engineer who has specialised knowledge in es...

Professor Monika Schmid is Head of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York. She received her PhD at the University of Dusseldorf and speaks five languages; German, Dutch, English, French, and Spanish. Her main area of research is the loss of natural language among multilingual people. It’s a problem she’s experienced directly as a multi-linguist herself. KEY TAK...

Anne Ford runs PGM Reball with her husband Mehdi Sabet and is a proud UK manufacturer of small precision ballscrews that fly in the demanding and harsh conditions of aerospace and space.  She is passionate about manufacturing, SMEs, her county of Leicestershire as well as the role of women in the workplace, particularly in engineering.  Following a 30-year career in Human Resources in the corporat...

Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their companies more effectively resulting in sales that soar. His services are trusted by Google, Roche, Consilience Ventures, Amgen, and AbbVie. He created the Strategy Sprints™ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. He is a TEDx speaker, Contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, and member o...

Geraint Edwards is Chief Growth Officer at tangerine, a UK-founded international design consultancy that helps companies to make creative leaps through the design of innovative products, services, and customer experiences. Geraint joined tangerine in 2020 and his appointment builds on the consultancy’s offer in growth sectors for the business, expanding its capabilities in service and experience d...

Chris Walker is CEO and Director of Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd, a high-growth SME in the Advanced Engineering Sector producing innovative patented coating materials and thermal management products. The business was established in 2005 and currently exports 60-80 % of its turnover to 22 countries worldwide. Chris is an entrepreneur, Chartered Marketer, and Engineer who has specialised knowledge in e...

George Natsvlishvili is Organic Growth at Airapps and a consultant at different companies such as Gamehive, Glovo, Lingokids with several teams leading: UA, Monetization, ASO, SEO, incrementality projects, and AdTeach Team. His team has already saved the companies more than 5 mln euros, with more than 3 mln euros savings coming from organic growth projects. Meanwhile, within the last several years...

Shekhar Varma is a Business Coaching Specialist and also Associate Partner at Coach Strategic Growth For Enterprise SGFE. He has 30 years of experience as a business owner, international coach, and trainer. He works with leaders, teams, and CEOs from diverse cultures around the world focused on helping them grow their business by facilitating insights and clarity that take a plan from good to grea...

Priscilla Knoble is Senior Director of International Strategy & Product Management at Adobe. She was born and raised in Japan, she is fluent in the culture and the Japanese language. She sees the world through an international (non-English) lens. She and her team are responsible for the strategy behind the foundational requirements for developing localized products that allow them to focus Adobe's...

Pilar Cardenas is Chief Growth Officer at Meditopia. With extensive experience in launching, developing, and successfully scaling Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) and Subscription brands, Pilar has worked with top international brands including Adidas, Savage X Fenty, and Fabletics (part of the American fashion group TechStyleOS) for over a decade. A strong believer and advocate of the importance of menta...

Alan Temple is the Chief Revenue Officer at Paligo, an enterprise-grade cloud-based Component Content Management System (CCMS). He has over 20 years of leadership and sales experience in the tech Industry. His professional journey started out in Dell when it was in hypergrowth during the late 90’s/early 2000s. He moved then to Oracle and LinkedIn before stepping more into the start-up world. He ha...

Kate Anderson is a consultant with business growth experts, SGFE , and founder of B2B insight agency morph b2b .  Kate has 25+ years of experience supporting global corporates in designing, planning, and implementing strategic change through insights-based consulting.   She is an expert in understanding and optimising B2B global value chains with a particular focus on tech, industrial, and logisti...

Brian Coultrip is CEO of Shirlaws, The Shirlaws community of business professionals encompasses coaches and consultants, CEOs and senior teams as well as HR and L&D professionals across all sectors. With their world-class IP, training and global community of experts help to overcome the source issues that affect most businesses and create an environment in which businesses, and the people who work...

Alessandra Binazzi is the founder of Alessandra Binazzi Consulting. She is a multi-lingual professional with a surprisingly varied experience and one common thread: International markets and customers. Proficient in all major European languages, Alessandra has dedicated her professional life to marketing, selling, supporting, and educating customers on all continents. She was raised in Italy and u...

Domenica Di Lieto is the founder of Emerging Communications. She is a highly experienced sales and marketing professional, having worked as a media owner, client, and agency side throughout her professional career. She has a deep knowledge of the Chinese digital landscape; she founded Emerging Communications in 2015 after recognising that businesses needed far more than pure marketing services, bu...

Matti Hemmi is the Chief Paradigm Shifter and founding partner of inKNOWation, a consulting firm specialising in delivering coaching, consulting, and mentoring to pioneering CEOs and their teams, with offices in Madrid and London. He is the author of three books published in Spanish (“ Towards A New Paradigm ”, “The Alchemy Of Creativity” and “ Do You Dare To Dream? ”), the latter is based on his...

Jane Malyon is the founder of The English Cream Tea Company and business/life coach. They deliver fresh, deluxe hampers of afternoon tea all over the mainland UK. They now also have their own range of luxury jams, teas and gifts and supply the public and corporate markets. They also have an event Tea Room in White Roding, Essex (The Secret Sconery) which opens for special events (eg Mothering Sund...

Giovanni Baccini is the Managing Director at Lewden Palazzoli Group who has 20+ years of experience acquired in more than 20 countries (Europe, U.S.A., South America, Middle East, Far East, Australia). His practices are in different business sectors: Mechanical Textile machinery, electronics, Access automation, Electrical Motors, Electrical-Power distribution, and lighting. His career started as a...

Anna N. Schlegel is VP of Product, International Markets, and Globalization at Procore Technologies. She is a native of Olot, Catalunya, who has resided in the US for the past 30 years. Anna started as a globalization agency owner who quickly passed onto the world of High-Tech in Silicon Valley, California. Anna has led a variety of teams managing enterprise digital transformation, global engineer...