VistaTalks

Nataly Kelly is the VP of Localization at Hubspot, a published author with Penguin Random House and a board member at Multilingual magazine. Nataly is the author of Born to be Global, a well-known blog in the language industry, and a contributor to Harvard Business Review.

Fiachra Synnott is Project Management Operations Director at Vistatec since 2019 and is a trilingual software industry leader with a strong background in localization and video games. Fiachra has a passion for relationship building, partnerships, and ensuring that the services delivered often exceed expectations. Fiachra is a globetrotter and believes in leveraging the benefits of global work cult...

Mari Cahalane is a passionate advocate of STEM education for young people. She has been involved in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition since BT took over the sponsorship in 2000 and is the head of this magnificent STEM initiative. Leading a team in BT and externally to deliver the event on behalf of a charitable trust. In the almost 60 year history over 50,000, project ideas have bee...

Cormac Eklof is a Senior Program Manager at Vistatec. Cormac joined Vistatec in 2017 and is responsible for overseeing several large programs for major global corporations. In this episode, Cormac shares his thoughts on the importance of flexibility, communication, and effective listening in global program management.

Mathilde Jakobsen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fresh. Land, a disruptive food-tech startup that is digitizing and shortening the food supply chain, connecting farmers and consumers directly to a more sustainable and equitable model. Mathilde co-founded Fresh. Land in 2015 and has since gone on to win various prestigious accolades recognizing her success, such as the women of the decade in start-up...

Unn Villius is the Chief Sales Officer and responsible for Vistatec's Business Development. Her localization career started as a Swedish linguist at Microsoft Ireland in 1988, and she has since held a wide variety of positions in localization operations management. Joining Vistatec in 1997, she quickly moved into Business Development and successfully established Vistatec’s first US office.

Mel is VP of Product Commerce & Consumer Brands at Condé Nast. Mel is responsible for leading key brands globally across the portfolio - Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, Arch Digest, Allure and is now leading the transformation of new revenue opportunities within the commerce space. Mel has worked in various publishers and commerce companies in her career namely, Photobox, Telegraph, Mr &...

In this episode of VistaTalks, we talk to Ruth Dolla, Manager for VisitSweden. Ruth Manages the operations and marketing for an entire geographical market while also finding the right positioning for Sweden as a destination to market to the international tourist in India and the Asian market. Ruth has 14+ years of experience within integrated marketing, sponsorship management, digital marketing, P...

In this episode of VistaTalks, we talk to Tammy Darcy. Tammy is an award-winning social entrepreneur. Tammy founded the Shona Project to provide a safe place for girls to seek guidance and advice on all the challenges associated with growing up in Ireland. Backed by a team of professional advisors, the website also provides girls with an opportunity to share their own stories and learn from each o...

From Portarlington to Pennsylvania – Shane Patrick Ryan is an American-Irish swimmer who competes internationally for Ireland. Shane is a firm believer in learning from your past experiences and using these to move forward and mature from them. Shane's hard work and determination, traits that have stood to him as an elite athlete, paid off handsomely as he graduated from high school and received a...

Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark became an adventure athlete competing in ultra-endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps including being the first blind person to race to the South Pole. Mark won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games. Mark was described by Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella as one of “the most inspiring people I met” after they discu...

Andreas has got over 15 years of experience in the world of international digital marketing, managing the content & localization team at Ladbrokes for over seven years and later running the global digital sales & marketing channels for Sony's mobile division for seven years. Working across different industries, and in the ever-changing digital arena, Andreas has faced many trends, systems,...

Paula Manzur is a Machine Translation Specialist at Vistatec. With over 11 years of experience as an English<>Spanish Translator in the localization industry, she has acquired great experience in a number of customer service roles, ranging from localization, quality assurance, to project management & machine translation deployment in a multi-language environment. Paula is located in Rosa...

Alberto Ferreira is a UX research and globalization services expert with over ten years of experience in UX on both client and agency side. He is currently the User Research Manager at Vodafone UK and has worked on improving the digital experience of companies like Sony, the BBC, and Emirates. He is the author of Universal UX: Building Multicultural Experience, a book on the specialized practices...

With over ten years of experience in the Localization industry, Emil D. Atanassov is a global expert with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Currently Vice-President Internationalization at ServiceNow, he provides a meaningful voice to the internationalization strategy and execution for the cloud enterprise software organization. Skilled in Language Development, T...

On this episode of VistaTalks, host Simon Hodgkins is in discussion with Speaker, Connector and Elevator, Minter Dial . Minter is a professional speaker and multiple award-winning author, specializing in leadership, branding and transformation. An agent of change, he's a three-time entrepreneur who has exercised twelve different métiers and moved country fifteen times. Minter's core career stint o...

Anne-Sophie is the mover and shaker behind everything Localization at Deliveroo. Her team is playing a crucial role in helping the company achieve their mission to transform the way people around the world order food. With a background in languages, Anne-Sophie joined the company in 2018 where she single-handedly built the Localization Program from scratch. Three years down the line, people in 12...

Patrick Kelly began his IT career in software development at Lotus. He then joined GeCAP as Localization Manager and became one of Vistatec’s founding members when GeCAP was acquired in 1997. Patrick is Chief Commercial Officer at Vistatec and is responsible for the commercial viability of our business solutions.

Thomas Murray joined Vistatec in 2000 and was appointed Chief Executive officer in 2005. An industry veteran, he held a number of key positions within ITP and SDL in both Europe and Asia prior to joining Vistatec. As CEO Thomas is responsible for the overall strategy of the Vistatec organization.

VistaTalks host Priscillia Charles is joined by Vistatec's Paula Manzur, Machine Translation Specialist, Dominika D'Agostino, Strategic Account Director, and Monika Bugiel, Language Services Manager ahead of International Women's Day, taking place on March 8, 2021. Together they discuss how they choose to challenge gender bias and gender inequality in today's society.

Allison is GALA's Executive Director. Over the past 11 years, she has served GALA in several roles and provided leadership for many of the association’s programs and activities. As Executive Director, she leads operations at GALA and is responsible for the growth of the association, its financial stability, and for the expansion and delivery of member value. Allison has an undergraduate degree in...

Think Global Forum Summit Week hosts María Jesús de Arriba Díaz and Teresa Lawless, Development Directors, and Aoife Murphy, Managing Director at the Think Global Forum, discuss the Think Global Forum community and their upcoming event with VistaTalks host Priscillia Charles. The unique event, running over five consecutive days, March 8-12, 2021, will feature insightful speakers and guests from le...

Kathrin Bussmann is an international marketing strategist, who helps digital-first companies build successful global brands. She loves to operate at the intersection of global business, content marketing, and localization. Through her strategic consultancy, Verbaccino Inc., Kathrin advises global-minded B2B brands on how to attract, engage and retain more international customers. In her role as He...

Kelly Bryant is the Director of Global Experiences at WorldStrides, where she partners with top universities and business schools to arrange short-term global immersion programs. The Global Experiences team works closely with faculty and deans to connect university students with local organizations and nonprofits to facilitate educational meetings, service-learning activities, and consulting proje...

Elizabeth Riley helps support the company-wide sales division as Director of Solutions Architecture, assisting Vistatec to work closely with clients and partners globally. Elizabeth has held a variety of qualified positions in Sales and Production over the past 15 years. She is extremely knowledgeable about the client-side of operations, with experience as a Linguistic QA Manager, Account Manager,...