VistaTalks

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,...

Dr Jon Rudd is an Olympic Gold medal swimming coach and Swim Ireland’s National Performance Director. In this episode, Jon discusses the importance of sport and the relationship to business, leadership, coaching and mental health. In recent years, Jon has directly coached three World Records (both long course and short course) and several European and Commonwealth Records. Jon’s coaching history s...

In this special 'rewind' episode, Simon Hodgkins, Gregory Twohig, and Jordan Knights look back over the year to highlight several important topics and episodes. Digital transformation, mental health, and how the pandemic has changed the global landscape are the main discussion topics. Episodes discussed include Ep 26 - Davide De Simone, Ep 27 - Serena Pirrone, Ep 32 - Lucio Bagnulo, Ep 37 - Ellie...

The World UX roundtable event, hosted by María Jesús de Arriba Díaz of Vistatec, María is joined in conversation with Alberto Ferreira, Vodafone, Tarja Karjalainen, Oura, Pat Higgins, Verizon Connect, Ryan Moroz, LINE Plus Corp, and Sergio Valero Notari, Doctoralia. This online roundtable event aimed to share learnings on why it is key to bring design, content and localization together. To visuali...

The World UX roundtable event, hosted by María Jesús de Arriba Díaz of Vistatec, María is joined in conversation with Alberto Ferreira, Vodafone, Tarja Karjalainen, Oura, Pat Higgins, Verizon Connect, Ryan Moroz, LINE Plus Corp, and Sergio Valero Notari, Doctoralia. This online roundtable event aimed to share learnings on why it is key to bring design, content and localization together. To visuali...

The World UX roundtable event, hosted by María Jesús de Arriba Díaz of Vistatec, María is joined in conversation with Alberto Ferreira, Vodafone, Tarja Karjalainen, Oura, Pat Higgins, Verizon Connect, Ryan Moroz, LINE Plus Corp, and Sergio Valero Notari, Doctoralia. This online roundtable event aimed to share learnings on why it is key to bring design, content and localization together. To visuali...

Jameson is a language prodigy who speaks over a dozen languages. He’s developed his own accessible language teaching style and used it successfully with students for more than 16 years. He has also done translating and consulting for major businesses and startups. Most recently, Jameson was the Localization Manager at American Express. He’s spoken at Think Global Forum and Mystic South. His dream...

Think Global Forum Founder, Simon Hodgkins, answers questions about the latest Think Global Awards. This is the fourth year of the awards. (Find out more: https://www.thinkglobalforum.org/think-global-awards )

Kyle Hegarty is the author of the Accidental Business Nomad. A book for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world.

Magdalena Daccord is the CEO of FH Europe, the European FH Patient Network. The organization is a network of 24 Patient organizations, who actively work together to secure early identification and diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia patients to prevent early cardiovascular disease and devastating consequences. (Find out more: https://www.fheurope.org/)

Barbara Brennan is the Programme Coordinator at See Change, working positively to reduce the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems and to ensure that everyone enjoys the same rights on an equal basis. In this episode, we discuss mental health in the workplace, the voice of the lived experience, and the importance of sleep, nutrition, and hobbies. Barbara explains taking...

Kristina Podnar is a Digital Policy Consultant and Author of 'The Power of Digital Policy.' She is an advisor and enabler for brands looking to engage users and minimize risks. In this episode, we cover investing in digital, lowering risks, and increasing opportunities, protecting global brand integrity, the C-Suite and the understanding of digital. Kristina has worked with many global brands, inc...

Brian Crooke is a wellbeing educator, speaker and adviser supporting organizations to promote and sustain wellbeing within their workplaces. Brian is a prior IBM Management Consultant and is responsible for programme design and delivery of the Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Wellness at Tangent, Trinity College Dublin. He works with many HR leaders as an educator, speaker, and advisor.

Founding Partner at Beta Digital, Louise O'Conor, catches up with Simon Hodgkins on this episode of VistaTalks to discuss the important topic of digital transformation and how companies are focusing on a digital-first strategy. In this new episode, we discuss digital maturity, purpose lead transformation, and internal and external communications. Louise shares insights on how global content and co...

Ellie Kemp is the Head of Crisis Response at Translators without Borders (TWB). Ellie is leading TWB's scale-up to bring language support to humanitarian action, facilitating communication between the people caught up in crisis and the aid organisations seeking to help them. Translators without Borders is a non-profit working towards a world where knowledge knows no language barriers.

Major Accounts Director Aoife Murphy joins us on this episode of VistaTalks. Aoife discusses transitioning to working from home, the Think Global Forum online, digital transformation and adapting to the current situation. During this episode, Aoife explains localization and customer experience. She also shares insights on ‘Digital Natives’, ‘Digital Pioneers’, and ‘Digital Explorers’, as well as t...

Róisín Maguire is Co-founder and CEO of Jetpack Learning. Roisin has managed, digital design projects and teams since 1997, firstly with Oniva New Media in Dublin, then with BBC Technology. She co-founded digital design agency Eyesparks in 2002 before founding Jetpack Learning. At Jetpack Learning, Róisín shapes the company’s strategy, based on feedback from users combined with ongoing research in...