CV
LANGUAGES
English – Native Spanish – Native Russian – Near-native
French – Near-native German – Fluent
Portuguese – Conversational Italian – Conversational
EXPERIENCE
Business Development
Traackr, Inc.
San Francisco, CA | Feb 2017 – present
- Market Development
- First point of contact for any inbound interest in the Americas and APAC
- Identifying and developing new market segments
- Targeting buying as well as non-buying customers in current segments, as having my finger on the pulse of the entire market is crucial in developing new segments.
- Account Development
- Developing new business by analyzing account potential and becoming an industry expert in key target verticals such as Consumer Tech, Automotive, CPG, and Beauty
- Initiating and developing sales
- Recommending new applications and sales strategies.
- Account Expansion
- Understanding the global structure of current clients
- Determining which divisions worldwide can be developed further
- Initiating and developing sales.
Interpreter – Russian, English, Spanish
International Launch Services (via Olganet)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan | Aug – Sep 2017
- Trilingual interpreter (Russian, English, Spanish) for the “Amazonas 5” launch campaign
- Provided timely interpretation and translation in Russian, Spanish and English for the ILS Amazonas-5 launch campaign at the Baikonur Cosmodrome employing appropriate industry terminology
- Supported staff, technicians and security representatives in a variety of pre-launch and launch operations involving the launch vehicle (Proton M) and the spacecraft (Amazonas 5 Satellite)
- Gallery + blog post
Interpreter – Spanish, English
United Nations
New York, NY | Feb 2017
- Provided simultaneous interpretation for Horacio Sevilla, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations, during the Presentation of the Shanghai Manual event at UN Headquarters in New York
- Press
Software Technician – Worldwide Developer Relations
Apple Inc.
Cupertino, CA | Feb 2016 – Apr 2017
- Application Specialist for the App Store at Worldwide Developer Relations
- Forged relationships with software developers and completed the meticulous analytical review of their mobile applications
- Exercised caution and remained objective while conducting a thorough review of developers’ software
- Demonstrated exceptional client service skills when working with software developers around the world, providing support in Russian, French, Spanish, German, and English
Project Associate
Craft Translation
New York, NY | Nov 2015 – Jan 2016
- Prepped and monitored translation projects from start to finish
- Communicated timing, quality and scope expectations with the project team
- Partnered with vendors — copywriters, copyeditors, and linguists worldwide — to provide accurate, creative and impactful copy in foreign languages
- Solved problems occurring at different stages of projects
Lingoda GmbH
Berlin, Germany | Sep 2014 – Jul 2015
- Head of the development of the Spanish program.
- Hired, trained and managed our first 50-odd language instructors and learning material creators
- Managed the creation of the Spanish course curriculum – Oversaw the creation of 400 Spanish lessons
- Localized entire company website (Spanish)
- Restructured and managed the English course curriculum
- Taught Spanish and English classes
- Took part in editing, proofreading, and QA in Spanish and English
- Helped customers achieve their goals and provided support in German, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian and English
- Company website
Actor
X Filme Creative Pool
Berlin, Germany | Apr 2015
- Portrayed Emil Ludwig’s interpreter in Maria Schrader’s sophomore film Vor der Morgenröte (English: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe / French: Stefan Zweig, adieu l’Europe), a Franco-Austro-German co-production that charts the last six months in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, exiled with his wife in Brazil during the Second World War.
- Press (People’s Choice Award 2017 for Best European Film)
- Gallery
Interpreter – Russian, French, Spanish into English
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative,
Mexico City, Mexico | Jul 2014
- Provided simultaneous interpretation for EITI’s 27th board meeting in Mexico City
- Company website
Interpreter – Russian, Spanish, English
Stanford Hospitals and Clinics
Palo Alto, CA | May – Jun 2014
- Provided consecutive and simultaneous interpretation in the Russian-English and Spanish-English combinations
- Provided translation services from Russian to English
Interpreter – Spanish, Russian, English
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY | Dec 2013 – Jan 2014
- Provided timely and accurate interpretation for doctors, nurses and patients in the English-Spanish and English-Russian combinations
Translator – Russian-English
Janus Worldwide
Moscow, Russia | Summer 2013
- Translated texts on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from press releases on the Olympic torch relay to construction plans for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, primarily from Russian to English
Translator – French-English
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT | May 2010 – Jun 2010
- Translated Ces dessins qui bougent; Cent ans de cinéma d’animation (René Laloux, 1996, ~200 pp.) from French to English for Middlebury College professor
- Book review
U.S. EDUCATION
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA
- M.A., Conference Interpretation – Russian, May 2014
- Coursework in Spanish and French
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
- B.A., Russian major with German minor
The Kathryn Davis School of Russian, Summer 2010, Middlebury, VT
- Student at level 7 at the Davis School of Russian, a 9-week full-immersion language program at Middlebury College
RUSSIA EDUCATION
Russian State University for the Humanities, Spring 2011, Moscow, Russia
- Cultural immersion program with coursework in consecutive interpretation, Russian stylistics, Russian literature, grammar, speech practice
Irkutsk State University, Fall/Winter 2010, Irkutsk, Russia
- Cultural immersion program with coursework in Russian literature, grammar, speech practice, Czech language
GERMANY, FRANCE, SPAIN EDUCATION
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Aug 2014, Santander, Spain
- Professional Conference Interpretation Practicum: In-booth simultaneous interpretation workshop from Spanish into English, using UIMP seminars, workshops, and graduate courses as material
Freie Universität Berlin, Fall/Winter 2011, Berlin, Germany
- Cultural immersion program with coursework in linguistics, music theory, film history
Lycée Jeanne d’Arc, Sep 2006 – Jun 2007, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Junior year of high school studying in Clermont-Ferrand and living with a host family through AFS Intercultural Programs
TECH
Wordfast, SDL Trados 2007, 2009 & 2011, Salesforce, Microsoft Office, Windows, Mac OS X
AWARDS & HONORS
- Merit Scholarship, Monterey Institute, 2012 – 2014
- Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society member, May 2012
- Elita Hawley AFS Scholarship for study in France, 2006-2007