Smartcat authors and contributors
The linguists, localization specialists, marketers, and subject-matter experts behind Smartcat’s articles, guides, and events. Every profile lists their role, expertise, and published work.
Adolfo Gomez-Urda
Localization Director at Warner Bros. Entertainment
Aleks Ignjatovic
Program Management Lead at Shopify
Alessandra Binazzi
Founder & Principal Consultant at Global Sights Consulting
Alex Chernenko
Chief Executive Officer at Chern & Co.
Alex Yanishevsky
Senior Director, AI and MT Solutions at Smartling
Alexander Murauski
CEO at Alconost
Alexandra Conza
Senior Strategic Content Marketing Manager at Smartcat
Alina Petrova
Founder, Growth Strategist at Grow.Repeat
Alison Toon
Principal Analyst at CSA Research
Allison Ferch
Executive Director at Globalization and Localization Association
Ana Trejo
Sr. Product Manager, Corporate Affairs Intelligence at Target
Anastasia Taymanova
Localization Team Lead at FinTech Eco
Anca Greve
Senior Localization Manager, Slack
Andrew Federici
Former VP of Marketing at Smartcat
Andrew James Viglione
Senior Director of Global Commercial Learning & Development, Gilead Sciences
Andy Crestodina
Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Orbit Media Studios
Andy Nikulin
Founding CPO, Engineer at Chatronix
Ann Lawless
Senior Program Manager at Centific
Ann Montañana
Strategy Director at Optimational
Anna Bulakh
Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy for Ukraine at Google
Anna Iokhimovich
Co-Founder, Project Manager at Closure
Anna Schwarz
Senior Manager Brand & People Communications at bettercoach
Anne-Maj van der Meer
Head of Growth at TAUS
Axel-Marc Nianga
Product Localization Manager | AI Enablement at Tinder
Azat Salikhov
Forward Deployed Engineer
Barbara Scottu
Documentation Specialist at General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Beatriz Verdasco
Head of Localization
Becky Pearse
B2B SaaS Spanish Localization Specialist and Copywriter
Benedikt Grimm
M&A specialist at T'works
Benjamin Thiers
SEO and Digital Marketing Consultant
Bernie Wong
Founder at Social Stand
Bridget Hylak
Senior Consultant and Founder at TongueTek Language Consulting
Brittany Clark
Senior Director of Product Marketing at Smartcat
Brooke Starling
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Bruno Bitter
Co-Founder, CEO at Blackbird.io
Bryan R Montpetit
Chief Growth Officer and Partner at 360 Smart Lingo
Carmela Richeson
Manager, Instructional Design and Development at Cardinal Health
Carmen Avilés Suárez
Localization Manager at Agilent Technologies
Carrie Livermore Fischer
Manager of Globalization Services at Subway
Catherine Cohen
Content Marketing Specialist at Smartcat
Cathy McPhillips
Chief Marketing Officer at SmarterX
Cecilia Enbäck
Owner and Managing Director at Translator Scandinavia AB
Chris Englund
International Growth Manager at Bluebeam
Chris Raulf
Founder & Chief Visionary Officer at Boulder SEO Marketing
Chris Taylor
Chief Growth Officer at Left Lane Capital
Christine Won
Writer and editor
Cisco Guzman
VP of Product Management at Smartcat
Claire Foster
Director of Customer Marketing
Clark Hayes
VP of Account Management at Smartcat
Claudia Müller
Head of UX Content and Localisation at Trusted Shops
Clysree Brown
IT Project Coordinator at PBG Consulting
Colman Murphy
Growth & Industry Marketing at RapidScale
Costa Vasili
CEO&Founder at EthnoLink
Crys Stripling
Sr. Manager, Global Commercial Education Strategy at Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Cynthia Gibbs
Director of Learning Services and Customer Education at Intradiem
Daniel Gray
SVP North America, GTM at Acolad group
Daniel Italiaander
Head of Customer Success at Grain
Daniel James
Senior Account Executive at Showpad
David Kelly
SVP of Strategy & Transformation at Bluewater
David Utrilla
President & CEO at U.S. Translation Company
Dawid Dorynek
Senior Localization Engineer at EcoVadis
Dawn Powell
Manager of Ecommerce at Kids2
Debbie Richards
Chief Technology Officer at Creative Interactive Ideas
Denisse Kreeger
Head of Localization Production at Riot Games
Derek Phillips
Digital Training Expert at MilliporeSigma
Derick Fajardo
Language Strategy and Technology at Harvard Business Publishing
Diego Cresceri
Founder and CEO at Creative Words
Dmitry Chitaev
Senior Product Manager at Smartcat
Don DePalma
Chief Strategy Officer & Founder at CSA Research
Doug Bruhnke
Founder / CEO at Global Chamber
Doug Zarkin
Chief Marketing Officer - Take 5 at Driven Brands Inc.
Dr Gaya M Gamhewage
Founder at The Wisdom House
Dr Markus Bernhardt
AI Strategist | AI and Technology Consultant | Board Advisor | International Speaker | Author
Dr. Arle Lommel
Senior Analyst at CSA Research
Ella Petlicka
Manager, Technical Program Management at Pinterest
Esther Curiel
Globalization Manager, Global Diagnostics at Zoetis
Eugenia Gorodetskaya
Vice President of Technology Development & COO at EGO Translating Company
Fabrizio Cattaneo
Marketing Localisation Manager at Stripe
Falk Gottlob
Founder at Falkster AI
Fardad Zabetian
Co-founder & CEO at KUDO, Inc
Fei Liu
Head of Localisation at Capital.com
Florian Faes
Managing Director at Slator
François Chartrand
CEO at Versacom
François Dufour
Product Marketing at Anthropic
Genevieve Carbone
Director of Product Marketing at Smartcat
Giada Gerotto
LSP Vendor Manager at IQVIA
Giulia Greco
Director of Localization at Project Management Institute
Grant Straker
Co-founder at Slicify
Helena Kubovská Rohanová
Psychologist
Hristina Racheva
Senior Business Operations Manager at Skyscanner
Ian Ng
Chief Executive Officer at AIbyML SG
Igor Afanasyev
Product Director at Smartcat
Ingrid Christensen
Founder + CEO at Modus Access
Irina Rybnikova
Head of User Assitance Department at Positive Technologies
Isabelle Weiss
Owner at Alpha CRC
Iti Sahai
Product Lead, Internationalization Platform at Klaviyo
Ivan Smolnikov
Founder and CEO at Smartcat
Ivan Sokolov
Growth Lead at Smartcat
Jakub Nowak
Former Head of Translations at GRYOnline.pl / Gamepressure.com
Jan Hinrichs
Founder & CEO at Beluga Linguistics
Jane Strickland
Marketplace Delivery Team Lead
Javi Diaz
Director, Community & Customer Engagement at Smartling
Jayme DeSocio
Head of Global Partner Operations at Welocalize
JD Dillon
Founder at LearnGeek; Chief Learning Officer at Axonify
Jean-Luc Saillard
Head of Customer Success at Smartcat
Jeff Galbraith
VP of Sales at Smartcat
Jessica Gilmartin
CMO & CRO, Calendly (former)
Jorge Russo dos Santos
Localization Consultant at Trilogica Global
Jose Palomares
Sr. Director, Global Experiences at Coupa
Josef Kubovsky
Chief Executive Officer at Nimdzi Insights
Juan Gil
Former Head of Solutions & Delivery at Smartcat
Julien Bertaud
Head of Localization - International at Roblox
Julio Leal
Head of Localization, Global Language Experience at Rover.com
Kacie Saxer-Taulbee
Director, Growth at EverQuote
Kåre Lindahl
Board Member at Argos Multilingual
Kasper Rasmussen
Founder & CEO at Accutics
Kate Vostokova
Content Marketing & SEO Lead at Lingoport
Katell Jentreau
Sr Director of Globalization at Expedia Group
Kathrin Bussmann
President & Chief Strategist at Verbaccino Inc.
Katja Virtanen
Senior Director Public Sector and Interpreting at LanguageWire
Ketty Tirrito
Localization Team Lead at Zendesk
Konstantin Dranch
Co-Founder at Custom.MT
Kris Girrell
Author and Speaker on Cultural and Emotional Intelligence
Kristy Sakai
CEO at Supertext USA
Krzysztof Zdanowski
Founder at DATAmundi
Lahcène Guerrouj
Head of Leadership Comms, Internal Comms & Thought Leadership at NEOM
Lara Prospero
Global Director, Data Insights & Operations - Skilling & Knowledge Experience at Microsoft
Laura Hargreaves
Former Solutions Architect at Smartcat
Laura Linares
Lecturer in Spanish/Translation at University College Cork
Lindsay Zhang
Localization Director, International at lululemon
Lloyd Morin
Culturalization Team Lead at Playrix
Loie Favre
Senior Manager, AI Marketing Automation at Smartcat
Lucio Bagnulo
Deputy Programme Director – Head of Translation and Language Strategy at Amnesty International
Lukau Matuka
Senior Director of Demand Generation
Lyla Rozelle
Product-led growth and lifecycle marketing leader
Mairead deBlaca
Transformation Leader | Community Culture & Arts at Ranelagh Arts
Maksym Ostapenko
Head of Product Growth at Smartcat
Marc Jonckers
Managing Partner at Speed2Scale
Margarita Loktionova
Product Marketing Lead at Semrush
Marina Gracen-Farrell
Localization Manager and Consultant
Marina Ilari
CEO at Terra Translations
Mario Pluzny
Career & Life Coach at Mario Pluzny Coaching
Mark Stauffer
Senior Manager, Global Learning and Development at Brink’s Inc
Matteo Natale
COO at Adapt
Max Morkovkin
Former Account Executive at Smartcat
Max Troyer
Professor, Translation and Localization Management at MIIS
Maxim Rahr
UX Writer and Content Designer
Megan Torrance
CEO at TorranceLearning
Melissa L. Alonso
Customer Marketing ABM at Anaplan
Michael J. Mulé
Civil Rights Attorney, Language Access Expert
Michael Klinger
Managing Director at Language Transactions
Michal Antczak
Head of Localization Technology at PayPal
Miguel Sepulveda
Globalization Director at King
Mike Demopoulos
Community Development Lead at Codeable
Miloš Milovanović
Owner at SD26 - Holding
Nadia Anagnostopoulou
Junior Interior Designer (Freelance)
Nadia Obukhova
Learning Experience Advocate at Smartcat
Natali Lekka
English-Greek Marketing Translator & Localization Specialist
Natalia Hajdu
Content Marketing Manager at Bitrix24
Natalia Kurysheva
Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Natalia Yatsenko
Operations & Project Coordinator at Tourist Board of Komiža
Natalia Yurchenko
Senior Product Manager at Defined.ai
Nataly Kelly
Chief Marketing Officer at Zappi
Neil Sheth
Co-Founder at Codefully
Nicholas Montegriffo
Smartcat expert reviewer and multilingual editor
Nicole DiNicola
Senior Director, Product Marketing at Progress Software
Nicole Morgan
Director of Global Sales & Service Enablement
Nika Allahverdi
Marketing Operations at Milken Institute
Nir Sabato
CEO & Co-Founder at Catch
Nora Zilahy
Global Business Partner Manager at espell translation and localization
Patrick Nunes
Director, Global Communications & Design at Rotary International
Paulina Makles
Manager, Localization at Okta
Pavel Doronin
Product Director
Peggy Liao
Project/Program Manager at King County Metro Transit
Priya Sam
Founder at Unleash Your Voice
Rachel Carruthers
Head of Internationalisation & Localisation at Canva
Rachida Chekaf
Head of Localization at PeopleCert
Rebecca Ray
Director at CSA Research
Renato Beninatto
Chairman and Co-Founder at Nimdzi
Rikkert Engels
CEO and Founder at Aspected
Rinaldo Dieziger
Founder / Partner at WE ARE VERY
Robert O'Keefe
Head of Product at Extend Robotics
Rodion Pochekaev
Head of International Sales&Localization at EGO Translating
Rodrigo Cristina
Business Growth Manager at LanguageLine Solutions
Rosie Allabarton
Freelance copywriter, editor, and DE-EN translator
Roxy (Zhenqi) Ye
Strategy Advisor at Alibaba Group
Ryan Grable
Chief Marketing Officer at Smartcat
Santiago Torres
Director of Language Access at NYC Campaign Finance Board
Sara Maria Hasbun
Managing Director at Meridian Linguistics
Sara Rosso
Associate Financial Planner at Modern Family Finance
Sarah Presch
Founder at Behavioural Intelligence Studio by Impulse Riot
Semir Mehadzic
Group Product Manager at Infobip
Serge Borovikov
Product Director at Smartcat
Sergey Andreev
Senior Product Manager at Smartcat
Silvi Nuñez
Business Development Specialist at Optimational
Simon Akhrameev
Knowledge Manager and Technical Writer at Growave
Sirisha Neduri
Senior Technical Program Manager at Zendesk
Soeren Eberhardt
Global Site Manager at Microsoft
Sonia Mody
Former Solutions Architect at Smartcat
Soohwan Lee
Former Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Smartcat
Stacey Richey
Global Vice President of People at Smartcat
Stefan HuygheiuM
Vice President Localization at Communicaid Language Solutions Inc
Stella Hodkin Paris
Chief Language Services Officer at CLEAR Global
Stephane Trupheme
Founder and CEO at Captain Marketing
Susanne Brunhart Wiggins
Senior Information Technology Specialist at Montgomery County Government
Talia Baruch
CEO & Co-Founder at GlobalSaké
Taras Pustovoy
Co-Founder at 8Hats Lab
Tatiana Ryabinina
Localization Manager at PandaDoc
Taylor Matthews
CEO at Mugen Creations
Tess Whitty
English to Swedish translation, localization and transcreation for SaaS
Tex Texin
Chief Globalization Architect at XenCraft
Thomas Varghese
Senior Software Engineer at Confidential
Tim Hughes
CEO and Co-Founder at Azpertilo.ai
Timothy Woods
Smartcat contributor
Tom Keyes
Smartcat contributor
Tracey V. Lackey
Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise at Salsify
Tyler Fujishin
Former Sales Enablement Manager at Smartcat
Una Dimitrijevic
Freelance translator and content writer
Valeria Nanni
Senior Manager, Localisation at Skyscanner
Vassilis Chamalidis
Chief Executive Officer at Alpha CRC
Wada'a Fahel
Founder, Strategic Advisor at LocVerse
William Spalding
Founder, Creative Producer at TOSSD LLC
Yin Yin Hong
Project Lead at Nusan Advisory Malaysia
Yuka Nakasone
Chief Strategist - Globalization and Localization at Global Bridge
Zachary Haitkin
Senior Localization Program Manager at Adyen
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