Qualifications
Senior Director for Public Sector and Interpreting at LanguageWire
Founder and CEO of Delingua Language Services for nearly two decades
Former president of the Association of Finnish Translation Companies (SKTOL) and SKY; former EU freelance interpreter
Expertise
Localization
Translation
Interpreting
Language services
Globalization
Customer success
Katja Virtanen is a language services leader based in Finland, currently Senior Director for Public Sector and Interpreting at LanguageWire, which she joined as Senior Director of Customer Success Nordics. She founded and led Delingua Language Services for nearly two decades as CEO. She has served as president of both the Association of Finnish Translation Companies (SKTOL) and Suomen kielipalveluyritykset ry (SKY), and earlier worked as a freelance interpreter for the European Union.
Experience
Senior Director Public Sector and Interpreting at LanguageWire
Dec 2025 — Present · 10 mos
Senior Director of Customer Success Nordics at LanguageWire
Nov 2024 to Nov 2025 · 1 yr
Managing Director at Delingua Language Services
Aug 2023 to Aug 2024 · 1 yr
Founder & CEO at Delingua Language Services
Jan 2005 to Jul 2023 · 18 yrs 6 mos
President at Suomen kielipalveluyritykset ry (SKY)
Oct 2017 to Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos
President at Association of Finnish Translation Companies SKTOL ry
Jan 2016 to Oct 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos
Senior Director for Public Sector and Interpreting at LanguageWire
Founder and CEO of Delingua Language Services for nearly two decades
Former president of the Association of Finnish Translation Companies (SKTOL) and SKY; former EU freelance interpreter
Localization
Translation
Interpreting
Language services
Globalization
Customer success
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