Dr. Michael Fritz He holds a PhD in media sciences and a degree in Business Administration and specializes in Marketing. He worked for several associations, e.g. as Head of an institute for lifelong learning. Since 1996 he is Managing Director of Gesellschaft für technische Kommunikation e.V. tekom. Since 2001 he is also Managing Director of TC and more GmbH, a company providing services for tekom.
Rita Allmendinger Rita Allmendinger has got a degree in Applied Linguistics. She has been working as a technical writer for over 20 years for companies such as Sony and Daimler. In 2009 she started her own company in Technical documentation giving expertise and coaching.
Dr. Daniela Straub Graduated in Psychology. She has been working for tekom in different consultancy projects since 2003 where she conducts empirical studies about technical communication. Furthermore she organises and conducts benchmarking workshops for technical communication managers of several companies. Besides this she is involved in the development of the tekom guidelines for further education and of tekom’s certification system for technical writers.
Michael Scholand After graduating in Translation and Applied Languages he worked as a translator, project manager and localisation specialist at companies in England and Germany. In 1999, he co-founded STAR Spain, heading the company as CEO. Besides, he has lectured on computer assisted translation at various Spanish Universities. In 2006, he followed a Master in Quality Management at the UPC Barcelona.
Britta Izadi worked and studied Spanish in Barcelona, before receiving a bachelors and masters at the University of Vienna. Since 1995, she worked as a freelance translator and a German, English and Spanish teacher, before joining MultiLing. Presently she is the manager of business development for MultiLing Germany GmbH.
Xavier Maza
has a degree in translation and interpreting. Currently he is Language Services Manager at iDisc Information Technologies. He has dealt with translators, PMs and engineering, currently he supervises operations, purchasing, and customer services and quotes in a business development role. He speaks Catalan, Spanish and English and he is good at Danish and has some Russian.
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STAR Servicios Lingüisticos STAR Servicios Lingüísticos was founded in 1999. Starting off as a production centre for the STAR Group, it has developed into a fully-fledged MLV, offering a complete portfolio of multilingual communication solutions. A second activity is the distribution of the Group’s technology, mainly the CAT tools Transit/TermStar and WebTerm. 3 years ago, STAR Spain started to develop its own project management solution. We designed a TMS system based on an existing groupware application. The implementation of this tool triggered a productivity leap and will guarantee the competitiveness of STAR Spain for years to come.
MultiLing Germany GmbH Recognized as an industry leader in language technology, MultiLing has refined the art of the translation process by combining a premier language technology platform – the Fortis and Semantis product family – with incomparable customer service. Founded in 1988, MultiLing has wholly owned subsidiaries in Asia, South America, and Europe. MultiLing provides translation, localization, globalization services and translation technology to customers worldwide. Current clients include Dell, Procter & Gamble, IBM, 3M, Siemens, Toyota, and General Electric Healthcare.
iDISC Information Technologies is a privately held company in the field of information technology and has more than 21 years of experience and the endorsement of more than 300 satisfied clients. Our services range from Localization to DTP, from Compiling to Product testing, we specialise mainly in Software Localization, Technical and Telecomm Documentation, Automotive, ERP and Marketing. We offer any country-specific Spanish. Additionally we translate into the other languages spoken in Spain - Catalan, Galician and Basque and also from other source languages. Very technical capabilities: We have an internal IT department.
Dassault Systemes As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences.
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