Professional Experience

• Terminology consultant and trainer, BIK Terminology, since May 2010
  • Clients include:
    • Google, Kilgray Language Technologies, Microsoft (via Logrus), SDL, TermNet, UX Design Edge, wintranslation professional translation services
• Terminology lecturer:
  • Lessius University College Antwerp
  • New York University
  • University of Washington
• US delegate to ISO TC 37
• Terminology researcher, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 2004-2010
• German terminologist, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Munich, 2005-2006
• Terminologist, internship coordinator, translator, J.D. Edwards, Denver, 1996-2004
• Interpreter, Atlanta Olympics, 1996
• Medical interpretation intern, Stanford University Hospital, 1996
• Translator, Jaakko Pöyry Deutschland GmbH, Munich, 1993-1994
• Hotel intern, The Parsippany Hilton, Parsippany, 1989-1990
• Hotel apprentice, Kurhotel Sonnenberg, Zwiesel, 1986-1988

Education

• PhD research, terminology management, University of Vienna, 2003/4
  • Focus: From Terminology to Ontology Management
• MA, translation and interpretation (German, English), Monterey Institute of International Studies, 1994-96
• BA-equivalent, translation and interpretation (German, English), Sprachen & Dolmetscher Institut München, 1990-1992
  • Focus: Medicine, chemistry, geology
• Exchange program, County College of Morris, 1989-1990
• Nutrition (pre-med program), Technical University Munich, 1988-1989
• Practical degree, hotel and restaurant management, 1986-1988

Continuing Education

• User Experience Design Essentials, 2012
• Bob Pike: Train the Trainer Boot Camp in participant-centered training, 2009
• Six Boxes® Performance Thinking, 2009
• Communication Power presentation skills training, 2009
• Knowledge Management, Library Science Program, Denver University, 2004
• Workshop on Ontologies by Barry Smith, Hamburg, 2003
• PhD Seminar on Ontologies, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, 2002
• Terminology Seminars, by Gerhard Budin, Leticia Leduc, and Sue Ellen Wright
• Terminology Seminar by Sue Ellen Wright, ATA Conference, Hilton Head, 1998

Memberships, Awards and Certifications

• US Delegate to ISO TC 37
• Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Localisation and Internationalization
• Member of the Advisory Board for the UW Extension Program in Localization
• Member of Deutscher Terminologie Tag e.V.
• Member of the American Translators Association
• Charter Member of an Officially Chartered Toastmasters Club
• Microsoft Gold Star Award 2005
• J.D. Edwards Babel Tower Award for Quality Translation
• City of Aurora Annual Community Relations Award
• International Merit Scholarship, Monterey Institute of International Studies
• Work-Study Scholarship from the German Bundestag and the American Congress
• Certified Translator/Interpreter, Bavarian State Courthouse Munich I

Tools Experience

• TermNet: i-Term, Translation Hub, qTerm, memoQ
• Microsoft: Terminology Studio, LocStudio, term extraction tool, Multiterm
• J.D. Edwards: TDB, Multiterm, ExtraTerm, TM2, Trados
• Other: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Live Meeting, Lotus Notes

Languages

• German (native), English (near-native), French, Latin