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Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

  • Terminology consultant and trainer, BIK Terminology, since May 2010
    • Clients include: Adobe, Diligent, Intel, Intuit, Kaleidoscope, Microsoft (via Logrus), Physio-Control
    • US delegate to ISO TC 37 since 2009: Project leader: ISO 12616-1 Terminology work in support of multilingual communication – Part 1: Fundamentals of translation-oriented terminography
  • Adjunct instructor, MIIS, since 2016
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, NYU, since 2011
  • 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

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

  • Python for Beginners, 2022
  • 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

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 Editorial Board of The ATA Chronicle
  • Member of the Scientific Committee for Terminology & Ontology: Theories and applications
  • 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
  • Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
  • Certified Translator/Interpreter, Bavarian State Courthouse Munich I

Tools Experience

  • Current clients: Acrolinx, TermWeb, Kalcium/Quickterm, Across, MultiTerm, etc.
  • 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
  • Programming: Python, Jupiter Notebook

Languages

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

Tags

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From the Blog

  • A glossary for MT–terrific! MT on a glossary—horrific!
  • Part-time position for an Arabic terminologist
  • Tidbit from the ATA Conference
  • Bilingual corpora and target terminology research
  • Terminology internship at Eurocopter in France

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