Elizabeth Elting
Co-Founder and Co-CEO

Liz Elting is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of TransPerfect. Since 1992, she has orchestrated the company’s growth from a single office start-up to an industry leader. Today, Elting continues to manage the day-to-day operations of TransPerfect. Elting has received numerous awards for her outstanding entrepreneurship including the Working Woman Entrepreneurial Excellence Award for Customer Service, the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and has been named Woman of the Year by American Express and Entrepreneur.

Elting is profiled in several business books including The New York Times bestseller "Succeed by Your Own Terms" (McGraw-Hill), "Leadership Secrets of the World's Most Successful CEOs" (Dearborn Trade Publishing), and "Straight Talk About Starting and Growing Your Business" (McGraw-Hill). She is frequently featured in the media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Crain's New York Business. Elting lectures regularly at New York University's Stern School of Business, Columbia Business School, and NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners). Elting is an active member of YPO (Young Presidents' Organization). Elting holds a BA in Modern Languages and Literatures from Trinity College in Hartford, CT and an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Phil Shawe
Co-Founder and Co-CEO

As the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of TransPerfect, Phil Shawe has driven the company’s growth from a single office start-up to an industry leader. Today, Shawe continues to manage the day-to-day operations of TransPerfect. Shawe has received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Inc. 500 Award, and has been the recipient of the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Award four times. In 2006 and 2007, TransPerfect was named one of the largest privately-held companies by Crain's New York Business.

The recipient of numerous awards, Shawe has spoken at New York University and Columbia University. Phil has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and USA Today. Shawe is a member of the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) and has served on the board of New York University's Taub Urban Research Center. Prior to his career in the language services industry, Shawe was a Financial Analyst at Chemical Bank and a Global Custody Consultant at Merrill Lynch. Shawe holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from New York University's Stern School of Business, and he received his BS from the University of Florida where he triple majored in Finance, Marketing, and Risk Management.

Bernie Cafulli
President, Adams Globalization

Bernd (Bernie) Cafulli joined the Translations.com team in 2007 as part of the merger between Adams Globalization and Translations.com. He started at Adams as a German linguist in 1999, after consulting with Adams from Germany for two years. He soon became manager of the Linguistics department, where he developed and implemented our Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) quality procedures. He was named Vice President of Adams in 2001. Prior to joining Adams, Cafulli managed the development of one of the first software components to interface PC with UNIX networks. He has an extensive background in technical training, procurement and linguistics, along with English, German, and French translation. Cafulli holds the German equivalent of a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis on Computer Information Systems. He is a certified Transit CAT Administrator, as well as a certified EDP Specialist for Commercial Operations.

Brooke Christian
Senior Vice President of Global Sales

A. Brooke Christian is Senior Vice President of Global Sales for TransPerfect, the world's largest privately-held translation firm, which operates out of 50 offices on four continents. Christian, who is based in Washington DC, joined the firm shortly after it was founded in 1992. He has directed the company’s sales and marketing initiatives through a period of unprecedented growth.

Today, he is responsible for generating revenues exceeding $150 million. Christian’s ability to accurately predict areas of global growth within specific industries has positioned him as an industry leader. He directs a 300-person sales team worldwide and is responsible for the strategic approach to marketing that has set TransPefect apart in the translation arena. Most recently, Christian has focused his efforts on emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East. Christian speaks frequently at professional associations and meetings on issues affecting global growth and solutions-based marketing strategies. He has a Master's in Sports and Business Management and a BS in Business Administration, both from the University of Florida.

Stewart I. Edison
President, TransPerfect Deposition Services

Stewart I. Edison, President of TransPerfect Deposition Services division, brings to the company significant experience in conducting and managing deposition projects for the leading multinationals and law firms. Edison and his team draw upon an extensive network of rigorously selected professionals who are located throughout the US and around the world. Prior to joining TransPerfect, Edison was General Manager of one of the nation’s leading deposition service companies and oversaw all sales and operations activities. With over a decade’s experience in developing systems to provide minimum markups to drive EBITA performance, Edison has become an industry leader. Edison holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Science from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA in Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Jordan Ellington
President, Deal Interactive
VP of Legal Technology

Jordan Ellington joined TransPerfect in April 2007 as Vice President of Legal Technology. As the founder of TransPerfect’s Deal Interactive division, Ellington brings over 20 years of application development experience designing systems for the corporate, financial and legal vertical markets. Since 1993 he has developed many internal and client-facing applications for major corporate and financial services law firms, as well as developing the extranets of three of the top twenty U.S. law firms. In 1998, he was a recipient of the American Express Chairman's Award for Quality. In 1999, he founded Deal Interactive to service the secure document hosting and collaboration needs of global businesses, and to this day, continues to drive software development and manage the day-to-day operations of the business.

Milen Epik
President, Epic Global Solutions

Milen Epik brings the TransPerfect family 18 years of experience in linguistic technologies, globalization, software development, training, internationalization consulting, account management, and sales support, working with global Fortune 500 companies. Before founding Epik Solutions (now TransPerfect's Epic Global Solutions division) and joining TDC, she served as a VP of Professional Services & Customer Support responsible for all customer-side GMS deployments. In 1999 Epik created the services business of GlobalSight, and expanded it into a global 24/7 operation with support teams in the US, Europe, and Asia. In 1997 Epik formed the Internationalization Consulting division of ILE, where she developed a team of consultants to deliver training and consultation on Internationalization. Prior to 1997, she worked at Xerox-PARC and its subsidiaries as a software developer for multilingual products and natural language technologies. Epik studied Informatics at Boğaçizi University in Istanbul, Turkey, and holds an MS in Computer Science from Southern Illinois University with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Hans Fenstermacher
President, ArchiText

Hans Fenstermacher is President of the ArchiText division of Translations.com. Born in Germany, Fenstermacher speaks six languages. Over his 25-year career in the language and content industries, he has worked as a translator, interpreter, and case study writer, which involved stints with the International Olympic Committee, Turner Broadcasting, and the US Department of Defense. He has been involved in nearly every aspect of language services, from authoring to cultural adaptation to multilingual delivery. Fenstermacher has created the patent-pending ABREVE® process, a proprietary English content globalization system, designed to reduce content volume, improve content usability, and maximize content efficiency. Fenstermacher was Founding Chairman of the Globalization And Localization Association (GALA), and is an Associate Fellow of the Society for Technical Communication. He holds a BA from Princeton University and an MALD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Roger Hanson
President, TransPerfect Staffing Solutions

Since joining TransPefect in 2004 as President of the Staffing Solutions division, Roger Hanson has been an innovator in developing successful processes and directing the rapid growth of TransPerfect's international recruitment activities worldwide. In response to the diverse staffing needs of the expanding global economy, Hanson has met large scale staffing needs for multinationals in the US, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. He sources both full time and project-based multilingual professionals in a diverse array of positions, many of which include proven C-level talent in specialized industries.

Prior to joining TransPerfect, Hanson focused on financial and executive recruitment at firms in the US. He served as a talent acquisition consultant for IKON Office Solutions, and in 2002 founded his own executive recruitment company. Hanson holds a BA from Texas Christian University.

Martijn Heertje
President, iSP

Martijn Heertje is President of the iSP division of Translations.com. At iSP he is responsible for worldwide operations and finance with locations in Asia and Europe. Today, Heertje brings iSP's unique expertise in software localization, engineering, QA testing, and development to Translations.com. Having earlier served as Operations Manager, Project Manager, and DTP Specialist, he has over 15 years of experience in the localization industry. After completing high school in Amsterdam, Martijn studied in the United States at Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, and at the University of Amsterdam.

Marc H. Miller
President, Crimson Life Sciences
Vice President of Quality Systems

Marc H. Miller is President of the Crimson Life Sciences Division and Vice President of Quality Systems for TransPerfect. Originally founded in 1992, Crimson became part of the TransPerfect family of companies in 2005, and is the only translation organization in the world to be ISO 14971:2000-certified and hold certifications to both ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003. Prior to founding Crimson, Miller worked as a Senior Research Associate for the strategy consulting firm, S.I.A.R, where he authored assessments for US and European medical technology companies. Miller earned his his BA degree in Celtic Languages and Literature from Harvard University and MBA degree in Marketing from the Scottish Business School at Stirling University, Scotland.