How does the CTO of one of the world's largest language service providers decide where to invest in AI? For Stéphane Cinguino, CTO at Acolad, the answer is simple: prioritize real client impact over industry buzzwords.

He shares his unvarnished perspective on enterprise technology, automation, and leadership and discusses the "automation illusion" and why trusting your intuition, moving fast, and demanding strict measurement are mandatory for AI success.

Gabriel Fairman is a technologist, linguist, philosopher, father of 3, amateur cook, and outdoor enthusiast. Gabriel is an optimist who believes in the power of human intellect and creativity despite evidence pointing the contrary again and again. He is the Founder and CEO of Bureau Works, an innovative translation management system, and is devoted to helping forge a future in which translators are still key high-value agents in multilingual content production through software. He received the 2023 Innovator of the Year award by winning the Process Innovation Challenge promoted by LocWorld.

Host:
Eddie Arrieta, CEO, MultiLingual
Eddie has a decade of experience in startups, comms, and growth. He's now focused on global expansion through AI, ML, and blockchain to create opportunities for all.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/
for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com
to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.
Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer
Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights
Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Gabriel Fairman, CEO at Bureau Works
01:00 What does your company do?
01:10 What was your dream career as a child?
01:22 How do you like to spend your free time?
01:28 3 destinations you'd like to visit
02:01 Best advice you've ever been given?
02:25 Career path
04:33 When did you realize you could do money out of this business?
05:11 How has the industry changed?
06:22 Secret sauce
06:49 Advice for newcomers
08:02 Key business challenge
10:52 What makes you a great leader?
12:49 Advice for entrepreneurs
14:58 Music or silence?
15:29 Where would you live?
15:37 Movie recommendation
15:49 Book recommendation
15:56 Most productive time of day
16:11 Most misunderstood part of your job
16:54 Favorite drink

As Managing Director of Avantpage Life Sciences, Vera Hooijdonk is adept at juggling projects, time, and people. Vera manages all aspects of the translation process: assessing and distributing workloads, monitoring performance and productivity, managing training and support for team members, communicating client needs to the translation team, overseeing translation technology tools, ensuring that processes and procedures remain cost-effective throughout the life of a project and maintaining quality standards. As a problem solver and troubleshooter, Vera loves working with Avantpage’s clients, understanding their linguistic needs, and learning about new industries and technologies.

Host:
Eddie Arrieta, CEO, MultiLingual
Eddie has a decade of experience in startups, comms, and growth. He's now focused on global expansion through AI, ML, and blockchain to create opportunities for all.

Head to https://www.nimdzi.com/ for cutting-edge market research and consulting in the language industry.

Visit https://multilingual.com to catch up with the latest news in the language industry.

This show is made possible thanks to a collaboration between MulitLingual Media and Nimdzi Insights.
Oscar Betancourt - Video Director and Producer
Isabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi Insights
Antonella Tiezzi - Design

00:00 Vera Hooijdonk - Managing Director at Avantpage
00:50 What does your company do?
01:13 What is your role?
01:31 How do you like to spend your free time?
02:10 Career path
04:11 How has the industry changed?
06:13 Advice for newcomers
07:58 Valuable business lesson
10:04 How do you motivate your team?
11:21 Key things to spend time on
12:00 What does success mean to you?
13:04 Would you rehire your current team?
13:39 What makes you a great leader?
14:52 Music or silence?
15:01 Where would you live?
15:24 Most productive time of day
15:32 Most misunderstood part of your job
15:47 Book recommendation
16:12 Favorite drink
16:37 Shoutout