Ronait Tynan is a life sciences localization and translation expert with many years of experience in leading international teams at LSPs. She currently works as a Manager of Language Services at PPD

Ronait is passionate about languages, people, and different cultures.

For Ronait learning continues to be a driving force and source of daily motivation.

Ronait shares with us in this teaser how to make the switch from individul contribuitor to manager.

Miruna Parchirie has an MA in Internal Relations and another MA in European Studies. She has lived an worked in different countries but in 2017 when she was living in Amsterdam she got the opportunity to join a start-up as a Localization Manager. Her passion for languages helped her join the localization industry which she simply loves.

In this interview, Miruna shares with us how she was able to learn all the new aspects of localization and UX or how to cope with challenging moments such as being laid off.

Towards the end of the interview, Miruna shares with us a list of some of her favourite books:

-Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

-When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

-Staring at the Sun by Irvin Yalom

-Tu éxito es inevitable by Maite Issa

-Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Enjoy!!

Miruna Parchirie shares how she felt in love with localization. With a background in business, Miruna ended up in a Fintech in Amsterdam where she to set up and work as a Localization UX specialist which allowed her to re-adjust her professional path with a meaningful one

Laura Alexandra Tundra has a BA in English and Norwegian Language and Literature & Pedagogical Module for English and Norwegian from the Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca (Romania).

Laura started her professional career in Logistics and the automotive industry but her passion for languages always made her path easier up to a point where she got her dream job and is proud to be one of the 5 persons around the globe responsible for terminology at Mercedes-Benz where she currently works from the company´s headquarters in Stuttgart (Germany).

In her interview she also shares how she is able to balance her personal life as a mom of 2 small kids and her professional career. Finally,

Laura´s main take aways invite us:

- to make a self-assessment from time to time

-to find the inner strength and raise ourselves when we are in a tough situation

- to learn how to balance personal and professional life without putting too much pressure on us

- to live the moment & not stress too much as stress is not good

Laura Alexandra Tundra works as a Language Expert in Terminology, Systems and Processes at Global Language Management Department from Mercedes-Benz Headquarters in Stuttgart (Germany) Languages are Laura´s passion and allowed her to travel and live in different countries as well as to connect with people from all over the world. Her professional and personal career has been fully shaped by languages across multiple industries. Currently, she is enjoying her dream job where she realizes how valuable the knowledge she gained while doing her BA in English and Norwegian Language and Literature is (Babes Bolyai University, Cluj Napoca, Romania).

Being a 1st time professor is always an exciting milestone in any academic career.

Since there is no guidebook on how to handle the onboarding and the initiation phase, I will help you out by sitting down to talk with Dr. Alexandara Santamaria Urbieta who is a Senior Lecturer at UNIR (Spain).

The reason why Dr. Alexandra is the perfect guest for such a conversation is because she has worked both in private and public universities and she has taught not only in a traditional way (face-to-face) but also in an online environment.

In this interview, Alexandra

- explains the challenges of getting a position at the university which sometimes implies to change the city or even the country

- describes the onboarding process in the academia

- covers the process of when you can choose your subjects and when you are being assigned what to teach

- shares insights about how to best engage with the students in an online teaching context

- highlights the relevance of surrounding yourself with people that support you and boost yor energy to meet specific tasks such as research and publishing

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Are you a 1st time Professor? This teaser is just a snapshot from the full interview with Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta, a Senior Lecturer at UNIR (Spain) where she shares with us aspects about the onboarding process in the academia as well as the challenges and benefits between face-to-face teaching vs remote teaching. Do not miss the entire interview!!

Kristin Gutierrez is a two-time award-winning, bestselling author of “Be A Better Sales Leader” and an international keynote speaker.

In this interview, she shares with us

- how she was able to climb the corporate ladder up to Vice President of sales

- her perspective on leadership

- how to get out of our own way

- the importance of nurturing relationships

- the benefits of asking for help and having mentors

Kristin has a simple yet powerful mission: to help leaders get out of their own way and lead beyond their role, unlocking remarkable potential within themselves and their teams.

🔗 Link to her book "Be a Better Sales Leader": https://lnkd.in/dhckJY9Z

Check her wepage: https://www.kristingutierrez.co/home-page60721895 Enjoy the episode!!