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About Us > People

Translatus has a dedicated staff that is committed to delivering for our clients. See below to learn about some of the members of our team:

James Guidi, CEO

A long time business developer in the IT, software and hardware industries, Mr. Guidi headed up Apple Computer's Eastern Europe expansion through its IMC during the 1990's. During that time, he led software localization activities for Microsoft, QuarkXpress and Apple Computer. Mr. Guidi speaks English, French, Italian, German and Czech.

Email: jamesguidi@translatus.com

Matthew Miodonski, General Manager, Worldwide

Mr. Miodonski graduated from the college of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in Rhetoric, as well as a Minor in Germanic Studies. He has over 7 years of experience in customer service and sales roles, including 5 years in sales and account management for Translatus.

Mobile: +1 (773) 603 0091
Email: mmiodonski@translatus.com

Christine O'Brien, Executive Vice President, Asia Division

Christine O'Brien was born in Hong Kong. She graduated with a MA in Applied Translation and Localization Management from the University of Leeds in England. Since joining Translatus in year 2004, Christine has been leading the company’s Sales force in Europe as well as in Asia and driving key accounts of the company. Before joining Translatus, she had over 5 years of translation related experience, including full-time translation and interpreting service to the Hong Kong Government. Christine speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Mobile: +852 6012 1917
Email: ckee@translatus.com

Joanna Nelson, Business Development Manager

Ms. Nelson graduated as part of the International Sociology Honor Society from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and a minor in Art History. Joanna joins Translatus with extensive customer service background and skills. Before joining Translatus, she worked as a language teacher in the U.S.A and in the Czech Republic. She has studied Swedish language, and is currently working on her Czech language skills.

Mobile: +34 622 335 623
Email: jnelson@translatus.com

Dimitry Panchenko, Chief Developer

Mr. Panchenko has an MS in Electronics Engineering and over 5 years experience in the Information Technology field. He has specialized in administration and support of UNIX-based and MS Windows NT/2000 Servers, and has knowledge in HTML, ASP and PHP programming languages.

Office: +420 222 523 349
Email: dpanchenko@translatus.com