Slenker Translation & Consulting                                 2010- Present

Owner/Manager - Memphis, TN

  Successfully built translation business from ground up to more than 30 clients including Toyota, Mitsubishi and International Paper, which primarily handles legal and technical translation projects, using marketing, project management and hands-on translation skills; almost all revenue comes from repeat customers

On-site language support for MEPPI (Mitsubishi Electric Power Products) and APMM (Toyota subsidiary) plant start-ups, as well as for Yamada box machinery maintenance at International Paper plants

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital                               2007- 2010

Specialist – New Fundraising Programs, ALSAC – Memphis, TN 

  Responsible for managing cross-divisional teams to improve online Tribute donor experience; creation of new Tribute products; analysis and alpha/beta testing of other new fundraising programs.

TSYS Company                                                   2001- 2007

Project Manager, TSYS Education – Columbus, GA

  Responsible for managing internal staff and external vendors to complete all foreign-language translation at TSYS (an electronic payment software and services company); Introduction of translation memory software to TSYS, resulting in the lowering of translation project costs by an average of nearly 20%; Also prepared client documentation and trained cross-cultural classes.

Ingersoll-Rand Company – Marketing/ Communications:      1990-2001

Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific-Crawler Drills

Marketing Manager, Small Crawler Drills & Marketing Communications Manager

Marketing Manager-Japan, Import Rock Drill Products & Export Marketing Manager

Applications Marketing Manager (Applications Engineer)-Down Hole Drills/Bits

Marketing Analyst, Rock Drill Division

Marketing management of various pneumatic and hydraulic drilling product lines in various regions and globally with increasing scope; conducted market studies for various domestic and international markets; responsible for divisional and product line marketing communications and advertising

EDUCATION

Master of International Business Studies (marketing emphasis/Japanese track) University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC                  

Bachelor of Science in Economics

Covenant College; Lookout Mountain, GA                     

Cross-cultural marketing seminars, classroom and self-study on hydraulic/pneumatic components and electronic payments software, Dale Carnegie courses