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Keep Moving Forward with Vera Hooijdonk, Managing Director at Avantpage Life Sciences | CSuiteHotSeatE57
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Keep Moving Forward with Vera Hooijdonk, Managing Director at Avantpage Life Sciences | CSuiteHotSeatE57
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
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, MultiLingualEddie 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 ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Vera Hooijdonk - Managing Director at Avantpage00:50 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 path04:11 How has the industry changed?06:13 Advice for newcomers07:58 Valuable business lesson10:04 How do you motivate your team?11:21 Key things to spend time on12:00 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 day15:32 Most misunderstood part of your job15:47 Book recommendation16:12 Favorite drink16:37 Shoutout
Host:Eddie Arrieta, CEO, MultiLingualEddie 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 ProducerIsabel Romero-Ruiz - Communications & Marketing, Nimdzi InsightsAntonella Tiezzi - Design
00:00 Vera Hooijdonk - Managing Director at Avantpage00:50 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 path04:11 How has the industry changed?06:13 Advice for newcomers07:58 Valuable business lesson10:04 How do you motivate your team?11:21 Key things to spend time on12:00 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 day15:32 Most misunderstood part of your job15:47 Book recommendation16:12 Favorite drink16:37 Shoutout
Released:
May 16, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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