Maria Pirson Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Zurich, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Wrote and edited dozens of marketing, technical and pre-sales documents, articles, white papers, market research reports and presentations in the fields including AI/ML, blockchain, Fintech, Insurtech, data management, and cloud technologies. At DataArt, I worked with C-level executives, finance professionals, software developers, solution designers, marketing and sales teams, and data scientists.

Moscow, Russian Federation

Among the projects I worked on:— Helped to organize a large conference on cybersecurity (CyberCrimeCon 2016). Responsibilities included: managing language services; compiling list of relevant press contacts worldwide; corresponding with the journalists on the list (initially, cold e-mail); corresponding with invited experts, assisting them with logistics issues such as visas and tickets; composing, editing, and translating (from Russian into English) texts and presentations about the conference, including the website and a comprehensive follow-up report — Summarized the results of a long-term cybersecurity investigation initially presented as numerous highly technical reports, in the form of a longread article suitable for the publication in Forbes— Managed a team of 13 translators/analysts for a project on media content analysis. More than 2500 articles from twenty newspapers and magazines in five languages were processed in accordance with the established research procedure. Was personally responsible for finding and selecting analysts for the task, instructing them on all aspects of the project, both technical and otherwise, for the deadlines, and, in part, for formulating the final conclusions of the project

— Interpreted (both English to Russian and Russian to English) at hundreds of public events, highly specialized technical seminars and conferences, private negotiations. As an interpreter, worked in Russia, most of Europe, in the US, Latin America, and India. — Facilitated business and government negotiations and business meetings, including on C-level— Developed and led workshops on effective business communication and negotiations based on interpreting techniques — Among my clients: Adam Smith Conferences, Christie's Auction House, KPMG, Coca Cola, United Nations, Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Skolkovo Innovation Centre, Russian Federal Customs Service, British Embassy in Russia, US Embassy in Russia, American Chamber of Commerce, Rosneft, USAID — Held the post of Senior Interpreter at Moscow Domodedovo Airport during the IPO preparation process (2011), interpreted for the board of directors— For many years, managed teams of qualified translators and editors (English-Russian, Russian-English, German-Russian, German-English) and was the only point of contact between customers and the team. Was personally responsible for deadlines and quality control. Coordinated teamwork in large volume translations, including urgent orders.

Moscow, Russian Federation

— Responsibilities were broad and included: market research, developing new ways to promote the company's services, negotiations with prospective partners and clients, creating adwords campaigns, overseeing web analytics, designing website wireframes, hiring new employees, managing outsourcers (software developers, designers, translators), etc.— Republished Tramway, a Russian illustrated magazine for children which initially was issued in 1990-1995, was made by most talented and wittiest authors and artists and was extremely popular with the whole generation. There were 5 books published by us (each included 12 monthly issues of the magazine, from 1990 to 1995, and a foreword written by the former Chief Editor, with memoirs how the magazine had been made). It became the company's signature project and brought it a lot of media attention. Over 50,000 copies were sold, with orders from the whole ex-Soviet Union and beyond. — Managed a fundraising translation project (a book of memoirs by an Argentinian-Russian author): designed a website for the project, was responsible for its promotion in social media, managed the translation and editing. — Published on paper Practice of Functional Programming, a magazine formerly existing only in electronic form. Negotiated with editors, organized the whole publishing process, led a promotion campaign among readers.

— Translated agreements, contracts, memorandums for clients, powers of attorney, and other documents in the areas of tax law, commercial law, corporate law, and copyright law— Coordinated teamwork in cases of large volume translations. Was personally responsible for the final editing and processing of results: translation quality, consistency of terminology, meeting deadlines— Interpreted for company executives at conferences and important events— Assisted in the preparation of memorandums, legal research, the analysis of financial statements; assumed some paralegal responsibilities

Language Interpretation And Translation

A joint project of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission and the United Nations. Intensive Course in Conference.

Language Interpretation And Translation

Course in Conference Interpreting (970 hours, Russian-English)

Specialist, Philosophy