Cormac Eklof is a Senior Program Manager at Vistatec. Cormac joined Vistatec in 2017 and is responsible for overseeing several large programs for major global corporations. In this episode, Cormac shares his thoughts on the importance of flexibility, communication, and effective listening in global program management.

Mathilde Jakobsen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Fresh.Land, a disruptive food-tech startup that is digitizing and shortening the food supply chain, connecting farmers and consumers directly to a more sustainable and equitable model. Mathilde co-founded Fresh.Land in 2015 and has since gone on to win various prestigious accolades recognizing her success, such as the women of the decade in start-up by the Women’s Economic Forum.

Unn Villius is the Chief Sales Officer and responsible for Vistatec's Business Development. Her localization career started as a Swedish linguist at Microsoft Ireland in 1988, and she has since held a wide variety of positions in localization operations management. Joining Vistatec in 1997, she quickly moved into Business Development and successfully established Vistatec’s first US office.

Mel is VP of Product Commerce & Consumer Brands at Condé Nast. Mel is responsible for leading key brands globally across the portfolio - Vogue, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller, Arch Digest, Allure and is now leading the transformation of new revenue opportunities within the commerce space. Mel has worked in various publishers and commerce companies in her career namely, Photobox, Telegraph, Mr & MrsSmith, Lonely Planet, and TimeOut.

In this episode of VistaTalks, we talk to Ruth Dolla, Manager for VisitSweden. Ruth Manages the operations and marketing for an entire geographical market while also finding the right positioning for Sweden as a destination to market to the international tourist in India and the Asian market. Ruth has 14+ years of experience within integrated marketing, sponsorship management, digital marketing, P.R., social media, strategy & planning, events, journalism, and brand merchandising.

In this episode of VistaTalks, we talk to Tammy Darcy. Tammy is an award-winning social entrepreneur. Tammy founded the Shona Project to provide a safe place for girls to seek guidance and advice on all the challenges associated with growing up in Ireland. Backed by a team of professional advisors, the website also provides girls with an opportunity to share their own stories and learn from each other. The Shona Project has also delivered workshops to almost 13,000 girls in schools across Ireland. The Shona Project also won the Community/Non-Profit category at the Think Global Awards 2021 ceremony.

From Portarlington to Pennsylvania – Shane Patrick Ryan is an American-Irish swimmer who competes internationally for Ireland. Shane is a firm believer in learning from your past experiences and using these to move forward and mature from them. Shane's hard work and determination, traits that have stood to him as an elite athlete, paid off handsomely as he graduated from high school and received a scholarship to Penn State University, graduating with a degree in Event Management. Shane's determination and dedication to swimming is unrivalled. Shane qualified for Rio Olympics in 2016, with the medals to prove it, won bronze in the 50m backstrokes at the 2018 World Short Course Championships, and in 2019 won the European Short Course bronze. 

Shane lives by the saying, "if you can do it in 60 seconds, then do it". Even simple tasks such as making the bed – that was one task he could tick off daily. Each day he tried to be better than the previous day.

Unbroken by blindness in 1998, Mark became an adventure athlete competing in ultra-endurance races across deserts, mountains, and the polar ice caps including being the first blind person to race to the South Pole.

Mark won silver and bronze medals for rowing at the Commonwealth Games. Mark was described by Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella as one of “the most inspiring people I met” after they discussed the ways technology is changing how people learn. 

Mark’s media appearances include the world’s media, CNN, BBC, CBS, CNBC International, Hub Culture at Davos, Wired, and many others. 

Mark has been featured by the World Economic Forum and the Huffington Post as well as interviews on the Daily Telegraph, LA Times, CNN, and more!

Andreas has got over 15 years of experience in the world of international digital marketing, managing the content & localization team at Ladbrokes for over seven years and later running the global digital sales & marketing channels for Sony's mobile division for seven years. Working across different industries, and in the ever-changing digital arena, Andreas has faced many trends, systems, tools, and challenges surrounding content marketing - experiences that he has taken with him whilst working as a management consultant in the last year.  

Paula Manzur is a Machine Translation Specialist at Vistatec. With over 11 years of experience as an English<>Spanish Translator in the localization industry, she has acquired great experience in a number of customer service roles, ranging from localization, quality assurance, to project management & machine translation deployment in a multi-language environment. Paula is located in Rosario, Argentina, and is passionate about language, technology and astronomy.