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Kelly Hocker
Executive Director & Managing Partner
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A Managing
Partner and co-founder of the company, Kelly earned
degrees from Indiana Wesleyan University and Indiana
University. Kelly devotes his time primarily to overseeing
the daily operations of Indy Translations, but is also
active in the company’s financial operations and marketing
initiatives. Kelly has 10 years of translation management experience
and brings with him a
diverse background in business, including marketing,
project management and accounting which assure
that the company runs smoothly and customers receive the
highest degree of service. Kelly is currently perfecting
his Spanish skills. |
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Bill Zart
Director of Translation Services & Managing Partner |
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Bill is a linguist and translator,
who received his B.A. in
Russian, Spanish and French and his M.A. in Russian
and Spanish Linguistics from Purdue University in 1991 and 1993 respectively.
Bill
has also studied at the Pushkin Institute in the former Soviet Union in 1990. He
has taught Russian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, ASL and English as a Second
Language, working at Purdue
University, Marian College, ELS Language School, Ivy Tech, IUPUI and IUPUC. Bill
co-founded Indy Translations
with Kelly Hocker in
1997. He is a member of the American
Translators Association, the Midwest Association of Translators and
Interpreters, and the American Council of Teachers of Russian. He is currently studying
Italian. |
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Jennifer Porter
Director of the Indy Foreign Language Academy
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Jenna
is the Director of the Indy Foreign Language Academy. She has been working
with us for over seven years and has developed
curricula for all of our language programs. She also plans and manages class and instructor
schedules and matches new students with an instructor who
can help them to meet their language-learning goals. Jenna
received her B.A. in Spanish and Theatre from Franklin
College of Indiana and has worked at the Needham and Lindley Schools as
well as the Bona Vista
Center and other language schools in central and northern
Indiana, teaching Spanish and ESL. She received her
Masters in Education with a concentration in TESOL
from Shenandoah University in 2007. |
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Christiane Wheatley
Manager of St Louis Office |
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Christiane
is Brazilian and has been living in the US since 1991. She
began studying English, French and Spanish in Brazil with her sights set on diplomatic career. She
studied International Relations at the Universidade de Brasília
and later worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Finnish Embassy,
while always improving her linguistic abilities. In the US, Christiane began working as a translator and specializes in the
translation of technical, financial and insurance documents. She now works
with us managing our St. Louis
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Marietta Suarez
Senior Spanish Translator |
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Marietta joined us in April of 2005. She is originally
from Cuba and had lived for Venezuela for many years. She
is a perfectionist when it comes to translation. She works
tirelessly to understand the client's text or product so
that she can deliver the best possible translation. In
addition to translating general texts, she specializes in
technical texts comprising the fields of electricity,
woodworking, machinery and home remodeling. She regularly
produces over 3,000 words a day of translation from
English into Spanish. |
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Carmen Mejías
Spanish Interpreter/Translator
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Carmen
joined Indy
Translations in November of 2000 as our project coordinator.
In addition, she also works as one of our Spanish interpreters and
translators. She specializes in legal, marketing and human resources translations. Carmen is from
Venezuela, and holds a degree in Business Administration from the
Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Antonio José de Sucre in
Venezuela. She has over 15 years of experience working in business
administration, human resources and public relations. |
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Magdy Mirabal
Desktop Publishing Designer/Spanish Translator |
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Magdy is responsible for
editing documents from English into Spanish. Her many
years of experiences as an architect, management consultant in human
resources and marketing, and particularly her experience in designing
and implementing health projects make her one of our professionals who
is responsible, among other things, for ensuring that the final
translation product is always of the highest professional quality. Magdy received her degree in Architecture in Venezuela in 1985; in
1992 she graduated with a Master's Degree in Management Logistics
which earned her a managerial position in the field of health
services. This led her to specialize in the field receiving her
Master's Degree in Health Administration from IUPUI in 2000. Now in
the US, she brings her 19 years of experience in the technical and
management field to Indy Translations
as a translator and editor. |
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Anna Proksch
Supervising Project Manager |
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Anna Proksch joined our team in September 2005 as a
full-time project manager and a part-time language
instructor. A native of Varese, Italy, she started her
studies at the University of Milan. After moving to New
York in August 1999, she finished her studies at SUNY
Geneseo and graduated with a major in French and a degree
in Foreign Languages and Literature. Her knowledge of
Italian and French combined with her outstanding
communication and organization skills make her a perfect
fit for Indy Translations. She is responsible for
overseeing all project managers and ensuring that our
clients are always completely satisfied. |
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Jonathon Henley
Project Manager |
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Jonathon Henley joined our team in August 2006 as a
full-time project manager. He is from Indianapolis and a
recent graduate at Indiana University Bloomington, having
earned a Bachelor's Degree in both German and
International Studies. Prior to graduating IU, Jonathon
studied for an academic year abroad from 2004-2005 at the
University of Freiburg in Germany. In the summer of 2004,
he also interned with Indy Translations, assisting with
translations, teaching of an immersion class, developed
marketing and promotion skills and used extensive research
with database building for client referrals at our offices
in Indy and St. Louis. Jonathon’s prompt organizational
skills and profound professionalism will continue to make
him a great asset towards our company. |
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Whitney Ramsay
Spanish Language Proofer/Editor |
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Whitney is from Indianapolis and a graduate of DePauw University, having earned a Bachelor's Degree in
Spanish. She studied in Granada, Spain in spring of 2005.
She interned with Indy
Translations in the summer of 2005, assisting with translations, proofreading,
and teaching of an immersion class. Whitney also speaks
excellent French and is working toward complete fluency before
tackling Portuguese, then Italian and Romanian. Her goal
is to master all of the principal Romance languages before
she turns 30. She is currently 23 and has a long way to
go. |
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Luz Reyes, Ph D.
Spanish Instructor/Translator |
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Luz is from
Bogotá, Colombia. She has more than 20 years of
experience teaching adults and kids, receiving her
bachelor degree in Biology and a Masters of Science in
Plant Genetics at the National University of Colombia.
She completed her PhD program in Horticulture at the
North Carolina State University. For 15 years she has
taught and conducted research at the National University
in Colombia. In 2001 she returned to the United States
to continue her scientific research at North Carolina
State University, as well as extension projects in
Spanish for the Latino community. She has extensive
expertise in English-Spanish translation having
translated several booklets and electronic materials
intended in order to reach Spanish-speakers working in
agriculture and food safety. |
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Daniela Guanipa
Spanish, Portuguese Translator |
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Daniela
is a native Spanish speaker, born and raised in
Venezuela where she obtained a BA in International
Relations from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in
Caracas. Her professional career as a translator began
in 1998 when she went to work for a film company in
Caracas, dubbing and subtitling a wide variety of
audiovisual materials in her working languages of
English, Spanish and Portuguese. After her relocation to
the U.S. in 2000, she has continuously lived in the
Indianapolis area. Through her work and participation in
various programs, she has had the opportunity to be
actively involved with the local community helping to
educate and increase awareness and understanding of the
soaring Spanish-speaking community. In addition to being
a Certified Court Interpreter in the State of Indiana
since 2005, she is an active member of the American
Translators Association, certified in the
English>Spanish combination since 2003; she is also an
active member of MATI, the Midwest Chapter of the ATA.
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Jean Proyet
French Translator |
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Jean is a native of Southern France who has been living in
the United States for over 30 years. He specializes in
legal translations, product packaging, electrical
appliances, which has earned him the nickname, the "King
of Toasters." |
