[GALA Valencia 2024] The Leadership of the Future

Chief Business Officer at Semantix, responsible for the total business within localization and advanced language solutions. The enthusiastic leader of a passionate team of language professionals, technology experts and innovative minds. Semantix is the leading player in the Nordics and is constantly expanding its own comfort zone, trying harder and achieving more. Building on great people who firmly believe in communication and technology as an important contribution to our modern world.

30 years working experience in localization. Started as I18N engineer, technical consultant in Omron APAC and Software AG before joining the localization industry companies, such as, LMI, Berlitz GlobalNET, Bowne Global Solutions, EC Innovations as program manager, AM, business development director, and global strategist. Today, she is the Chief Strategy Officer in SuccessGlo, an Asia leading provider based in Singapore, China, Vietnam and Japan. Actively volunteer herself in the leadership team of Women in Localization Singapore Chapter as Events Manager, mission trips to developing countries and teaching Sunday school kids.

Graduate of the first class of the University of Houston (UH) Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship (WCE) at Bauer College of Business, Ludmila (Mila) Golovine, years later, runs the global language solutions company she presented in her class business plan and then started in 1993. She has grown MasterWord into a top-ranked multi-million-dollar company that delivers language access and enables success of international organizations, projects, and initiatives in over 400 languages globally. Golovine, is the driving force behind MasterWord’s mission to Connect People Across Language and Culture. She is respected internationally for her management processes and industry-leading client solutions. Golovine believes community involvement and social responsibility are at the core of any successful corporation, making MasterWord a signatory of the UN Global Compact in 2021. She chairs the Advisory Subcommittee for the Translation and Interpretation Program at the Houston Community College; leads strategic partnerships for the Global Community Programs of Women in Localization; is a member of TBAT (Texas Business Against Human Trafficking) and the Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Taskforce; and is a Founding member of the Global Coalition of Language Rights. She is actively involved in the and UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages, founding the Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project in 2023, and was recently awarded the 2024 Language Advocate of the Year Award by the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC). Her work has been recognized by numerous awards, including California Healthcare Interpreting Association (CHIA) Trainer of the Year Award 2021, Houston Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business Award; Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Gulf Coast Area regional winner (2023), Congressional Recognition G7 “Excellence in International Service” award, and NCIHC 2024 Language Access Champion Award.

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As Akorbi’s visionary CEO and co-founder, Claudia has led the company’s impressive evolution from a language translation company to a global provider of multilingual business solutions, including interpretation, staffing, contact centers, learning services, localization and more. Under her leadership, the company has become an award-winning, fast-growing, international company with more than 930 employees and 5-year growth (from 2012-2016) of 1,267%. According to the Women Presidents’ Organization, Akorbi is the 8th fastest growing woman-owned/led company in the world. Claudia is a published author in key industry publications, sought-after speaker, inventor with patents-pending, mother, mentor and philanthropist. She’s also an advocate for woman-owned small businesses.; She recently participated in a round table discussion at the White House with other female entrepreneurs.

Latha is an award winning lawyer and social entrepreneur whose goal has been to grow a socially responsible and sustainable language services company that is the multilingual hub for the world, with a team of talented, motivated and passionate individuals committed to this goal.;