Euro Investor
March 19, 2009
TransPerfect, the world’s largest privately held provider of language and business services, today announced that Jaroslava Flodrová has joined the company as Production Director, Prague. Reporting directly to Angela O’Sullivan, TransPerfect’s Vice President of European Operations, Flodrová will head up TransPerfect’s 57th global location in Prague, Czech Republic.
With more than 7 years’ experience in the language services field, Flodrová is an industry veteran. In her previous role at Skrivanek Ltd. in Prague, Flodrová directed production, sales and marketing departments for the company’s international division, which served a wide range of industries across the US and EU. She was also tasked with quality assurance and adherence to ISO standards.
According to TransPerfect President and CEO, Liz Elting, “We are delighted to have Jaroslava bring her extensive leadership experience and high quality standards to our global production team.” She went on to add, “With the opening of this new location in Prague, we look forward to providing additional support to our clients in the Czech Republic as well as the larger Eastern European market.”
With a GDP per capita that is double that of the Czech Republic as a whole, Prague has a robust economy that is largely supported by tourism. Prague also acts as a hub for several manufacturing sectors including aircraft engines, diesel engines, refined oil products, electronics, chemicals, and automobiles. Furthermore, as a business hub for Eastern Europe, the Czech Republic attracts many Global 500 companies, including Hewlett-Packard, BP, Nestle and Sony.
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Prague Office Information |
| TransPerfect s.r.o. |
| Vitezne nam. 2 |
| Prague 6 |
| 160 00 Czech Republic |
| Tel.: +420 773 22 7473 |
About TransPerfect
With revenue of over $250 million, TransPerfect is the largest privately held language services provider in the world. From offices in 66 cities on 5 continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in over 100 languages to multinationals worldwide. With a global network of over 4,000 linguists and subject-area specialists, TransPerfect is the largest translation company to be fully ISO 9001:2008 and EN 15038:2006 certified. TransPerfect is headquartered in New York and has regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.