SDL International Expands US Presence

SDL Maidenhead , United Kingdom
04 April 2000

SDL is pleased to announce the opening of offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Montreal, Canada. SDL International currently has offices in Dallas and Austin, Texas, San Francisco, California and Boston, Massachusetts.

 Kathleen Hennessy opens the Atlanta office, covering the Southeast territory of the US. Kathleen joins SDL from Berlitz after five years in various Account and Sales Management roles. She has worked with clients in the IT industry and Fortune 500 companies throughout the US and abroad.

Danielle Faubert is SDL's Regional Business Development Manager in Montreal, Canada. Danielle comes to SDL with fifteen years of experience in the localization and translation industry. She has experience managing relationships and developing strategic partnerships with clients both locally and globally.

Duncan Bosher and Evelyn Toro join the West Coast team in the San Francisco office. Duncan joins SDL from Berlitz and, most recently, RWS Group. Evelyn comes to SDL from Lexmark where she worked as Project Manager, supporting over 35% of Lexmark's localization.

Commenting on the new senior employees, Mark Lancaster, Chairman and Chief Executive, said:

"We are very excited to have these new additions to the SDL sales team. Kathleen, Danielle, Duncan and Evelyn all have extensive knowledge and experience in the localization industry and we feel that they are a perfect compliment to the SDL US Team. The employment of senior level sales and support staff will continue to be an area we will invest in."

About SDL

SDL is the leader in Global Information Management (GIM) solutions that empower organizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existing business systems to manage the delivery of global information from authoring to publication and throughout the distributed translation supply chain.

Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise software or hosted services for their GIM processes, including ABN-Amro, Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Chrysler, CNH, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Philips, SAP, Sony, SUN Microsystems and Virgin Atlantic.

SDL has implemented more than 480 enterprise GIM solutions, has deployed over 150,000 software licenses across the GIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for 10 million customers per month. Over 1,000 service professionals deliver consulting, implementation and language services through its global infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.sdl.com

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