Martin Spethman

Founder and Managing Partner

ROLES:

  • Strategic Planning and Execution of GPI's Business Goals
  • Account Management and Globalization Consulting
  • Website Development and Internet Marketing Initiatives

COMPETENCIES:

  • Design, Development and Deployment of Multilingual Websites
  • Localization Project Management
  • SEO and Internet Marketing

EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Spethman has over eighteen years experience providing documentation, software and Website globalization services. He began his career in 1985 with Worldwide Communications Corporation, a Tokyo-based developer of machine translation software and services. In 1989 he founded MS Language & Technology, Inc., a Miami-based translation and desktop publishing agency. After three years of profitable operation serving over 140 clients including IBM, Walt Disney World, Marriott, and AT&T, the company was purchased by Chicago Multi-lingual Graphics (CML). From 1994 to 2000 he served in key executive management roles with localization agencies Welocalize and InterPro.

Throughout his career, Mr. Spethman has held numerous production and sales positions, including Project Manager, Operations Manager, Web Master, Account Executive and VP of Sales and Marketing. He has managed translation production offices in Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland and the United States, and has overseen hundreds of successful globalization projects each year since 1987, ranging from large volume, multimillion-word documentation sets to high-profile Websites for Fortune 500 companies.

In 2001 Mr. Spethman founded Globalization Partners International (GPI) with a very simple goal: “To take on challenging projects for interesting clients and grow one successful project and one happy client at a time.” Since its inception, GPI has successfully completed a wide range of documentation, software and Website globalization projects for companies such as Advance PCS, Citrix, Fortis Health, McDonalds, NBC, and YNotLearn, to name just a few.

PERSONAL:

Mr. Spethman graduated with a BA in Business Administration from Carroll College. He is a published author with two educational guidebooks for teenagers, as well as numerous articles on Website globalization. Each year Mr. Spethman devotes time to ongoing professional development and encourages all of GPI’s staff to pursue their personal and professional goals. In 2004 he completed the (CIW) Certified Internet Webmaster Program in Site and E-Commerce Design.