RD Welch

I am unique in that I have worked extensively in all sides of technology globalization: globalization engineering, technical & patent translation, international product support, international product sales.

I've acted as employee and consultant in this area for both large and small companies.

Having spanned the globalization spectrum, I'm singularly well endowed with the vision and experience to coordinate those functions in rolling out new products to non-US markets.

I'm very technical and can keep up with the deepest techie requirements discussions (hardware or software) but I also understand firsthand the challenges in sales/marketing and support in remote markets as well as the cultural requirements. Moreover I have many years of experience in translating and in managing large tranlsation projects.

In all I lived abroad for 10 years in England, Japan and Hong Kong and I traveled to 28 countries in my work.

I have spent the most time in Asia and especially Japan and I speak, read and write Japanese and use in professionally. I have helped launch several companies into Asian markets.

I have an MS/BS in Computer Science with a minor in Japanese (UCSD) and an ME in Japanese to English Technical Translation (UWM)