Florian Faes is the Managing Director of Slator, the leading source of research and analysis for the global translation, localization, and language technology industry. Slator’s Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for independent analysis. Headquartered in Zurich, Slator has a presence in Asia, Europe, and the US.

Anna is a language services industry professional with expertise in project management, management and quality systems, and a special interest in the life sciences sector. Starting her career in data annotation in Sydney, she then gained 10 years’ experience in London and Madrid with major LSPs before joining Slator as a research contributor. Anna is today Slator’s Head of Research. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Linguistics from the University of Sydney.

At Phrase, the focus is on enriching AI-driven translation technologies to facilitate global business expansion. As VP of AI Solutions, my role is to pioneer innovative strategies, leveraging generative AI to address intricate business challenges and propel product development that aligns with customer expectations. With a tenure of over 15 years in the industry, I have steered my organizations toward achieving record global revenue by tapping into diverse markets, cultures and solutions.

Esther Curiel is a global content and localization expert. Her mission is to help brands achieve international growth objectives by integrating localization, content strategy, and global user experience. She is currently the globalization manager at Zoetis, an animal health company operating in over 100 countries.

Freddie Braun is the Localization and International Content Lead at Monzo Bank. With a focus on scaling Monzo’s unique brand voice and customer experience internationally, Freddie leads the strategy for translation and cultural adaptation across global markets. Freddie has extensive experience embedding content and localization strategies within large-scale consumer-facing enterprises, including previous leadership roles at Klarna, Condé Nast, and THE NET-A-PORTER GROUP.

Zach Duncan is Head of Localization at Stripe and has over a decade of experience in the localization industry, including with previous roles at Uber and leading service providers.

Anna is a language services industry professional with expertise in project management, management and quality systems, and a special interest in the life sciences sector. Starting her career in data annotation in Sydney, she then gained 10 years’ experience in London and Madrid with major LSPs before joining Slator as a research contributor. Anna is today Slator’s Head of Research. She holds a B.A. (Hons) in Linguistics from the University of Sydney.

Adam Bittlingmayer is co-founder and CEO of ModelFront — AI to check and fix AI translations, and trigger human intervention when needed.

He also founded the Machine Translate Foundation. Previously he was a software engineer at Google Translate.

Florian Faes is the Managing Director of Slator, the leading source of research and analysis for the global translation, localization, and language technology industry. Slator’s Advisory practice is a trusted partner to clients looking for independent analysis. Headquartered in Zurich, Slator has a presence in Asia, Europe, and the US.

Starting from his passion for music, songwriting, and singing, he earned a degree in Computer Music. After co-founding Binari Sonori in 1994, focusing on gaming, voice localization and production, he served as Global Audio Director at Keywords Studios from 2015 until the end of 2019. In 2020, he founded Voiseed to pursue research and development in deep learning–based emotional virtual voices. After winning Horizon Europe funding in 2022, the company released its first multilingual, multi-voice emotional models in 2025.

Dominik Roblek co-founded VoiceFrom with a mission to make simultaneous AI interpretation both accurate and accessible. Previously, he led the Sense Audio team at Google Research, the group behind Pixel’s Now Playing, Google Meet noise suppression, and foundational models such as SEANet, SoundStream, and AudioLM. As the author of over 100 papers and patents, he applies his expertise in generative AI and real-time audio to clear language barriers that hinder global interaction. Dominik holds a mathematics degree from the University of Ljubljana and an MSc in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin.

Eyal Heldenberg is the co-founder and CEO of No Barrier (nobarrier.ai), a startup providing an AI-powered medical interpreter to eliminate language barriers in healthcare. An engineering leader with over 15 years in speech recognition and AI, he has pioneered solutions that transformed communication for millions of users. At No Barrier, he leads the mission to revolutionize healthcare communication with immediate, accurate interpretation services—a vision recognized on Slator’s 2025 Language AI “50 Under 50” list.

As the founder and CEO of Ailaysa, Senthil Nathan leads an innovative AI technology company specializing in content creation and translation for selective industries including enterprise content, government, education and media and publishing. At present, Ailaysa’s advanced content AI, combined with its collaborative human engagement features and commitment to responsible and ethical AI practices, has positioned it as one of the fastest-growing AI platforms. Ailaysa has gone beyond CAT, and is a full content creation and translation platform.

Senthil is at the forefront of a multilingual AI initiative that spans continents, championing the role of AI in supporting all languages, not just the major ones, in the generative revolution. With 30 years of experience in the translation industry, his expertise drives his passion for multilingual solutions.

In addition to his work with Ailaysa, Senthil is the founder of Langscape Language Solutions Pvt Ltd (LSP specializing in Indic languages) and a well-known author in Tamil. Senthil is also playing a crucial role as the international coordinator of the Chennai International Book Fair for the last two years, International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil (INFITT) in its initial years and was a vice-president of Citlob, the apex body of Indian language companies.

Silvia Terribile is a Research & Community Specialist at Slator, where she contributes to Slator conferences, events, and research coverage on language AI. She holds a PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Manchester, where she investigated productivity in the post-editing of neural machine translation in partnership with Toppan Digital Language. She has been teaching translation technologies at the Universities of Sheffield, Manchester, and Roehampton. She has previously worked on localization at Hogarth Worldwide and Turner Broadcasting System.

Xinzi Rao is the program manager at SAP Language Experience and co-lead of the internal strategic renewal initiative LX2030, shaping SAP’s language localization strategy in the new era.

Signe Winther Poulsen landed in this industry 20 years ago as a young, aspiring Project Manager and has since worked across most localization roles including Operations, Quality, Accounts and Commercial Management. Joining LanguageWire some 6 years ago, and since 2022 the role of Chief Operations Officer, she’s focused in matters Operations ensuring that we deliver on the promise and potential of our offering across a broad portfolio of wonderful customers.

Throughout her history in the Industry Technical Documentations has held a special place in her professional heart. Managing – and localizing – technical documentation requires both a broad range of technical solutions and a great deal of creativity to continue to expand the boundaries of scalability, adapting new approaches in the tireless mission to exhaust the potential of automation whilst always making sure to get the quality just right for the customer’s purpose. Our customers connect to a broad range of audiences and platforms across the globe and aiding the mission to do so smartly, safely and smoothly is our key mission.

Pasi Savola has more than 30 years of experience in technical communication and documentation management across global industrial companies. He currently leads the documentation team for Konecranes Port Solutions, where he is driving the digital transformation of information logistics through advanced content management systems and automation.

Before joining Konecranes in 2020, Pasi held leadership roles at Danfoss Drives and Vacon, where he built and managed international documentation teams and implemented innovative digital content solutions, including AI-based tools and structured XML documentation systems. He is also an active contributor to professional communities, having presented at international conferences such as TC World, Nordic Tekom, and the XTM Translation Summit.

Alex has 10+ years experience in the Translation and Localization industry, primarily in pre-sales functions (bid management and consultancy), with roles such as Solution Architect, Team Lead – Bid Management, Project and Production Manager.

Esther spent several years in France and Luxembourg for work and study, and has since returned to her native London. She has a strong languages background, having studied for degrees in French & Linguistics and Translation & Interpreting. She went on to pursue a career in the Language Services industry, where she gained PM, technology and management experience before joining the Slator team.