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MIIS Virtual Preview Day Event
29 Oct 2021
Pacific Standard Time (UTC-08:00)
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Meet the students, staff, and faculty from our Online Translation and Localization Management program. Learn how you can level up your localization technology and management skills either through our fully online Master's degree program, or through our part-time online non-degree Learning Paths.
Host organization: Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Event Speakers
Max Troyer
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Max Troyer has more than 20 years of experience in the technology, language and consulting industries. He has worked in a wide variety of functions both freelance and in-house, including project management, localization engineering, multilingual layout (DTP), training, technical support and process/workflow consulting. In addition to being an Associate Professor and the Program Chair of the Translation and Localization Management (TLM) masters degree program at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, he is a freelance translation and localization consultant. He has dual undergrad majors in Computer Science and French, and is an alumnus of the Institute with a MA in Translation for French.
Winnie Heh
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Winnie Heh has worn many different hats in the language industry – language instructor, translator, interpreter, professor of interpretation, senior executive and consultant of language services companies, and Career Advisor. In her business career, she led teams in Operations, Sales, Marketing, International Expansion, Merger and Acquisition as well as language technology. She has established and managed businesses in the U.S., Latin America, Canada, U.K. and China. As an educator, she aims to connect language students with the abundance of career opportunities in the language industry and to advocate for curriculum innovation in line with future talent needs. She is a Board Member and Secretary of the Board for California Healthcare Interpreting Association and a Committee Member of the ALC Bridge. She holds an AA degree in Accounting and Statistics, BA degree in English and MA degree in Conference Interpretation.