NEW YORK – September 24, 2014 – Smartling today announced that co-founder and CEO Jack Welde will speak at Techweek New York, which will take place September 29 through October 5. Techweek convenes entrepreneurs, visionaries and thought leaders for a weeklong celebration of technology and innovation in emerging tech hubs across America.
Welde will present an interactive session as part of Techweek New York’s Knowledge Bar, entitled “Overcoming the Language Barrier with Cloud Computing.” Attendees will learn about how today’s cloud technologies are making translation and localization unprecedentedly quick, easy and cost-effective, enabling emerging brands to overcome language barriers, better compete globally, and penetrate new markets faster and more efficiently than ever before.
Who: Jack Welde, co-founder and CEO of Smartling What: Welde will present a session on translation technology, entitled “Overcoming the Language Barrier with Cloud Computing” When: Welde’s session will take place on Thursday, October 2 at 1 p.m. ET Where: 82Mercer Conference Center, New York City To learn more about Smartling, stop by booth No. 1 at the show, or go to: smartling.com. For more information on Techweek New York, please visit: https://techweek.com/
About Smartling Smartling, Inc. simplifies and accelerates translation and localization for companies reaching a global market. With the first cloud-based enterprise platform for a translation management system, Smartling helps companies quickly translate and deploy their websites and dynamic Web applications, mobile applications and business documents across the entire corporate digital infrastructure. Named “Most Innovative Startup” at Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal’s 2011 FASTech 50, Smartling is shaking up the translation and localization industry with the first platform designed to manage the entire translation, localization and delivery process via a scalable SaaS model. Brands that rely on Smartling to launch and manage localized multilingual websites and applications include Foursquare, GoPro, HotelTonight, Path, Pinterest, Shutterstock, Spotify, SurveyMonkey, Vimeo and more. The Smartling platform currently serves billions of page views per month in more than 100 languages across the globe.
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in New York City, Smartling is privately held and backed by leading venture capital firms, including First Round Capital, Harmony Partners, ICONIQ Capital, IDG Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock and several prominent angel investors.
Contact: Jackie Gerbus Davies Murphy Group +1 508-479-2786 smartling@daviesmurphy.com
