Andrew Draheim

Current

• Principal at Dig-IT! Globalization Consultants

Past

• Business Unit Manager at World Bank
• Managing Director at Berlitz
• Managing Director at Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Services

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Industry

Management Consulting

Andrew Draheim’s Summary

Andrew develops high performing operations that meet or exceed desired profit margins, deadlines and quality targets. Leveraging two decades of implementing proven tools and methodologies, Andrew turns knowledge workers into high performing company assets. He understands that professionals are not paid to work 9-to-5, but to be more productive. Andrew has celebrated success in leading global organizations, such as Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Scientific American, The Macmillan Group, and many others), Berlitz GlobalNet (now Lionbridge), The World Bank, Merrill, and thebigword.

Andrew completed the implementation of five localization hubs in developing countries for the World Bank. He implemented and managed one of the world’s largest Global Translation Management System (GMS / TMS) installations. He is co-author of the Best Practice Guide To Implementing Global Content Management Systems (CMS) published by the Localization Industry Standard Association (LISA). Andrew has also served as Managing Director for Central & Eastern Europe for Berlitz GlobalNet and Managing Director of HEP, the electronic publishing arm of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group that includes Scientific American, Henry Holt, St. Martin’s Press, Farrar Straus and Giroux, as well as Handelsblatt.

Andrew is a featured speaker, facilitator and participant at many high profile industry events, such as Inter-Agency Meeting on Language Arrangements, Documentation and Publications of the UN network and the European Commission (IAMLAPD), Inter-Agency Language Roundtable of the US government (ILR), Digital Economy Forum of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, and ProZ translator conference. He also presents at events organized by Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA), Gilbane Content Management, International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), Globalization and Localization Association (GALA), Translation User Automation Society (TAUS), and others.

Andrew Draheim’s Specialties:

Publishing, E-Publishing, Globalization, Internationalization, Localization, Translation, Vision, Strategy & Execution, Operations Management, Staff Development, Turnaround Management, Change Management, Productivity & Efficiency Improvement