PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE                       
Provide the highest level of quality translation and interpretation services thriving for 100% customer satisfaction.

SUMMARY
Visionary interpreter and translator who can see further than individual words put together, a whole context and cultural meaning, always conveying what was meant in the source language. Trustworthy and encouraging meaningful communication, spreading enthusiasm at any work place, a powerful people person.
  
LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE
Language Line Services, CA, USA (Jan 2008- Present). Over the phone interpreting, servicing customers from USA, Canada and UK. All fields: legal, medical, judicial, technical, business, immigration, etc.
O.P.I. (Over the Phone Interpreting), FL, USA (Jan 2007-Present)
Over the phone interpreting, USA customers, mainly medical field.
Tele-Interpreters, CA, USA (Sep 2002-Jan 2008)
Over the phone interpreting, all fields, customers from USA. The company was taken over by Language Line Services in Jan 2008.
Lionbridge, Washington D.C, USA (Dec 2007- Present).
Immigration Court, USCIS appointments, over the phone interpreting, mostly legal field.
Language Select, LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Jun 2009-Present). Phone interpreting, all fields.
Local translation and interpreting services companies in MN, USA (Nov 2000-Present)
Companies: All in One, A-Z Friendly Languages, GBR, Dialog One, AS Interpreting, Kim Tong Translation Services, Multilingual Word, Nessim & Associates, Translanguages, The Language Banc, etc. Medical and legal fields.
School nr.1 Bals, Romania (Sep 1997-May 2000)
English Language Teacher
LUBIS SRL, Slatina, Romania (Sep 1996-Sep 1997)
Chief of Marketing Import Export Office. Technical translation, interpreting for business meetings with foreign customers from Belgium, Greece, Germany.
UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA- Electrotechnics (1981-1986)
Translated articles from English into Romanian from technical magazines and brochures during the years in the undergraduate school.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Cypress Semiconductors Inc., Bloomington, MN, USA. (May 2000-Nov.2008)
The company produces high quality semiconductor devices.
Maintenance Specialist, Production Supervisor, Training Coordinator.
SMR SA Bals, Romania. Similar in profile and size with Gerdau Ameristeel from Saint Paul, MN.(1991-1996)
I worked on turn, as an electrical protections engineer, energetical dispatcher, chief of mechano-energetical office. The company's profile is metallurgy, producing wheels, boggies and axles for the railway industry, exporting in Germany, India, Turkey, etc.
I met occasionally and interpreted/translated for visiting customers.
CELROM SA, Pulp and Paper Factory,Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania.(1986-1991).
Electrical engineering maintenance. 

Note: The technical experience is very large but has little relevance for the interpreting/translation, which used to be a part time job and became a full time job since 2008.

EDUCATION
Master of Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN USA- fall 2009.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Craiova, Romania, summer 1986.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
I was certified as an interpreter and translator from/into English/Romanian by the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Romanian Ministry of Culture since 1998.
I attended many conferences and meetings for interpreters and translators since I joined American Translators Association. The first major one was the Annual ATA Conference in Denver, CO, October 2010.
Joined Proz.com a professional website in the field.
Joined IMIA, the International Medical Interpreters Association.
Joined the legal, medical and education rosters in the state of Minnesota, USA.

Joined UMTIA (Upper Midwest Translators and Interpreters Association) and attended the General Membership Annual Meeting on the 14th of May, 2011.

Attended the "Genetics Workshop for Healthcare Interpreters" organized by UMTIA in Minneapolis, MN on the 21st of May, 2011.

Attended the "Interpret America Summit" in Washington D.C on the 17th-18th of June, 2011.

Attended the XIXth World Congress of FIT (International Federation of Translators) between the 1st-4th of August 2011 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Attended the following  training events in 2013:
1) "An exploration of Ethical Decision Making and Boundaries in Health Care Interpreting", presentation organized by UMTIA in St. Paul, MN on the 26th of January;
2) "Note - Taking Workshop for Dialogue Interpreters", presentation organized by UMTIA in St. Paul, MN on the 9th of March;
3) "Orthopedics Workshop for Medical Interpreters - Basic Concepts, Common Conditions and the Treatments", presentation organized by UMTIA in St. Paul, MN on the18th of May;
4) The 54th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association, in San Antonio, TX between the 6th-9th of November.

Training events in 2014:

1) "Neurology Workshop for Medical Interpreters" in Saint Paul, MN Mar1st, 2014 (UMTIA)

2) "Taking a Closer Look at Health Care Interpreting Through the Lens of the Control/Demand Schema" Apr. 5th, 2014 (UMTIA)

3) "ATA 55th Annual Conference", Chicago, IL Nov. 5th-8th, 2014

4) "Interpreting and Mental Health", Dec. 6th, 2014 (UMTIA)

Training events in 2015:

1) "Pain and Palliative Care Workshop" Feb 21st, 2015 (UMTIA)

2) "Witness and Narrator: Addressing Problems of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassion Fatigue in Spoken Language Interpreting", Mar 28th, 2015. (UMTIA).

3) "Criminal Process and Terminology for Interpreters", May 16, 2015 (UMTIA).

4) "ATA 56th Annual Conference" in Miami, FL

Nov. 4th - 7th, 2015

Training events in 2016:

1) "An Introduction to Acquired Brain Injury for Interpreters", Oct 8th, 2016 - St. Paul, MN (UMTIA event)

2) "ATA 57th Annual Conference" in San Francisco, CA

Nov 2nd-5th, 2016

Training events in 2017:

1) Childhood Speech Development for Language Professionals in the Fields of Education and Health Care"                                May 6th, 2017 - St. Paul, MN (UMTIA event)

2) 40 hour of Healthcare Interpreter online training at www.transinterpreting.com, June 2017

Minnesota Interpreter Rosters links:

Medical: https://pqc.health.state.mn.us/hci/searchInterpreter.jsp
Legal: http://findinterpreters.courts.state.mn.us

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Excellent technical understanding of manufacturing processes, have worked in a diverse range of technical fields, from nano to mega power.

MILITARY
Lieutenant (honorably discharged, reserve)

SECURITY CLEARANCE
I've had three security checks, for Lionbridge, Language Line Services, and  for TCS (VA), the latest in early 2013. 
 
LANGUAGES

Fluent in Romanian, can also read/write in French, Italian, Russian.
Will also take appointments for "Moldovan". The official language of the Republic of Moldova is Romanian/Moldovan, though.