Considering expanding your business on a global scale ? There are many facets to study , but there is help . Verbio Group of Beaverton , Oregon , provides multilingual communications for worldwide businesses . This service is mission critical for commercial aerospace businesses that wish to grow in a worldwide economy .
Virginia Joplin studied languages and European studies in college . By her senior year , she knew she wanted to work as a translator . She founded Verbio in 1996 . Like many entrepreneurs , she started picking up contract work as she was learning about marketplace needs .
Joplin worked for various companies in the roles of corporate training , project management , software localization , and technical manual translation . She developed diverse skills by acquiring multiple career experiences , plus living in France and Costa Rica for a time .
Today , the company has 10 employees and around 4000 worldwide contractors . Verbio offers full-service marketing and communications services , including translation , interpreting , audio-video media , subtitling , eLearning modules , ASL translation interpreting and cultural and export consulting . They translate a multitude of languages .
Verbio helped SightLine Applications in Portland , Oregon in a recent case study . “ SightLine Applications provides onboard video processors for advanced camera systems and applications . By integrating key video functions at the camera , we provide low latency , fully digital video critical to multiple applications .”
Ken Kaprielian joined Verbio Group in 2022 as the U . S . Sales Executive
Intelligence , surveillance , and reconnaissance ( ISR ) are a big part of their business . These applications can be used in inspections , fire , border patrol , law enforcement , and search and rescue .
Mark Zanmiller , now retired , joined Sightline in 2012 in business development . At the time , the company made a few hundred thousand dollars in revenue and had a handful of employees . Zanmiller and the team were tasked with global expansion through international markets . He said it was a layered process that included working with local trade groups like the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition ( PNDC ), Washington State and U . S . Departments of Commerce , and securing agency partners in foreign countries . They coordinated these efforts and determined they wanted to enter the Chinese market . They realized they would need an interpreter to travel with them .
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