Meet Maurice van Zutphen!
Maurice was born in the Netherlands, where
he spent his early childhood years. Later on, he moved with his family to
Belgium (the French-speaking part), to nestle in the beautiful and historic
Ardennes. As a bilingual native speaker, languages are deeply rooted in his
persona.
After graduating high school, Maurice went
on an adventure as an exchange student to the United States and spent time… In
rural Utah, of all places! His experience was such that he would return to the
United States to pursue his college education at Utah State University,
pursuing and excelling in Business Management.
In 1993, during his early college days, he
officially initiated his career in localization and globalization starting out
as a freelance translator, translating technical fitness equipment user manuals
for the world's largest fitness equipment manufacturer. He progressed and was
retained to consult on the European market requirements, cultural integration
and language quality. He was also given the task to develop and establish an
internal translation department responsible for vetting talent, coordinating
foreign product production requirements and producing the necessary appropriate
localized product literature.
After college graduation, Maurice was
recruited by a localization and globalization firm in Salt Lake City to
function as project manager for large Fortune 500 companies. With hard work and
his natural ability in languages, he quickly ascended to Senior Account
Manager, coaching a team of project managers with a multi-million dollar
portfolio.
In 2001, Maurice transitioned to erect and
operate his own successful company, pursuing another of his passions,
photography. His managed projects and operations background served him well and
sold his equity after seven years of hard and dedicated work.
But Maurice is not a person who sits still,
and could not turn his back on his language heritage. While being an
entrepreneur he also put his expertise to work in the government sector. He
fulfilled responsibilities in project management and linguistics providing
support to government agencies.
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| Maurice and his family in late 2013. |
Maurice crossed paths with inWhatLanguage
and built a relationship with Cody Broderick and his great staff. All sides shared a passion and dedication for
languages, as well as the desire to help companies with their localization and
internationalization needs. Maurice started consulting with iWL in project
management best practices and evaluating operational processes. This role
evolved into joining now the organization full-time directing our project
management efforts and effective operations.
Maurice is thrilled to be able to
put his 20 years of experience to serve our clients and contribute to iWL's
global vision!
Maurice is very fortunate to have by his
side Sharon, his wife for over two decades. Together they have three children.
When not working, Maurice loves the outdoors by competing in marathon races. He
also enjoys the beauties of Utah, avidly exploring Utah's five National Parks.
iWL is simply overjoyed to have such a
talented new member in our little family!!
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