David Ashton

As VP of Localization Solutions at SDL, my team work with some of the most interesting companies in the world helping them confront those challenges and meet their global strategic objectives. Localization is a non-core business process for most US-based organizations and as a those companies rely on external translation vendors for global-market preparation. Carefully managed translation outsourcing, leveraging technology whenever appropriate, can save significant bottom-line costs while enabling significant top-line growth.

Although originally from Wales, UK I now reside in Austin, TX the self-proclaimed live music capital of the world along with my wife and daughter.

Jonathan Slaughter

Since 1999, Jonathan has been working in the field of global business consulting. Starting out with IBM, Jonathan quickly became accustomed to working with global organizations searching for ways to improve their united public offerings, while managing a complex, international environment. After helping several major organizations restructure their global offerings, including GE, General Motors, Convergys and Dun & Bradstreet, Jonathan moved to SDL.

Today, as the lead business consultant of Localization Solutions at SDL, Jonathan works with some of the most interesting companies in the world helping them confront those challenges and meet their global strategic objectives. Localization is a non-core business process for most US-based organizations and as a result the processes and infrastructure in place for those organizations are often lacking. The objective for Jonathan is to create localization solutions that meet each client’s unique needs while reducing total cost of translation for the organization allowing that client to reach more customers, more of the time, with information they can understand.