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Multilingual sales & account growth

Build relationships that carry across languages.

Reaching a market is only the beginning. I help you understand what customers need, follow through on the conversation, and connect the sale to work your team can deliver.

Your situation

When the opportunity needs an owner

Working together

What I can take responsibility for

Customer conversations

Consultative discovery, account conversations, and practical follow-up in English, Spanish, and French.

Account plans

Account plans that connect the customer's priorities to relevant next steps and opportunities.

Market-ready communication

Coordination of sales materials, proposals, and customer communication for the markets you serve.

A clear delivery handoff

Clear commercial-to-delivery handoffs: what was promised, what is in scope, and who owns the next step.

Experience behind the work

Relevant experience

Smartcat · Regional Account Executive & Onboarding Specialist · 2018–2020

Combined consultative sales with workflow and adoption support, closing more than $2 million in translation technology platform revenue.

Translation Back Office · Executive Director, North America · 2016–2017

Led U.S. business development and achieved 165% of personal revenue target in 2017. Earlier business-development work included institutional language accounts.

Go to Market · Founder & Language Operations Consultant · 2021–present

Built client relationships alongside the language operations needed to serve them, with more than 20 mid-market and enterprise clients.

Working with me, in their words

Selected recommendations from clients and colleagues across my career.

Jeff is the person I trusted when the volume was huge and the deadline was tight, and I never had to worry; the work got done.

In other words, Jeff knows what ownership is. He is a person of his word, and he gets resourceful when the numbers look impossible. That combination is rare.

More than a decade later, I would still put my name behind Jeff without hesitation, for any role where someone needs to own delivery and hold client trust under real pressure.

Tamas SzaboClient · Senior Director Client Services at Welocalize
LinkedIn recommendation · September 21, 2026

“Jeff is an excellent Business Development Manager that always does what’s necessary to satisfy his customers.”

Federico Marucco
Federico MaruccoPresident, Australis Localization
LinkedIn recommendation · October 19, 2010

“He's a hard worker, is a team player and knows how to get "it" done.”

Bryan Montpetit
Bryan MontpetitFormer business partner
LinkedIn recommendation · February 18, 2021

Let’s talk about your team

Which relationships need your attention next?

Bring a market, an account, or a handoff that needs work. We can define a useful place to start.