CETRA, Inc. - Professional Translation Services

Dr. Jiri Stejskal, founder and president of CETRA, earned both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania and an Executive MBA degree at Temple University. He has more than 20 years of experience as a translator and has also taught undergraduate and graduate language courses as a part-time lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania since 1990. He has been a member of the American Translators Association (ATA) since 1991. Jiri served as ATA Treasurer from 2001 to 2005, President-Elect from 2005 to 2007, and President from 2007 to 2009. Jiri also serves as Treasurer of the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (AFTI), and Vice President of the International Federation of Translators (FIT). See a list of Jiri's publications. E-mail: jiri@cetra.com

Molly Stejskal has been assisting her husband Jiri since he launched his career as a translator, proofreading texts that had been translated into English. A musician by profession with a B.A. from Oberlin College and a M.M. in Vocal Performance from Temple University, she has a reading knowledge of six languages. She joined CETRA as a part-time consultant in January 2005, and has gradually become more involved in administrative duties, as well as continuing to contribute her English language expertise to both the production and marketing staff. In February 2009 she was named the company’s Vice President. E-mail: mps@cetra.com

Fee Sepahi joined CETRA in October 2005 as Business Development Manager and became Director of Sales in January 2007. Fee has worked as an independent consultant since 1992, establishing and implementing computer infrastructures and systems for small businesses. He earned his BA in Management of Information Systems from Eastern University. Fee is also a Microsoft Certified Network Engineer. He brings to CETRA his experience in sales, project management, government contracting, and computer network engineering, which he has refined over the last two decades. Fee is a native-level speaker of Farsi. E-mail: fee@cetra.com.

Angèle Surault joined CETRA in May 2006 as Project Manager. She earned her M.B.A. from the University of Central Florida (Orlando) after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Angèle worked for 5 year at TNS, one of the largest international marketing research companies, in the International Data Collections Department, first as a bilingual interviewer and later as an editor and in-house translation supervisor. Born in France, Angèle lived in England and Germany before coming to the U.S. In 2007, Angèle was awarded Professional Researcher Certification by the Marketing Research Association. Angèle was promoted to the position of Senior Project Manager in October 2008, and in February 2009 became Head of Translation Services. E-mail: angele@cetra.com.

Sarah Grey joined CETRA in September 2006 as Assistant Project Manager, and was promoted to Project Manager in September 2007. She earned her B.A. in 2002 from Chatham College, with a major in philosophy and cultural studies and a minor in African American literature. She is currently studying Tamil at the University of Pennsylvania. She brings to CETRA experience editing and proofreading in a variety of environments, most recently in a legal capacity with the dispute resolution firm JAMS in New York City. Email: sarah@cetra.com.

Tony Guerra joined CETRA in June 2007 as Head of Interpretation Services to launch our interpretation division. He holds an MFA from Temple University and a BFA from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. A native of Havana, Cuba, Tony has been involved with the language services industry since 1994, first as Chief Editor of Spanish content for Dun & Bradstreet’s Donnelley Directory, then as Education Marketing Manager for Franklin Electronic Publishers, and also as a strategic Planner for Hispanic marketing initiatives at SAI Marketing. In 2001 he became a Language Services and Communications Consultant, specializing in Spanish legal, medical and labor translation, interpretation and communication for law firms, hospitals, corporations and language companies until 2005, when he assumed the position of Director of Translation and Interpretation at Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia. Tony is listed on the state registry of Pennsylvania Court Interpreters. Tony became CETRA's Director of Operations in February 2009. E-mail: tony@cetra.com.

Angela Wende-Minch joined CETRA in June 2007 as Assistant Manager for Marketing and Human Resources and became Marketing Manager in September 2007. She earned her MBA from the University of Cologne, Germany, after completing an apprenticeship in Tourism Management at the German Travel Bureau in Frankfurt. Born in Germany, Angela lived in California and Heidelberg before coming to Pennsylvania. At California Bavarian Inc., Angela managed projects in Germany and France, and she was comptroller and coordinator of multicultural research projects at the Department of Public Health at Heidelberg University. Angela is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Temple University teaching German, and a member of American Association of Teachers of German. She is pursuing her certificate in Teaching German as a Foreign Language at the Goethe Institute and has served as the Marketing Chair of Keystone State Boychoir in Philadelphia since 2005. E-mail: angela@cetra.com.

Terry Adams joined CETRA in October 2007 in the position of Vendor Manager. She earned her B.A. in Social Welfare from The Pennsylvania State University. Upon graduation, Terry immediately began her career with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Caseworker for the Department of Public Welfare. In 1980 she was promoted to Income Maintenance Examiner for the Division of Quality Control where she thrived until her retirement in June of 2007. Throughout her career, Terry has actively volunteered for community projects, including Chairperson of the Special Needs Committee for her local school district, in addition to a variety of fund raisers. Terry provides a high degree of organizational, investigative, and administrative skills to her position. E-mail: terry@cetra.com.

Juan Lara joined CETRA in September 2008 as Project Manager. He earned his B.S. in 2008 from Peirce College with a major in Business Administration and an emphasis on International Business. He is a native Spanish speaker. Juan is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy. He lived in Colombia before coming to the U.S. Juan works from Spanish to English. E-mail: juan@cetra.com.

Andrew Moszkowicz joined CETRA in in July 2009 as Project Manager. For the past 17 years, he has worked in various areas of the Market Research industry. His most recent positions were with TNS (one of the largest international research firms) where he was first responsible for the scheduling of all domestic consumer telephone research projects, and later was responsible for the selection of external sample suppliers for B2B and consumer interactive research projects (both domestic and international). E-mail: andrew@cetra.com.

Matthew Richman joined CETRA in September 2009. He earned a BA in History from the College of New Jersey, and an MA in Russian and Soviet History from the University of Pennsylvania—serving for two years at Penn as a teaching assistant for courses on the Soviet Union and the Second World War, and writing a number of extensive research papers on related topics. He has studied Russian for several years, twice attending Middlebury College’s intensive Russian Language summer program. Through his graduate and advanced undergraduate work, he brings to CETRA years of organizational, research, writing, and editing experience. E-mail: matt@cetra.com.



	Dr. Jiri Stejskal, founder and president of CETRA, earned both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania and an Executive MBA degree at Temple University. He has more than 20 years of experience as a translator and has also taught undergraduate and graduate language courses as a part-time lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania since 1990. He has been a member of the American Translators Association (ATA) since 1991. Jiri served as ATA Treasurer from 2001 to 2005, President-Elect from 2005 to 2007, and President from 2007 to 2009. Jiri also serves as Treasurer of the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (AFTI), and Vice President of the International Federation of Translators (FIT). See a list of Jiri's publications. E-mail: jiri@cetra.com Molly Stejskal has been assisting her husband Jiri since he launched his career as a translator, proofreading texts that had been translated into English. A musician by profession with a B.A. from Oberlin College and a M.M. in Vocal Performance from Temple University, she has a reading knowledge of six languages. She joined CETRA as a part-time consultant in January 2005, and has gradually become more involved in administrative duties, as well as continuing to contribute her English language expertise to both the production and marketing staff. In February 2009 she was named the company’s Vice President. E-mail: mps@cetra.com Fee Sepahi joined CETRA in October 2005 as Business Development Manager and became Director of Sales in January 2007. Fee has worked as an independent consultant since 1992, establishing and implementing computer infrastructures and systems for small businesses. He earned his BA in Management of Information Systems from Eastern University. Fee is also a Microsoft Certified Network Engineer. He brings to CETRA his experience in sales, project management, government contracting, and computer network engineering, which he has refined over the last two decades. Fee is a native-level speaker of Farsi. E-mail: fee@cetra.com. Angèle Surault joined CETRA in May 2006 as Project Manager. She earned her M.B.A. from the University of Central Florida (Orlando) after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. Angèle worked for 5 year at TNS, one of the largest international marketing research companies, in the International Data Collections Department, first as a bilingual interviewer and later as an editor and in-house translation supervisor. Born in France, Angèle lived in England and Germany before coming to the U.S. In 2007, Angèle was awarded Professional Researcher Certification by the Marketing Research Association. Angèle was promoted to the position of Senior Project Manager in October 2008, and in February 2009 became Head of Translation Services. E-mail: angele@cetra.com. Sarah Grey joined CETRA in September 2006 as Assistant Project Manager, and was promoted to Project Manager in September 2007. She earned her B.A. in 2002 from Chatham College, with a major in philosophy and cultural studies and a minor in African American literature. She is currently studying Tamil at the University of Pennsylvania. She brings to CETRA experience editing and proofreading in a variety of environments, most recently in a legal capacity with the dispute resolution firm JAMS in New York City. Email: sarah@cetra.com. Tony Guerra joined CETRA in June 2007 as Head of Interpretation Services to launch our interpretation division. He holds an MFA from Temple University and a BFA from Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. A native of Havana, Cuba, Tony has been involved with the language services industry since 1994, first as Chief Editor of Spanish content for Dun & Bradstreet’s Donnelley Directory, then as Education Marketing Manager for Franklin Electronic Publishers, and also as a strategic Planner for Hispanic marketing initiatives at SAI Marketing. In 2001 he became a Language Services and Communications Consultant, specializing in Spanish legal, medical and labor translation, interpretation and communication for law firms, hospitals, corporations and language companies until 2005, when he assumed the position of Director of Translation and Interpretation at Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia. Tony is listed on the state registry of Pennsylvania Court Interpreters. Tony became CETRA's Director of Operations in February 2009. E-mail: tony@cetra.com. Angela Wende-Minch joined CETRA in June 2007 as Assistant Manager for Marketing and Human Resources and became Marketing Manager in September 2007. She earned her MBA from the University of Cologne, Germany, after completing an apprenticeship in Tourism Management at the German Travel Bureau in Frankfurt. Born in Germany, Angela lived in California and Heidelberg before coming to Pennsylvania. At California Bavarian Inc., Angela managed projects in Germany and France, and she was comptroller and coordinator of multicultural research projects at the Department of Public Health at Heidelberg University. Angela is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Temple University teaching German, and a member of American Association of Teachers of German. She is pursuing her certificate in Teaching German as a Foreign Language at the Goethe Institute and has served as the Marketing Chair of Keystone State Boychoir in Philadelphia since 2005. E-mail: angela@cetra.com. Terry Adams joined CETRA in October 2007 in the position of Vendor Manager. She earned her B.A. in Social Welfare from The Pennsylvania State University. Upon graduation, Terry immediately began her career with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Caseworker for the Department of Public Welfare. In 1980 she was promoted to Income Maintenance Examiner for the Division of Quality Control where she thrived until her retirement in June of 2007. Throughout her career, Terry has actively volunteered for community projects, including Chairperson of the Special Needs Committee for her local school district, in addition to a variety of fund raisers. Terry provides a high degree of organizational, investigative, and administrative skills to her position. E-mail: terry@cetra.com. Juan Lara joined CETRA in September 2008 as Project Manager. He earned his B.S. in 2008 from Peirce College with a major in Business Administration and an emphasis on International Business. He is a native Spanish speaker. Juan is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in International Relations and Diplomacy. He lived in Colombia before coming to the U.S. Juan works from Spanish to English. E-mail: juan@cetra.com. Andrew Moszkowicz joined CETRA in in July 2009 as Project Manager. For the past 17 years, he has worked in various areas of the Market Research industry. His most recent positions were with TNS (one of the largest international research firms) where he was first responsible for the scheduling of all domestic consumer telephone research projects, and later was responsible for the selection of external sample suppliers for B2B and consumer interactive research projects (both domestic and international). E-mail: andrew@cetra.com. Matthew Richman joined CETRA in September 2009. He earned a BA in History from the College of New Jersey, and an MA in Russian and Soviet History from the University of Pennsylvania—serving for two years at Penn as a teaching assistant for courses on the Soviet Union and the Second World War, and writing a number of extensive research papers on related topics. He has studied Russian for several years, twice attending Middlebury College’s intensive Russian Language summer program. Through his graduate and advanced undergraduate work, he brings to CETRA years of organizational, research, writing, and editing experience. E-mail: matt@cetra.com. Phoebe Peterman joined CETRA in December 2009 as Project Manager. She earned a BA from Boston University in 2007 with a major in Linguistics and a minor in African Studies. She has studied French, Hausa, Zarma, and American Sign Language. During college, she studied abroad in Niger, and after graduating, returned there for work. E-mail: phoebe@cetra.com. Sarah Potts joined CETRA in January 2010 as Office Manager. She has over 30 years of administrative and organizational experience. Sarah lived in Panama before coming to the U.S. over 30 years ago. She is a native Spanish speaker. E-mail: sarahp@cetra.com. Evan Schapiro joined CETRA in February 2010 as Project Manager. He studied Communication and Hispanic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, earning his BA in 2007. Evan also had the opportunity to study at the Universidad de Sevilla in Spain for a semester. He brings to CETRA experience in the field of marketing and a love of language and culture. E-mail: evan@cetra.com.
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