Experience

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  Self-Employed (translator)

  • Translator and presentation designer

    • 1986 - Present

    • Legal, economic, financial, academic, medical, marketing and technical translations.• Winner of four national tenders for translations: 2 Israeli gov’t., 2 private sector.• Dictaphone transcription, including for the Ministry of Defense, international scientific, technological, medical and defense-related conferences, legal investigations, university lectures, protocols of court hearings and business meetings.

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  I. D. Federman Holdings Ltd.

  • Israel

  • Translator, presentation designer, asst. to Chairman and C.E.O.

    • 1997 - Dec 2010
    • Israel

    • Translations of financial statements, contracts, business plans, protocols, presentations, rating reports, company valuations, expert opinions, PPAs.• Design of PowerPoint presentations for the various companies in the Group.• Special projects for the senior management: from research assignments, data and document collection for due diligence processes, representations, preparation of board meetings and board booklets.

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  Elite Industries Ltd.

  • Israel

  • Translator

    • 1992 - 1997
    • Israel

    • Translator for the corporation’s legal department.• After about two years, was promoted to work directly for the Chairman of the Board, C.E.O. and C.F.O., translating legal, financial, economic and business documents, as well as translations for other divisions within the corporation as needed.

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  Tel-Aviv Museum of Art

  • Israel

  • Graphic Designer and Print Production

    • 1983 - 1986
    • Israel

    • Design and/or execution of all exhibition catalogues, posters and all other exhibition and museum graphics and publications.• Execution of all production stages, through printing and binding.

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  Israel Painters and Sculptors Association

  • Etcher

    • 1981 - 1983

    • Professional printer of limited-edition etchings, print workshop supervisor/advisor for independent artists, etching, silkscreen and lithography teaching assistant.

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  Jerome Press Group

  • Boston, MA, USA

  • Managing Editor

    • 1971 - 1981
    • Boston, MA, USA

    • During my 10 years at this mini-conglomerate, I held a number of positions, the last being Managing Editor of the publishing company. Responsible for managing staff of writers, sales executives, print shop and the budget; control of advertisers’ contracts; layout of each edition, including cost-benefit decisions.• Director, Group Sales. Appointed exclusive group-sales representative of four of Boston’s major legitimate theaters. Responsible for establishing this division from the ground up. Once the business was operating smoothly and profitably, I hired and trained a full staff and was promoted to Managing Editor of the Group’s publishing company.• Assistant to the Chairman and President – multi-faceted position. Responsibilities included: writing and graphic design, print media production, personnel officer, management of the union press shop, representing the Group in various capacities, operations troubleshooter for the various divisions (outgoing tourism, theater, publishing).