Christopher Hurtado
President and CEO(The company name is only visible to registered members)
- 77056 Houston
- United States
Personal information
- Interests
- Academia, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Business Networking, Christianity, e-learning, Entrepreneurship, French, Globalization, Greek, Internet, Islam, Islamic Philosophy, Islamic Studies, Judaism, Language, Language Acquisition and Teaching, Latin, Learning, Linguistics, Localization, Marketing, Middle East Studies, Mormon Studies, Mormonism, Persian, Personal Technology, Philosophy, Philosophy of, Philosophy of Religion, Portuguese, Project Management, Public Speaking, Reading, Religion, Religious Studies, Research, Sales, Social Networking Software, Spanish, Teaching, Technology, Translation, Turkish, Web 2.0, Web Cultural Customization, Web Localization, Writing, Zoroastrianism
- Organizations
- Formerly Member, Board of Directors, American Marketing Association (AMA) Houston Chapter, Founding Co-chair, AMA Houston Hispanic Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG), Member, American Translators Association (ATA), Secretary and Treasurer, (ATA) Translation Company Division (TCD), Member, ASTM International, Member, F15 Committee, ASTM International, Power Networker, Ecademy, Member, Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA), President, Houston Palm Users Group (HPUG), Member, Houston Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (HPBAC), Member, LinkedIn, Premium Member, Open Business Club (openBC), Gold Member, Ryze, Member, Spoke, Member, Advisory Board, Technology Entrepreneurs' Exchange (Texchange)
- Groups
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Professional experience
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- 1991 - present
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(The company name is only visible to registered members)
Industry: Translation & Localization, Interpretation, Interpreting, Language Acquisition and Teaching, Language Instruction, Cross-cultural Training, Localization, Globalization, Website Localization, Web Site Localization, Language Services, Translation, Web Cultural Customization
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Sep 2007
- present
(4 years, 9 months)
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Editorial Assistant, Middle Eastern Texts Initiative
The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, http://farms.byu.edu/
Industry: Academia
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Sep 2007
- present
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- 1998 - 1999
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Bay Charter, Inc., http://www.baycharter.com/
Industry: Sports
- Employment status
- Entrepreneur
Educational background
- Apr 2008 - Aug 2008
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Al-Jami'ah Al-Urdunia
Arabic, Middle East Studies/Arabic
- Jan 2007
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Brigham Young University
Middle East Sudies/Arabic, Philosophy
- Languages
- English (First language), Spanish (First language), Portuguese (Fluent), French (Fluent), Arabic (Fluent)
About me
– Leslie Farnsworth, CEO, FrogDog Communications
Christopher Hurtado is a self-taught entrepreneur with a passion for technology, languages, learning, and teaching. He has more than 22 years of experience in translation, foreign language instruction and cross-cultural training. He has taught English as a second language (ESL) as well as Spanish and Arabic for English speakers. He is coauthor of Vacation Spanish: A Survival Guide for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central & South America (including a Brazilian Portuguese chapter). He earned a BA in Middle East studies/Arabic with a second major in philosophy at Brigham Young University and is studying for an MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. His expected graduation date is May, 2012.
Since founding Linguistic Solutions in 1991, Hurtado has been using high tech/high touch methodologies to manage customer relationships, translation projects and a worldwide network of freelance translators and translation managers while serving a variety of international clients, including Fortune 500 companies and high-tech startups. Linguistic Solutions breaks down language and cultural barriers through translation, interpretation, foreign language instruction and cross-cultural training.
Hurtado was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Venezuela, his father’s native country. He’s a childhood bilingual (English and Spanish) and also speaks Brazilian Portuguese, French and Arabic. He has lived in the United States, Venezuela, Jordan, and Syria. He has traveled extensively in the United States, Venezuela, Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and Syria and less extensively in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, and Canada. He is married to children’s book author Alysia Gonzalez. They have nine children and are active in their church and community.
Hurtado is a former member of the board of directors of the American Marketing Association Houston Chapter (AMA Houston); founding co-chair of the AMA Houston Hispanic Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG); a former member of the American Translators Association (ATA); former secretary and treasurer of the ATA Translation Company Division (TCD); a former member of ASTM International; a former member of the F15 Committee of ASTM International; a former Member of the Wyle Laboratories Institutional Review Board, a former member of the Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA); former president of the Houston Palm Users Group (HPUG); a former member of the Houston Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (HPBAC); and a former member of the Advisory Board of the Technology Entrepreneurs’ Exchange (TeXchange).
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