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Susanne Dirks
Owner, Internationalisation and Localisation Consultant, Glocafy
Dublin, Ireland
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Professional experience for Susanne Dirks
Current , since Jan 2013
Internationalisation and Localisation Consultant
Glocafy
Internet and business consultant. Helping companies internationalise their business and develop a successful localised web presence and e-marketing strategy for German and English speaking markets that meets cultural, linguistic , commercial and legal requirements of their target markets.
4 months, Feb 2013 - May 2013
Management Consultant
Enterprise Ireland
3 years and 8 months, Jan 2007 - Aug 2010
Manager, Thinktank for ICT, Innovation, and Economics
IBM Ireland
Research into and development of thought leadership in the area of economics and the relationship between economic development and information technology
3 years, Jan 2004 - Dec 2006
Manager, Project Resourcing and Project Excellence
IBM Ireland
4 years, Jan 2000 - Dec 2003
Business Development Manager / Management Consultant
IBM Ireland
1 year and 1 month, Dec 1998 - Dec 1999
Manager, Data Management Software Telesales EMEA
IBM Ireland
3 years and 7 months, Jun 1995 - Dec 1998
Business Intelligence Consultant
IBM Ireland
1 year and 8 months, Oct 1993 - May 1995
Technical translator / localiser / software developer
Software & Systems Engineering (A Siemens company)
5 years, Jan 1990 - Dec 1994
Translator (freelance), London & Edinburgh
n/a
Translator and translation project manager. Specialisations including: Technical, IT, Fashion
Educational background for Susanne Dirks
9 months, Sep 2012 - May 2013
Business Innovation Management
Dublin City University
Innovation, Business Development, Project Management, Market Research
5 months, Sep 2011 - Jan 2012
Information Technology
National College of Ireland
Web Technologies, Client-side, Server-side, HTML, CSS, Ruby on Rails
5 months, Jan 2011 - May 2011
Internet Marketing and Online PR
Fitzwilliam Institute
Google Analytics, Social Media, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engine Marketing
1992 - 1993
Knowledge-Based Systems
Edinburgh University
Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge-based Systems, Prolog, LISP
1989 - 1992
Information Technology with Science, Technology & Society
Middlesex University
C, Pascal, Databases and data management, operating systems
Languages
English
Fluent
German
First language
French
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