Our next MRS Operations Network Webinar is a must-see for insight professionals who run international or multilingual studies.

Join us for an actionable overview of the new MRS/ATC Checklist for Buying Translation Services, provided by checklist key contributor and Chair of the Association of Translation Companies (ATC), Ruth Partington, alongside MRS ACP Council member and CEO of Acuigen, Derek Jones.

In these easy-to-follow 45 minutes, Ruth and Derek will simplify:
- How to quickly and effectively put the checklist in place
- How to remain ISO 20252-compliant
- Best practices for effectively and efficiently commissioning translation services

This would be a fantastic training session for your global research team, resulting in regulatory compliance for your business and long-term time / cost efficiencies for international studies.

 

 

 

After a 14 year career in the Royal Navy, including 7 years flying in Lynx helicopters, Derek undertook an MBA at Cranfield School of Management. He founded Acuigen in 1993, a company that today provides high quality client feedback services and technology – he is also the Managing Director of Business Vision Holdings group of companies. At Acuigen, he is responsible for ensuring that the company’s clients derive the maximum value from their client feedback programmes. He has worked with many top 100 professional services firms and has completed many commercial and public sector client and customer feedback projects. He is a member of the Market Research Society, Accredited Company Partner Council which advocates very high standards of market research.

Ruth is Founder and CEO of award-winning insight localisation agency, EMPOWER Translate. Currently leading on a national vision as Chair of the UK’s Association of Translation Companies, and with 25 years’ experience optimising global research localisation operations for the world’s biggest insight agencies, Ruth has proven experience in developing and implementing roadmaps to tangible, industry-wide change.

Ruth also serves as a Member on the MRS’ Accredited Company Partners Council, where she advises on the creation and implementation of standards, accreditations and best practice for insight operational partners. Ruth’s well-known drive for inclusion, diversity and equality has led to a role in the MRS’ Inclusivity in Sampling Working, and she is currently an active member of the Cardiff University Mentor Programme.



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