Management Team

Yves Champollion
Founder and Chief Architect

Yves Champollion has over 30 years experience as a pioneer in the translation and localization industry. Since 1982, Champollion has worked in his native France as a freelance translator in the science field. His languages include French, Latin, German, English , Spanish, Portuguese and Russian as well as some Japanese and Shangana, a Zulu-related language of Southern Mozambique. In 1996, Champollion began working as a project manager and consultant for leading translation agencies, handling large-scale projects for IBM and Microsoft. He began developing software in the 1980’s and in 1999, he developed Wordfast, an MS Word-based translation memory tool. As the author of several articles on translation and the speaker at a number of high-profile industry events, Champollion is an esteemed voice and well-respected figure in the language services industry.

Kristyna L. Marrero
Director of Sales and Marketing

Kristyna Marrero has over ten years’ experience in the translation and localization industry. Prior to joining Wordfast, Kristyna was a member of the senior management team at a leading language service provider. During her time there, she oversaw several production groups and managed a staff of over 100 project managers and linguists. Additionally, Kristyna directed the group that was responsible for recruiting, testing, and training linguistic resources and was instrumental in the creation and growth of the organization’s interpretation, media services, and multicultural marketing practice groups. As Director of Sales and Marketing for Wordfast, Kristyna is tasked with reaching out to new market segments, expanding relationships with existing customers, and increasing Wordfast’s overall brand awareness. Kristyna earned her BA from Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA.  

Karina D'Emilio
Public Relations & Communications

Karina D'Emilio has been translating for over two decades as a sworn translator. She is a ranking member of the main professional association in her country, Agrentina.

Daniel López
Software Engineer

Daniel Lopez has a long experience in localization technology. He is currently the architect behind Wordfast Anywhere, Wordfast's unique and widely used online translation platform. 

JP Odenth
Server Solutions Architect

JP Odenth oversees the development of Wordfast’s server-based technology. Since graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree in 1975, Odenth has become a widely recognized expert in his field. Odenth then went on to further advance his technology skill set by pursuing and attaining a Software Engineering degree at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, in 1992. Odenth has worked as a consultant on numerous server-based technologies, and it is this area in which he contributes to the Wordfast tool suite. Odenth leads the development of all Wordfast server-based solutions, including the VLTM project.

Philippe Locquet
Academic Program Manager

Philippe Locquet has been translating and editing for over a decade. He specializes in helping translators and LSPs leverage their linguistic resources by creating quality alignments, maintaining their TMs and glossaries, and optimizing resources for machine translation training. Philippe offers support and training and shares knowledge on his YouTube channel Fi2Pro. He currently manages Wordfast’s academic program which offers educational institutions and translation students free licenses during their studies.