Acrolinx Team

Non-Executive Board

Dr. Andrew Bredenkamp President & Founder

Dr. Andrew Bredenkamp is president and founder of Acrolinx. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in multilingual information development. Before starting Acrolinx, Andrew was Head of the Technology Transfer Centre at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) Language Technology Lab. Andrew holds degrees in technical translation and linguistics and a Ph.D. in Computational Linguistics. He is on the advisory board of a number of organizations, including Translators without Borders and The Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL).

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Executive Board

Markus Juhr-DeBenedetti CEO

Markus Juhr-De Benedetti has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Before joining Acrolinx, Markus led the international expansions of Crossgate AG – a privately held SAAS/B2B company – and Chordiant Software Inc. (NASDAQ CHRD) into the US and several European countries during phases of hyper-growth as global COO and local chief executive. Before that, he directed global Business Process Reengineering, M&A and post-merger integration projects as a principal at a top-tier US management consultancy. Markus holds an MBA degree from INSEAD (France), and a Masters of Computer Science degree from Rutgers University (US). He speaks German, English, French and Italian.

Ulrich Callmeier CTO

Ulrich has more than 10 years of experience in designing and implementing advanced natural language processing systems. He holds a Diploma (MsC) in Computer Science with a minor in Computational Linguistics from Saarland University. At YY Technologies in Mountain View, CA, he developed an accurate and efficient natural language analysis component. Before joining Acrolinx in 2003, he was a researcher at Saarland University.

Senior Management

PG Bartlett SVP Product Management

PG Bartlett leads Acrolinx’s product management and product marketing functions. With eighteen years of experience in helping companies improve the way they communicate, PG is a recognized expert. In his previous positions as the head of product management at both Arbortext and Quark, PG was instrumental in establishing dynamic publishing as a market category and driving growth through the introduction of new products, entry into new markets, and expansion in existing markets. PG brings an extensive history of high-tech marketing and product management in factory and office automation. He says that his love of language extends to his personal amusements, where he admits to a secret passion for crossword puzzles – the more difficult, the better.

Jennifer Beaupre VP Marketing

Jennifer Beaupre is Vice President, Global Marketing at Acrolinx. She is responsible for global demand generation, marketing communications, and public relations.. Her extensive experience using Web 2.0, social media and traditional marketing has build brands and drive revenue at high-growth companies of all sizes. She has a keen understanding of how to manage content effectively on a global scale. With more than fifteen years of experience in marketing, she is an expert in social media, content strategy, search solutions and international marketing. She is a frequent panelist at several conferences including Inbound Marketing Summit, PlanetPTC, and the Intelligent Content Conference. Additionally, she is a regular contributor to several publications including CIDM, CMSWire, and Communication World.

Kent Taylor Co-Founder, EVP,
Acrolinx North America, Inc.

Recovering Pubs Director and thirty-year enterprise publishing veteran, experienced in all aspects of information development and delivery, with a strong focus on people, process, technology, and quality. Early implementer and supporter of structured writing, SGML, XML, content management, single sourcing, multi-use/multipurposing, machine translation, and computer assisted information delivery and learning technology. And always seeking the Holy Grail:cost, quality, and timeliness - all at the same time! In multiple languages and multiple media …

Dr. Sabine Lehmann Chief Linguist

Sabine has worked in language engineering for more than 15 years, initially at ISSCO in Geneva and the DFKI in Saarbrücken until 2002. Her expertise is in the development and evaluation of large-scale linguistic processing systems and their modification for specific applications. Sabine is also co-founder of Acrolinx.