Self Employed Quality Control

Joseph Kalifa

Herndon, VA *****

*********@*****.*** - 703-***-****

• Graduate Degrees with academic achievements complementing years of experience in research, analysis, and business development

• Effective combination of interpersonal, organizational, communication and leadership skills.

• Self motivated, creative, detail-oriented and highly professional. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Medical and Legal Interpreter

Self Employed - Rockville, MD - 2012-01 - Present

• Provides simultaneous and consecutive interpretation in meetings, conferences, lectures, courts, attorneys' / doctors' offices, hospital emergency rooms, over the phone, and government agencies, such as DMV and Immigration and Naturalization Services.

• Translates and edits government issued forms and instructions.

• Translates and edits commercial products' manuals, brochures, and flyers.

• Translates and Edits book and booklets.

• Translates and edits web pages, blog posts, foreign newspapers and media outlets. Geo-spatial, Linguistic and Socio-Cultural Data Analyst Geographic Services, Inc. - McLean, VA - 2012-08 - 2016-06

• Analyzed geospatial, linguistic and socio-cultural data at regional, national and inner-city levels in the Middle East and East Africa

• Identified and analyzed tribal locations, leaderships, religious affiliations and social networks.

• Identified local and regional hierarchies and power structures including tribal, political, economic and military.

• Analyzed information related to tribal hierarchy, ethnicity, language, location, prominent figures and level of influence.

Linguist, Editor and Project Coordinator

JTG, Inc - Vienna, VA - 2010-06 - 2011-12

• Managed a team of 10 translators and transcribers who produced 50 to 100 pages per day and 5 to 10 hours of audio and video translation and transcription.

• Responsible for coordination, scheduling, and completion of client translation projects.

• Ensured output quality and project completion schedules as well as proper QC/QA of each translated written and electronic document.

• Participated in resolving issues across various stages of translation process and maintained archives and database per established procedures.

• Ensured client satisfaction from inception to completion of each project and maintained ongoing communication with clients and vendors.

• Responsible for testing and evaluating new hires, assigned tasks to translators and transcribers based on their abilities, backgrounds, education and interests in addition to continuous monitoring of the progress of translators and transcribers.

• Translator, editor and transcriber of documents, audio and video from English to Arabic and vice versa to produce full-format written text.

Freelance Day Trader and Financial Analyst /Advisor Self Employed - 2007-01 - 2010-05

Linguist, Analyst and Quality Control Manager

S. M. Consulting - Reston, VA - 2004-03 - 2006-12

• Exploited, triaged, reviewed and analyzed sensitive materials, which included hardcopy, electronic, and multi- media materials in order to separate them according to their value to the task at hand.

• Identified, extracted and provided (Collection, content management) critical information to superiors.

• Prioritized, summarized, translated and interpreted Arabic language written products, and multi-media materials into English.

• Conducted accurate and verbatim transcriptions and translations of materials in a manner that maintained the integrity and the significance of the material.

• Translated a wide variety of complex materials and captured the meaning of socio-cultural elements embedded in text and produced written reports, detailed summaries, and transcripts of the material.

• Identified and summarized all pertinent factual information and abstract concepts, recognizing the significance of complex expressions, such as colloquial text or technical terminologies.

• Interpreted at virtually all levels, including complex or highly idiomatic speech with a very high degree of accuracy.

• Managed and edited production and provided quality control of translation for a team of translators, analysts and transcribers.

• Monitored and analyzed local, regional and global events, trends, blogs, web pages, media coverage, activities, people, and organizations based on precise requirements and factors and provided data related to foreign media content.

• Provided subject matter expertise on issues such as culture, economics, geopolitics, history, and religions for intelligence community partners

• Provided a mission-critical lingual, cultural and educational support to multiple federal agencies as needed.

• Participated with superiors in high level-classified briefings and provided valuable subject matter information.

• Participated in lectures and in an educational process to educate coworkers and superiors about the society, religions, customs and history of Arab nations. This process also included educational materials regarding the structure of Arab political and military organizations.

• Developed a program at DOCEX to teach non-Arabic speaking personnel from all agencies the Arabic language in addition to Arabic and Islamic Cultures. EDUCATION

MA in International economics

School of Government and Public Policy, George Mason University - Fairfax, VA 1996

BS in Economics and Statistics

University of Jordan - Amman

1988

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Other Skills & Interests

• Expert in MSA, Levantine, Gulf and Iraqi Dialects.

• Profound knowledge and experience in Arabic language and literature.

• Extensive understanding and familiarity with current geopolitical, regional, ethnic and cultural environment in addition to social, economic, and cultural developments in the Middle East.

• Familiarity with the history, religions, geopolitics and economics of the Middle East and the region.

• Familiar with the current social media environment in the Middle East.

• Fluent in English and Arabic and proficient in writing and speaking fluently at the DLPT equivalent of 4/4.

• Able to use critical thinking, analytical and research skills to process large amounts of information in order to detect important factors and elements.

• Able to work under pressure and strict deadlines and a team player and leader

• Attended Colleges both in Arabic and English, lived and worked in the Middle East, Central Asia, Latin America and the United State.

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