Richard Sikes has been immersed in localization since 1989, having held senior localization management positions at several industry-leading software publishers. He now works under his own label—Localization Flow Technologies—as a freelance globalization management consultant and trainer. As well as his long-time association with The Localization Institute, Richard is a Language Technology Evangelist for across Systems, a trainer and consultant for Plunet GmbH, and a Certified PASSOLO Trainer. He holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine, Diplom Betriebswirt FH from the Volkshochschule Heidelberg, and an MBA from the University of Toronto. Richard has presented frequently on a wide variety of topics at the Localization World and Gilbane Conferences, and his articles appear with regularity in MultiLingual magazine.