Management Team

• Tomas Kratochvil, CEO
• Arturo Quintero, Co-owner
• Jiri Cervenka, Chief Financial Officer
• Véronique Özkaya, Chief Sales Officer
• Bob Myers, Chief Operating Officer
• Premek Vala, Chief Information Officer
• Kamil Svec, Chief HR Officer

Tomas Kratochvil

CEO

Prior to becoming Moravia's CEO in 2010, Tomas Kratochvil served as the company's Managing Director, with overall responsibility for revenue producing units including operations, sales and marketing. Previously, Mr. Kratochvil directed Moravia's operations for many years, and was instrumental in architecting the company's production capabilities, skills and infrastructure, turning them into Moravia's primary and distinctive competitive advantage.

Mr. Kratochvil is based in the company's headquarters office in Brno, Czech Republic. He joined Moravia in 1996, graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Brno University of Technology.

Arturo Quintero

Co-owner

Arturo Quintero is based in Moravia's headquarters in the Czech Republic and spends extensive periods of time in Moravia's other locations. Mr. Quintero has been with Moravia since 1992, and together with Ms. Janku has been the entrepreneurial driving force behind the company's growth.

Mr. Quintero has been an active member of the industry for many years, is a frequent speaker and writer, and has had direct involvement in many industry initiatives and events. He is also dedicated to promoting the translation and localization industry at large, and often speaks and lectures on the topic of global strategies and management. Mr. Quintero speaks Spanish, English and Czech, and is functional in Polish.

He helps a number of non-profit associations in an advisory role, and actively supports numerous charitable activities globally, most importantly those in support of children in developing countries.

Jiri Cervenka

Chief Financial Officer

Jiri Cervenka manages Moravia's global finance team and is responsible for the company's worldwide accounting, financial reporting and financial control functions. Mr. Cervenka has more than 15 years experience in managing international and corporate finance. Prior to joining Moravia in 2000 as Financial Director, Mr. Cervenka was with the financial auditing services division of Ernst & Young Czech Republic.

Based in company's headquarters office in Brno, Czech Republic, Mr. Cervenka has an engineering degree from the Brno University of Technology and holds the internationally recognized title of Chartered Certified Accountant.

Véronique Özkaya

Chief Sales Officer

Véronique Özkaya is responsible for developing and executing Moravia's global sales and account management strategies. Based in the company's headquarters in Brno, Czech Republic, Ms. Özkaya is with Moravia since 2007. She manages Moravia's global business services development centers, which are located in Europe, across the USA, and in Asia.

Véronique Özkaya has international business and localization industry experience dating back to 1994. Ms Özkaya has held senior roles at Lionbridge Technologies, Stream International and Donnelley Language Solutions.

Educated in France and Ireland, Ms. Özkaya holds double master's degrees in International Politics and Administration from the University of Grenoble as well as a Diploma in Public Relations from the Public Relations Institute of Ireland. She is fluent in English, French, Turkish and functional in German.

Bob Myers

Chief Operating Officer

Bob Myers has overall responsibility for the company's global operations. Based in the company's headquarters in Brno, Czech Republic, he is in charge of developing and executing Moravia's operational strategies for its worldwide network, with hubs in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. His responsibilities include overseeing and evolving the delivery infrastructure for existing language, testing, and engineering services, as well as new offerings.

Bob Myers' localization industry experience dates to the 1990s, when he founded seminal Japanese localization firm Pacifitech Corporation, later acquired by Bowne Global Solutions (BGS). At BGS, he served as Executive Vice President in charge of the localization business line worldwide. Prior to joining Moravia, Mr. Myers advised localization and internet companies on globalization and technology strategy. He is fluent in English and Japanese.

Mr. Myers matriculated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Mathematics of Computation, and studied Computer Science at the doctoral level at the University of Tokyo.

Premek Vala

Chief Information Officer

Premek Vala manages the Information Technology department at Moravia and has responsibility for the company's global infrastructure, information systems, research and development, systems development, and service desk functions.

Based in the company's Brno, Czech Republic headquarters, Mr. Vala is with Moravia since 1994. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Brno University of Technology and later studied management at the CMC Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Vala is actively involved in developing a number of innovative technology solutions that Moravia provides, and represents the company in several technology-focused bodies, associations and at other industry initiatives.

Kamil Svec

Chief HR Officer

Kamil Svec is in charge of Moravia's Human Resources globally. Based in the headquarters office in Brno, Czech Republic, he joined Moravia in 2009. Previously, he was with Hewitt Associates, the leading international company providing complex HR consulting services, where for nine years he led the consulting division in the Czech Republic. Prior to Hewitt Associates, Mr. Svec worked at Spanish consulting firm Uryas in Madrid and at the management consulting practice of Deloitte in the Czech Republic.

Mr. Svec received a pan-European CEMS master's degree in management at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark and a master's degree in business administration from the Prague University of Economics. His professional education also includes a Human Resources Management program at the University of Stirling in Great Britain.

Mr. Svec is a leading specialist in a number of key human resources areas, including workforce engagement, organizational effectiveness, compensation and benefits, and intra-company communication.