Qualifications
CEO of Chern & Co.; founder and former CEO of TRANSLIT (exited 2025)
Founder and Managing Partner of Artha Capital, an early-stage investment firm
Founder of ISO 9001 / ISO 17100 certified language company with 5,000+ translators across 150+ languages
Expertise
Translation
Interpreting
Localization
Language Technology
Entrepreneurship
Quality Assurance
Experience: 10+ years’ in IT industry, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Languages, Translation, Interpreting and Localisation.
Experience
Co-Founder and Investor at Farnora
Sep 2025 — Present · 10 mos
Founder and Managing Partner at Artha Capital
Oct 2018 — Present · 7 yrs 9 mos
Investor at Kauza
Dec 2014 — Present · 11 yrs 7 mos
Regional Test Lead / QA Analyst at PGi
Jun 2012 to Jun 2015 · 3 yrs
Chief Executive Officer at Chern & Co.
Dec 2009 — Present · 16 yrs 7 mos
CEO at TRANSLIT - Interpreting, Translation, Localisation
Oct 2009 to Dec 2025 · 16 yrs 2 mos
Recent articles and events
Qualifications
CEO of Chern & Co.; founder and former CEO of TRANSLIT (exited 2025)
Founder and Managing Partner of Artha Capital, an early-stage investment firm
Founder of ISO 9001 / ISO 17100 certified language company with 5,000+ translators across 150+ languages
Expertise
Translation
Interpreting
Localization
Language Technology
Entrepreneurship
Quality Assurance
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