Native Italian speaker with 25+ years of professional experience in international business operations across Italy, France, Puerto Rico, and the United States. I translate between Italian, English, and Spanish with the perspective of someone who has actually run the operations being described.
My background is not academic linguistics — it is hands-on business leadership. I currently serve as Director of Operations for a multi-unit hospitality and investment group in Chicago, with full P&L accountability, vendor negotiation, and systems design responsibility. Before that, I held culinary and operational leadership roles at The Ritz-Carlton and Eataly, and worked in kitchens and businesses across Italy, France, and the Caribbean.
This means when I translate a supplier contract, an operations manual, a menu, a food-safety protocol, or a marketing campaign, I understand the subject matter — not just the words. I know what a P&L line item means, how a commercial kitchen actually works, and how Italian business culture differs from American.