Jess Konia Eker

About Jess Konia Eker

As SVP of TransPerfect Life Sciences, I help our clients accelerate the development and commercialization of life-saving therapies and improve patient outcomes around the world. With industry-leading global content solutions and specialized solutions, developed by an organization of 30+ years of experience, I serve as a Global Strategic partner to consult with clients to navigate through business complexities. My focus is creating global market success with AI-powered commercialization solutions to engage audiences in any language.I carry a twenty two year record of consistently delivering excellence and exceeding goals,$225 million in revenue annually. Thriving on efficiency and operating at a continuous level of boundless positivity and energy, I’m a relentless, unwavering optimist, and achievement-obsessed leader, passionate about helping organizations innovate thru our automations to drive growth, expedite timelines and increase efficiencies. I channel my grit and discipline in my two favorite roles – 1) exceeding expectations as I help our life science clients reach more global patients, more quickly, and 2) developing my peers into leaders, focusing on learning and growth, both inside and outside the walls of TransPerfect. My vision is to further my impact in the community at large by helping in the fight against cancer, where I sit on the American Cancer Society\'s NYC Board. Another focus is helping women accelerate their professional advancement and empowerment through my involvement in having co-founded TransPerfect\'s Working Women, a group dedicated to helping our company’s women learn, grow, and achieve professional success.

Experience

1. SVP Global Life Sciences Practice

   TransPerfect

   Mar 2003 — Present · New York, NY, US

   TransPerfect is a family of companies providing global business services in over 170 languages. We provide a full range of language and business services including translation, interpretation, website globalization, subtitling/voiceovers, multicultural marketing, diversity and inclusion consulting, deposition services, and litigation support to multinational companies.Responsibilities- Manage a team of 100+ sales people and $225m+- Build strategic partnerships with clients to increase their international revenue/brand image to specific markets, and enabling them to reach more global patients, more quickly- Built a Life Science book of business of $60m+ from scratch, over the last twenty years- Respond and develop key RFPs and RFIs for strategic and/or high value opportunities - Deliver educational presentations to global clients both on and off-site- Collaborate with Marketing Communications to develop new collateral - Organize and lead weekly training sessions for new hires for up-selling, cross-selling and maintaining major strategic accounts - Provide insightful weekly, monthly, and quarterly individual sales reports to track progress and maintain team accountability

Education

• The Lawrenceville School

  High School

  1993 — 1997

• Georgetown University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Spanish and Business

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Global Business Development
• Multilingual
• Partnerships
• Strategy
• Salesforce.com
• Training
• Strategic Alliances
• Saas
• Account Management
• Sales Management
• Start-Ups
• Social Media Marketing
• Vendor Management
• Business Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Crm
• Globalization
• Market Research
• International Marketing