Nataly Kelly

Nataly Kelly

Greater Boston
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I love helping tech companies achieve global scale.

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  • Zappi Graphic

    Zappi

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Greater Boston

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    Cambridge, MA

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    Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Greater Los Angeles Area

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Quito, Ecuador

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    Monterey, California

Education

  • Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Ecuador Graphic

    Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Ecuador

    Activities and Societies: Fulbright Scholar - Sociolinguistics (Ecuador) Research in Linguistic Policy.

    I did all the coursework for my Master's degree in Latin American Studies at this grad school in Ecuador while doing research for my Fulbright grant in sociolinguistics (sounds fancy; just means how language is used in society). Mostly I was curious about societal representations of gender and ethnicity in Spanish, and how Quichua influenced Ecuadorian Spanish, but maybe the coolest thing I learned was that Jabba the Hut speaks broken Quichua in the Star Wars movies.

  • The worst thing you can do if you want to learn languages fluently is to do what I did at this university and take them all at once (during my year abroad). I was running from one language class straight into another and my brain was stretched in way too many directions at a time. I would conjugate Italian verbs as if they were Japanese. My German sounded like Arabic. I was in language nerd heaven, but thanks to all my hard work, I speak none of them well today. Alas, I'll always have those…

    The worst thing you can do if you want to learn languages fluently is to do what I did at this university and take them all at once (during my year abroad). I was running from one language class straight into another and my brain was stretched in way too many directions at a time. I would conjugate Italian verbs as if they were Japanese. My German sounded like Arabic. I was in language nerd heaven, but thanks to all my hard work, I speak none of them well today. Alas, I'll always have those joyful yet confused memories to look back on.

  • This was my first semester abroad trip to Ecuador. One of the professors at this university happened to have studied in Central Illinois where I'm from, at the University of Illinois - Champaign-Urbana. I talked with him a few times about various topics and he even kindly wrote a letter of reference for me. He later went on to become the President. Not of the university. Of the Republic of Ecuador. His name was Rafael Correa. Life lesson: treat people nicely, because you just never know when…

    This was my first semester abroad trip to Ecuador. One of the professors at this university happened to have studied in Central Illinois where I'm from, at the University of Illinois - Champaign-Urbana. I talked with him a few times about various topics and he even kindly wrote a letter of reference for me. He later went on to become the President. Not of the university. Of the Republic of Ecuador. His name was Rafael Correa. Life lesson: treat people nicely, because you just never know when they'll become president of the country you choose for your semester abroad.

  • The thing I remember the most about this place in Cuernavaca, aside from the flowers growing over the walls and the street tacos just outside it, was an American man in his late 70s who came there to learn Spanish. He knew nothing when he started, and everyone was in awe of how open he was to learning at that age in life. His accent in Spanish was, er, let's say "heavy," but he paid no mind. He was easily 50 years older than the average (college-aged) student. If we can look past the Hawaiian…

    The thing I remember the most about this place in Cuernavaca, aside from the flowers growing over the walls and the street tacos just outside it, was an American man in his late 70s who came there to learn Spanish. He knew nothing when he started, and everyone was in awe of how open he was to learning at that age in life. His accent in Spanish was, er, let's say "heavy," but he paid no mind. He was easily 50 years older than the average (college-aged) student. If we can look past the Hawaiian shirts he wore every day (which we sadly cannot, as they were quite vivid), he was pretty much my idol. Also, this was the first time in my life that I ventured outside of the United States, albeit only as far as Mexico. It was a great place to study Spanish.

  • Activities and Societies: Regents Scholar, Meistersinger Scholar, Symphony Pianist, Castle Singers

    Went to college on a piano scholarship. Originally a music composition and Spanish double major, I dropped the music major after my advisor told me I wasn't going to hack it in the music world and should focus on Spanish instead. Ouch. But she was right! Minor in Intercultural Communication.

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Patents

  • Interpreter certification system

    Issued US US20030009352 A1

    A method for testing and certifying interpreter's knowledge in specific industries and language pairs. Certification is accomplished through testing, training, service observation and customer feedback. Certification testing is conducted using tests developed for a specific industry and language pair. Testing is conducted telephonically strictly adhering to a fixed protocol. Test scoring is accomplished using a dictionary of terms for each industry and language pair which indicates level of…

    A method for testing and certifying interpreter's knowledge in specific industries and language pairs. Certification is accomplished through testing, training, service observation and customer feedback. Certification testing is conducted using tests developed for a specific industry and language pair. Testing is conducted telephonically strictly adhering to a fixed protocol. Test scoring is accomplished using a dictionary of terms for each industry and language pair which indicates level of accuracy for each possible interpretation.

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Honors & Awards

  • Top 50 CMOs on LinkedIn

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    Top 50 CMOs on LinkedIn as judged by: Reciprocal Engagement, Consistent, Engaging Content, Comprehensive Tool Utilization, Follower Count.

  • Remote Work Influencer

    Remote

    Named as one of 150 global influencers driving the remote work movement, along with executives at Meta, Spotify, Dropbox, Shopify, Salesforce, among others.

  • Top 25 Content Marketers in Enterprise Software (East Coast)

    Skyword and Traackr

    List produced using key search terms on the Traackr influencer marketing platform. Full list available here: http://www.skyword.com/contentstandard/enterprise-marketing/top-25-content-marketers-in-enterprise-software-the-east-coast-edition/

  • Marketing Executive of the Year (Bronze)

    Best in Biz

  • 40 Under 40

    Direct Marketing News

    This annual awards program recognizes young, standout marketers whose work has already left an indelible mark on their organizations, clients and the industry as a whole.

  • Stevies Women in Business

    Stevie Awards

  • Women Worth Watching in 2015

    Profiles in Diversity Journal

    This annual award celebrates women executives that are using their influence to shape their workplace and their world.

  • Instructor @ Marketing Profs

    Marketing Profs University

    http://www.marketingprofsu.com/instructors/15803/nataly-kelly

  • Fulbright Scholar

    U.S. Department of State

    The Fulbright Program, offering research grants to talented scholars, is one of the most highly-competitive and prestigious awards programs worldwide.

Languages

  • English

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  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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