No bait-and-switch staffing
At Austraat Globalization Solutions, we won't dazzle you with a senior resource and then staff your project with junior consultants. From initial discovery through delivery, you will work with seasoned experts you can trust.

No expensive middle management
Our small footprint lets us pass the savings on to you. Since we don't have to pay for expensive offices or full-page ads in national publications, you can rest assured that your project fees are working hard to solve your globalization challenges.   

Bjorn Austraat is the Principal Consultant of Austraat Globalization Solutions. Prior to launching Austraat Globalization Solutions, he was the Director of the Globalization Consulting group with Convey Software in San Francisco, CA, and brings more than 14 years of experience in the areas of globalization, translation and localization.  

His responsibilities at Convey Software included the creation of globalization roadmaps for complex Web properties, internationalization tool development, targeted technical consulting and executive training as well as leading internal and external knowledge transfer projects.

Bjorn also taught a highly successful seminar on software and Web globalization at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, a private postgraduate school in Monterey, CA. 

Before joining Convey Software, Bjorn served as Senior Localization Specialist at Berlitz International and led a comprehensive Machine Translation research project at IDOC, Inc. (now Bowne Global Solutions).

He holds a Master’s Degree in Conference Interpretation from the University of Vienna and a Master’s Degree in Translation and Interpretation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Bjorn's resume available here >>