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Italian video translation platform dotSUB announces new CEO

Video translation platform dotSUB announced today the appointment of David Orban as new CEO. The announcement for this media platform was made by Michael L. Smolens, the Founder and Chairman of dotSUB.

The Italian company dotSUB powers online videos with translations in all languages across the internet and mobile screens around the world. The company generates local connections to global businesses, educational institutions and public agencies such as Adobe, GE, TED, The Port Authority of NY / NJ, and the US Army.

David Orban, the new CEO, is the chairman of Humanity+, founder and Chief Evangelist of WideTag, Inc., advisor to the prestigious Singularity University, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation, and founder of the Open Government Data.

His educational background includes studying Physics at both the University of Milan and the University of Padua. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he and his family currently live in Northern Italy, near Milan.

“David Orban brings a wealth of experience as CEO of international technology startups, software distributors and online communities, so he is the perfect person to manage dotSUB’s hyper-growth over the coming years,” said Smolens.

“David is in sync with my vision of removing language as a barrier to cross-cultural communications, as well as building dotSUB into a truly global business,” stated Smolens. “I also plan to stay actively involved with our activities as Chairman.”

“I’m excited to lead a team building language bridges across cultures. Video usage is exploding, and dotSUB provides high quality, audience engagement and international reach. Seeing dotSUB’s crowd-sourcing platform empowering organizations like the TED conferences publishing more than 16,000 TED Talks with captions and subtitles in 88 languages-all with 6,000 volunteer translators-that’s inspiring” commented Orban.

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Stefano Bernardi
Stefano Bernardi
Stefano Bernardi, who was born and raised in Italy, started his career as an investment analyst for dPixel. In 2011, he moved to San Francisco where he became the first employee (and wild card) at Betable – a real-money gaming platform.
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