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    Cathy Davies

    Cathy Davies

    Independent Translation and Localization Professional

    Maidenhead, United Kingdom

    I have spent 7 years in the travel industry, starting with British Airways at their head office in London. During my 5 years at BA, I worked in Revenue Management and Distribution,...Read moreI have spent 7 years in the travel industry, starting with British Airways at their head office in London. During my 5 years at BA, I worked in Revenue Management and Distribution, helping me to understand the basics of yield and capacity management and the challenges facing airlines as far as costs are concerned.
    I then spent 2 years at Opodo, managing airline relationships with all major airlines present in the UK.
    I changed career in 2005 and, after working as a project manager for a translation company in New York, I am now a professional translator, editor and quality control specialist (English>French) specialising in finance and business translations. I have a Certificate in translation from NYU.

    Account management, project management, business analyst, translation skills (specialist subjects: financial, legal, commercial).

    Area Covered: MAIDENHEAD, UNITED KINGDOM
    Industry: Airlines/Aviation


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    Job Title: Freelance translator (ENG>FR)
    Company: Self employed
    From:01/Oct/2006

    Job Title: Translation - project manager
    Company: Bowne & Co., Bowne Translation Services
    From:01/Jul/2005 To:01/Oct/2006

    Job Title: Airline Account Manager
    Company: Opodo
    Description: My role is to manage the relationships between Opodo and airlines selling through Opodo in the UK market. I am also in charge of pan European relationships for specific airlines. I am responsible for :
    • Negotiating Sales and Marketing agreement
    • Negotiating fare contracts
    • Planning and implementing marketing activities on Opodo.co.uk
    • Ensuring fares are loaded in an accurate and timely manner
    • Ensuring Opodo predicts and is able to respond to market changes
    From:01/Dec/2002 To:01/Jul/2004

    Job Title: Sales and Distribution analyst
    Company: British Airways
    Description: My role was to manage projects relating to the distribution of British Airways products and services to its customers. In particular, I was responsible for:
    • Selling BA’s corporate payment scheme to BA’s top 200 corporate customers, managing the implementation of the product and the on-going relationships
    • cost/benefit analysis of online deals (financial modelling and measurement of performance)
    • analysis of distribution costs for online channels
    From:01/Nov/1999 To:01/Nov/2002

    Job Title: Senior Project Executive
    Company: British Airways
    Description: My role was to manage the analysis and the development of the seating project in the Customer Service department :
    • organised and headed workshops with staff in the airline to gather requirements and get buy-in
    • designed process maps leading to the creation of User Requirements specification
    • created strong relationship with the IT department to design the initial phase of the system
    From:01/Mar/1999 To:01/Nov/1999

    Job Title: Business development executive
    Company: British Airways
    Description: My role was to manage IT projects from a customer point of view, training new users, supporting systems once live and identifying potential new applications for the department :
    • managed several IT projects from the system definition phase through to testing and implementation
    • trained the user community and ensured systems support and enhancements
    • built a constructive relationship with the IT department and the user community
    From:01/Jun/1997 To:01/Mar/1999



    Education
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    Degree: Masters
    Field of Study: International Business & Chinese
    University / College: ISUGA - Institut Superieur de Gestion Asie-Pacifique
    From:01/Sep/1994 To:01/Jun/1996

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