Team
Our team
Cristina Moreno
Cristina was born in Spain but has lived in Germany for long enough to call it her second home. She speaks four languages and has a BA in Hispanic Philology; she specialises in communication, translation, and foreign trade.
After working for two years as Multilingual Content Manager for XING, she decided, together with Jan Hinrichs, to set up Beluga Linguistics and to take an independent route where she could apply her knowledge and experience, participating in projects related to information technology.
Cristina has a lively mind and is completely dedicated to her work. Languages are her passion! At Beluga, she is responsible for multilingual projects and is in charge of selecting linguists and coordinating resources.
Jan Hinrichs
Of German origin, Jan is a born entrepreneur. His passions are languages and cultural diversity. He studied Business Administration and Management at the University of Applied Sciences in Munster, and moved to Spain in 2003. He worked for three years with XING, in areas linked with the growth of the networking platform.
He set up the databases and linguistic processes for internationalization and was responsible for launching XING in Spain. He founded Beluga Linguistics with Cristina in 2006.
In his work, Jan demonstrates all of the qualities that people typically expect of a German: he is serious, methodical and responsible. In human relationships, he is open and friendly, and has a talent for putting ideas into practice with creativity and enthusiasm. He is Beluga's Managing Director; he develops and directs strategic planning, technological projects, and consultancy.
Alexandre Chaves
Alex is Brazilian and graduated in Business Administration, specializing in Foreign Trade, from the FADOM, in Divinópolis, Brazil. Driven by his curiosity for other countries and cultures, he has lived and worked in different parts of Brazil, Canada and the United States. Alex is fluent in several languages and has worked in diverse companies, most notably as Exports Manager and Key Account Manager.
At Beluga Linguistics, Alex fills the role of Project Management Assistant and actively participates in some of our most complex and interesting internationalization projects.
Alex is known for his great sense of humour and his special gift for organizing and developing processes and systems. He is a highly motivated worker and a perfectionist, with a creative and resourceful mind. A true fast learner.
Boris Olivas
Boris is Spanish, but grew up in England. Although he is the youngest member of the team, he has already been working on projects at Beluga for a long time now. He is currently studying for a degree in Biology at the Complutense University of Madrid.
From an early age, Boris has always been passionate about languages, having not only studied English and French but also having taken classes in Japanese. He is also a big fan of manga culture.
Boris has an innate linguistic sensibility and at Beluga is responsible for the revision of online texts and QA testing in Spanish and English. His speciality is the creation of terminology bases and test plans, and no one is better than him when it comes to finding that elusive word 'on the tip of your tongue'.
Natalia Mindykowska
Natalia is Polish and is about to graduate in History and Law from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torún, Poland. She has also studied English and Spanish and has been living in Spain for the last year, after having completed a year's study in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Since March 2008, Natalia has been working part-time in Beluga's Quality Assurance department. Her main responsibilities are the revision of online texts and QA testing. Although Natalia only joined the team a few months ago, she has already become something of an expert in market research and is currently preparing reports about the current situations in the different internet markets.
Natalia is an active, alert person who feels a natural curiosity for everything around her. She is passionate about languages and dedicates a great deal of time to their study. She is aware of the cultural and linguistic diversity that characterises our line of work - a fundamental requirement for devoting oneself body and soul to localization.
Nazaret Lázaro
Nazaret is Spanish and holds a degree and an Advanced Studies Diploma in Translation and Interpretation and a degree in Journalism. She has always shown a great passion and interest for discovering other languages, other cultures and new forms of communication. She has lived in different parts of Spain and has worked in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, where she had the opportunity to live with people from difficult cultures and linguistic communities. After her studies she has gained experience in diverse areas of the industry and has also worked as a freelance translator.
Methodical and organized, within Beluga Linguistics she works in the area of Office Management and plays a key role in the selection of linguists and the coordination of resources. Nazaret never lets a day go by without infecting the rest of the team with her contagious enthusiasm and energy.
