Geoff Norby, Owner  Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Geoff Norby has been the owner/operator of Global Accent since 2007. He graduated from Kansas State University with a German/International Studies dual major and Business minor. Geoff studied German in Gießen, Germany for one year and studied Latin, French, Spanish, Norwegian, and Finnish throughout his career. Geoff was a Research Manager for Lieberman Research Worldwide in Los Angeles for two years, and has been working with the Market Research industry since 2005. He is an avid backpacker and mountain biker.

Bieke Boden, Senior Project Manager  Trondheim, Norway

Bieke Boden obtained her Master’s Degree in Translation in 2011 from College University Ghent in Belgium. She spent 2 years in the United States and 4 years in Switzerland before moving back to Belgium in 2017, managing localization projects along her way. She was a project manager for market research agency Ipsos in Belgium for 3 years. In May of 2021 she joined the Global Accent team as the first European-based team member. Bieke recently moved to Norway where she spends most of her free time in the mountains, on foot or on skis. A native speaker of Dutch, she’s also fluent in English and German and is learning Norwegian.

Kimberly Hannigan, Project Manager  Schenectady, NY, USA

Kimberly joined Global Accent in the summer of 2021 and brings with her an outstanding background in project management, organizational skills, and is an expert with Office and other software. Kimberly has years of management experience working with organizations from small businesses to museums to art conservation - even including the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. She has also traveled extensively, seeing many languages and cultures along the way. Kimberly has a BA from Mesa State, a BS from Colorado State, and is working on a Masters in History from SNHU.

Abby Currie, Project Coordinator   Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Abby Currie is a graduate of Colorado State University with degrees in both English with a concentration in Language and Languages, Literatures, and Cultures with a concentration in Spanish. She has completed graduate coursework and undergraduate research in linguistics. Abby has lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has visited Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Mexico. She is fluent speaker of Spanish and a beginner of Traditional Chinese. Abby performs quality assurance reviews on most projects and manages Global Accent’s translation technology, special projects, and vendor relations. She spends her free time rock climbing, writing, and learning more about language.