PTI Global

“The original schedule was two weeks. We then had to trim the schedule to 4 days, and you still delivered on time and with reference quality! Unlike some localization companies, which knock themselves out for the first project and then fade into a pattern of mediocrity, you have maintained, and even improved your deliverables with each new project we've done together. Thank you for a great experience.”

—Localization Manager
NVIDIA®

Management Team

The PTIGlobal management team supplements the executive role and shares the responsibility of decision-making with the executive. It is structured not for consensus, but rather for diversity of experience and perspectives. Through support and question, the team helps refine the culture and direction of the company. Current goals, problems, or policies are discussed in a weekly meeting, with the objective being long-term business results.

Mollie Peters › Founder and President

From travels to Europe at an early age, Mollie developed a strong interest in language and international culture. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from [Gonzaga University] and a master’s degree from New York University.

She keeps the company management focused on a strong and healthy financial position and aimed at stability and growth. She oversees decisions regarding staffing strategies, legal issues, customer service and sales. She has a long interest in translation quality.

Mollie has translated books on diverse topics including medicine, music, horticulture, and history. She has served as editor for several publications, and for a number of years managed a translation program for Amadeus Press, Timber Press’s music imprint.

In her spare time, Mollie likes to be outdoors, either kayaking, running, playing tennis, or walking Oliver, her equally active Italian greyhound. Mollie was recently challenged to don a wetsuit and go boogie boarding—which she did, and loved it.

Stacey Brown › Director, Managed Services Division

Stacey joined PTIGlobal in 2006 as the Resource Manager for an on-site Managed team of native-level linguists who work at a large client's site. Since then, she has become the Director of Operations for the Managed Services Division. Stacey has been instrumental in building systems for recruiting and managing talented personnel for client projects varying from linguistic QA to very technical internationalization engineering. She draws from her experience to address human resource issues and to build skills and capabilities through training and development.

Stacey has 12 years of management experience. She spent 6 years working for Lionbridge managing a large QA team on-site at a top high tech company in Vancouver, WA. and previous to that at ADCS as Manager of Customer service and Training.

Stacey has a BA in Communications and an MBA emphasizing Technical Management. She has lived abroad in Italy.

She has lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of her life, she is conversational in Italian, and is an active member of a choral group.

Tobias Scherf › Operations Manager

Tobias has 16 years of professional experience in business management and in localization. His Localization experience began 9 years ago in the field of Quality Assurance, from which he shifted into Localization Engineering.

Prior to his career in localization, Tobias managed the Purchasing Department and had heavy involvement in Sales at Schreiber Metallbau GmbH in Germany. There he effectively increased the company’s margins by cutting purchase expenses and pushed the IT infrastructure forward to keep the company ahead of its competition.

He joined PTIGlobal’s staff in 2006 as lead localization engineer. His expertise and leadership qualities helped position him at the head of the Localization Division where he successfully manages all aspects of Operations.

Tobias holds a Business Management degree from Handwerkskammer Stuttgart, Germany and has earned a Bachelors Degree in computer science from the University of Portland in Oregon.

In his time away from work, Tobias enjoys spending time with his wife Katrina and his precious daughter Abby. He enjoys hiking trips in the summer, walks on the magnificent Pacific Ocean beaches, taking his daughter to playgrounds and long days at the mall followed by a hearty home cooked meal that he occasionally prepares for his family in appreciation for all their support.

Featured Staff Member

Doug McGriff › Team Leader and Verification Engineer

Doug was originally hired as a Verification Engineer in our Managed Services Division. When it came time to select an on-site lead for a team of about 20 PTIGlobal employees, Doug was a natural choice. This challenging engagement includes team members focusing on verification, validation and sustaining activities for medical devices in the health care field.

Doug has over 20 years of project management and quality assurance experience in industries such as embedded systems, computer systems, financial services, printer/imaging, as well as interactive television and broadcasting. He has been active in development environments, process development, software release engineering, software testing and automation over the course of his career. Before joining PTIGlobal, he spent 8 years at QualityLogic, leading a similar managed service team for another top high-tech company in Vancouver, WA.

Doug has a BS in Mathematics/CS from Portland State University and has taken various management and technical training courses over the years.

Doug and his wife have lived in the Pacific Northwest continually, where they enjoy cooking, boating, gardening and training their new German shepherd puppy, Sugar Bear.