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Our learning products help make your workplace more:

  •   team oriented
  •   efficient
  •   productive

Learning Manuals
Click It® CD-ROMs 
Customized Programs
Class Training
Translations & Other Languages

About Us

Helping People "Communicate in Spanish – and English"

Workplace Spanish, Inc. develops and publishes job-specific Spanish and English learning programs that result in improved communication, teamwork & productivity. Our materials are succinct, easy-to-use, and have proven to be effective and beneficial for our customers.

Founded in 1998 as a travel language company, on the premise that foreign language learning was more difficult than necessary, we created a simplified, no grammar, easy-pronunciation language approach that focused on what one "needs to say" rather than trying to absorb traditional language learning with grammar, complex rules, impossible pronunciations, etc.  We created a series of easy-to-use / easy-to-say pocket cards for travelers in 10 languages which were sold primarily in travel & luggage stores and on the internet.

As we watched the tremendous growth of the Hispanic population and workforce, we realized that our simplified approach would answer a greater need in the workplace, where language barriers were creating tremendous challenges, frustration and expense for employers.

In late 1999 we taught our first "Workplace Spanish" classes in the commercial construction and home building industries. These were quickly followed by classes for government, customer service and landscaping. Our type of training produced very tangible results and enabled people to communicate in Spanish in basic and meaningful ways, without months/years of classes and study.

In 2001 we changed our corporate name to "Workplace Spanish" and later received trademark registration for that name. We began to develop other job-specific programs for diverse occupations and industries in business, health care, government and education.

Since then Workplace Spanish® has become the most country's most popular brand of job-related language materials. Over 75,000 people in 47 states have used our materials to achieve basic Spanish and English communication skills. Our programs have been taught in 350+ colleges & schools across the country and have been used by hundreds of business & government organizations.

While we are very proud of our growth and the needs that we meet, we continue to look for new ways to promote better communication, teamwork and efficiency in today's workplace.

The Workplace Spanish® Team

Workplace Spanish® has a highly skilled group of teachers, certified translators, program developers and cultural experts from Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Chile and of course, the United States. Our associates are selected not only for their language skills, but also for their energy, enthusiasm and customer service dedication. Meet our outstanding people:

Tom Sutula -- President & CEO - Tom is the founder of the company; his business background includes senior positions with Sears as Marketing Director of Craftsman® Tools, as General Merchandise Manager, and as National Logistics Manager. He also served as VP - Marketing for Hitachi Home Electronics and as COO of Shop at Home, Inc. -- a TV home shopping company. He draws on broad experience in general management, operations, marketing, sales, retail, manufacturing, human resources and training.

Dr. Lucia Ribeiro -- Senior Advisor - Lucia is head of the foreign language & ESL department in the Cobb County, Georgia Public School System. Previously she headed the foreign language lab at Kennesaw State University. She is a certified translator & interpreter, a consultant, and a developer of many specialty Spanish programs for corporate and government clients.

Richard Weir -- Senior Advisor - Dick has a wealth of marketing & advertising experience ranging from consulting with Ernst & Whinney to Director of Marketing at Citicorp to operating his own very successful ad agency (Weir Communications) for 13 years. Most recently he was VP - Sales and Marketing of Mitchell's Formal Wear which doubled in size during his tenure. He now serves as a consultant to our company.

Susan Wall -- Director of Operations - Susie has brought us a wealth of financial and operational talent. She has served as Controller & Process Improvement Manager for SchlumbergerSema and as Senior Accountant for National Data Corporation. She has made major improvements in our ordering processing, website structure, and inventory systems.  She is an alter ego to Tom.

Claudia Diaz Kukucka -- Director of Programs - Claudia is a native of Colombia and a certified translator and interpreter. She has considerable business experience, especially in the sales and marketing area. Claudia has taught Human Resources, Construction, Customer Service, Government, Manufacturing and Sales programs, and has upgraded our programs by developing practice conversations for our training manuals. You will hear her voice on many of our CD's.  She is also a translator for the CDC.

Jean Colton -- Customer Service - Jean is also a certified translator (in German) who has worked as Admin. Asst. to senior executives at Ciba Vision. She plays a very key role on our team by providing a high level of service and responsiveness to our customers. Jean is usually the first point of contact and one of the key reasons we are able to build such highly successful customer relationships.

Heike Sellers -- Customer Satisfaction and Public Relations - Heike (pronounced like "Formica") is also a certified German translator but this came easier to her as she is a German national. Heike is responsible for our customer satisfaction surveys, e-mail responses, press releases, and social marketing. She also is "Queen of the Nile" since she manages our relationship with Amazon.com.

Lanie Bevan -- Business Development & Instructor - Lanie works with us when she is not in her Realtor role. She has taught many types of classes especially in the government arena where she has taught for the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County among others. She developed our Real Estate teaching outline, the outline for our Click It4 "Intro Course" and is our key trade show representative.

Cecilia Santamarina -- Instructor - Cecilia is a native of Argentina and a certified translator and interpreter. She is a Vice President of the Atlanta Association of Interpreters & Translators and actively serves on their board.  Cecilia was instrumental in the development of our health care program and has taught supervisor classes for Georgia Power Company, travel Spanish for CIENA Corporation as well as home improvement classes for The Home Depot, and classes for teachers with Easter Seals.

Carolyn Powers -- Bookkeeper - After a long corporate career in operations, finance and information technology with Oxford Industries, Accenture and other organizations, Carolyn began using her experience as a consultant and bookkeeper to small business. She has updated our back office processes and upgraded our accounting.  Need an answer, Carolyn is the person to ask.

 
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