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DAVID UTRILLA

PRESIDENT

David Utrilla studied international business and economics in Peru and in the USA. In 1995 he founded U.S. Translation Company and serves currently as its CEO. He has been given multiple awards including Utah’s Best of State, listed six times in the Inc. 500/5000 for fastest growing companies in America, Mountain West Capital Network’s top 100 fastest growing companies in Utah, and the Small Business Person of the Year by the SBA. In 2014 he received the Weber State University Distinguished Alumnus Award, the 2015 Utah Valley University Atlas Award, the 2016 Quixote Award by the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the 2018 International Person of the Year Award by the World Trade Association of Utah. David also serves on the Board of trustees of the Utah Symphony and Opera, is on the board of the World Trade Association of Utah, is the upcoming President of the Utah Consular Corps, is on the Weber State University President’s National Advisory Council, is the Chair of the Advisory Board for the School of Business and Economics at WSU, is advisory council member of the Master of International Affairs and Global Enterprise program at the University of Utah, is Vice-Chair of the Utah Council for Citizen and Diplomacy, is an Advisory Committee Member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and is the Chair of the Global Community Advisory Board at Utah Valley University. In 2009 he was appointed by the President of Peru as the Honorary Consul of Peru in Utah and he currently holds this position.

DALE GIBSON

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Dale was born in Palo Alto, California and grew up in San Jose, California where he graduated from high school. He lived for a couple of years in Spain and moved to Utah where he earned a BS in Finance from BYU and then got his MBA from the University of Utah with an emphasis in Accounting. Before working at US Translation Dale worked in a number of industries (medical device, food, defense, printing and financial management). He has worked in Accounting Management for a number of companies including as a Corporate Controller and as the owner of Gibson Consulting Services to help companies with their accounting needs. Dale enjoys spending time with his family of five children, a wife and four grandchildren. He has been involved as a baseball coach and soccer coach for over 15 years. He also enjoys skiing at the Utah ski resorts with his family and playing racquetball.

KATHY SPROUSE

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Kathy was born and raised in Texas. Before coming to U.S. Translation Company in 2004 Kathy worked with Bank of America as an International Currency Purchasing Agent in Japan and Korea. In addition to living in Japan, Kathy has lived in Georgia, Utah and now resides in North Carolina.  She handles all sales and operations for our growing east coast clients. With her 12+ years in the translation industry, she excels at solving even the most difficult and challenging translation or interpretation requests of her clients. Kathy enjoys spending time with her two sons and husband. Traveling is always on her top of her list of items to do. She enjoys scuba diving, boxing and heading to the beach.

GIOVANNA ROESELER

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Giovanna was born in Ogden, Utah and is the oldest of three children. She graduated from Ogden High School and received an Associates Degree in Science from Snow College. In 2004 she earned a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Utah State University. Giovanna is married to her best friend Ryan, and has four children. Prior to U.S. Translation Company, Giovanna worked as a Case Manager at Weber Human Services. “Scrap booking, being a mom, and traveling – I’ve been to Hawaii, Scotland, England, and Italy and I hope to do more in the future!”

AMY CLEMENTS

DESKTOP PUBLISHING MANAGER

Amy was born in Clinton, Maryland and raised in West Valley City, Utah. She graduated from Hunter High School in 1998 and furthered her education at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah studying Accounting. Amy is married, has 3 beautiful little girls, and 2 Labrador Retrievers. Before coming to U.S. Translation Company, Amy worked at UPS for 11 years as a Field Support Representative. There, she assisted the Account Manager’s with customer service, maintaining accounts, and researching issues with customer invoices. “I love to be with my family. My husband and girls are the best thing that ever happened to me. We love to go out to the lake on our wave runners, barbecue, play with our dogs and watch movies together. I like to craft when I can find the time.”

JAMES BROOKS

INTERPRETING SOLUTIONS MANAGER

James was born and raised halfway across the world in Australia. His experience in Project Management and Business Development has allowed him to create and maintain lasting relationships with our clients. James is a valuable asset to our team as his level-headed approach to problem-solving helps him manage multiple projects at once.

CYLE ADAIR

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES

Cyle grew up all over the United States and the world. His father served in the Marine Corps and after graduating from BYU Cyle served in the military himself as a Captain in the US Army. He has lived overseas in Japan (3 years), Argentina (2 years), and Iraq (2 years). It was from living around the world learning different languages that Cyle realized how vital proper communication is. He saw how good translation and interpretation can bring people together to accomplish tasks and improve the world. But also he saw how destructive bad translation and interpretation can be as well. After transitioning from the military, Cyle work as an Advanced Management Partner for Cintas, a Fortune 500 company, in Indianapolis, IN helping it grow to the #1 office in the country. He then decided to use his background and talents in the translation industry helping inWhatLanguage more than quadruple in size during his tenure and being a finalist for REV GEN. Cyle is passionate in assisting companies to grow internationally and make big impacts in their desired foreign markets.

Of all his experiences and accomplishments, Cyle’s proudest moments are marrying his beautiful wife and having 3 wonderful children.

SONIA MCGRATH

TRANSLATION SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR

Sonia was born in Northern Spain and moved to Utah almost 25 years ago. Sonia completed her undergraduate degree in linguistics as well as her Master of Business Administration from BYU. She began working in translation following her graduation and currently works as our Director of Translation solutions. With her help we have been able to create customer relationships that are based on the quality of work that her and her team produce.

JESSE CARRILLO

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING

Jesse Carrillo joins U.S. Translation Company with over 20 years of experience and has held several transformational executive roles in sales, strategy, go-to-market and creating distribution and VAR networks internationally. Most recently he was the President of EdgeFive Group where he grew the business from the ground up—creating a multi-million-dollar profitable company in less than a year. In addition, Carrillo spent nine years at Cornerstone Technologies where he served as the Chief Revenue Officer and grew revenue by over 500% during his tenure at the company.