Our Global Team of Professionals

The A2Z staff is comprised of a cross functional team consisting of project managers, editors, DTP experts, engineers, quality assurance professionals and 500 full time and external translators.

Theodora Landgren
Managing Director

Founder and Managing Director of A2Z Global Inc, Ms. Landgren is an industry expert who has been a pioneer in the localization and translation industry since 1982. Ms. Landgren also founded BTS, an international company established originally as a translation service company for high volume technical translations serving large multinational companies, later growing the company to include educational, publishing, language tools development, and internet services. The company was subsequently brought to IPO in the US market. As a foundational member of the industry, Ms. Landgren has served as a board member for both national and international associations and businesses. Moreover, she is an active subject matter guest speaker at many worldwide conferences on internationalization. Ms. Landgren has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and the United States for over 30 years and has a background in computer programming and linguistics.

Peter Landgren
Director of Sales

Mr. Landgren has over 17 years of experience developing and launching successful solution sales programs for divisions of both national and international linguistic and medical companies. He has a career focus on selling integrative language solutions, which help drive both CORE business initiatives as well as expansion into new growth markets. Mr. Landgren was born in Sweden, and is bilingual. He possesses degrees in both biology and chemistry.

David Yang
Director of Engineering

After earning a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in 1994, David Yang worked as a Mechanical Engineer for ITW and subsequently as a programmer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1996, Mr. Yang joined BTS and served as Sr. Localization Engineer where he contributed to the development of a number of localization technologies. As Production Manager for A2Z Global, he drives project management initiatives and oversees cutting edge technological localization initiatives. Currently he manages a team of Project Managers and Engineers distributed around the world. Mr. Yang works closely with The Institute of Localization Professionals (Ireland) to help increase operational efficiency, raise competitiveness and offer first-class solutions to the client. Mr. Yang holds an MBA from Drexel University.

Takehiko (John) Mitsuhashi
Affiliate in Germany

After achieving his degree at the University of London, United Kingdom and the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, Mr. Mitsuhashi, joined SAP AG in Germany as an affiliate for Japanese projects. Mr. Mitsuhashi worked in Research and Development at Schott AG (formerly Schott Glaswerke) in Mainz for several years and has significant experience in translating highly technical documents. Since then he has been associated with BTS and A2Z Global. He is fluent in three languages. Although based in Germany, he maintains worldwide connections. Contact Takehiko at mitsuhashi@a2zglobal.com