Steven S. Bammel
President
A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington (College
of Business Administration), Steven S. Bammel worked in Seoul
for nearly five years as an employee within the LG Group of South
Korea. During that time, he learned about Korean business practices
from the inside as the only non-Korean member of a team handling
international trade support work for LG International, Corp.
During this time, Steven also promoted overseas sales for several
Korean companies and edited/translated hundreds of documents.
Steven returned to the US in 1999 and founded Korean Consulting & Translation
Service, Inc. in mid-2000. During the first several years of building the business,
Steven, his wife Myunghee and two children Treasure and Cauvery, shared their
time between Irving, Texas and the company’s corporate
apartment near Seoul, Korea. Thanks to a perfectionist mindset
and deep understanding of the requirements of translation clients,
not to mention high-level Korean skills, Steven and his team
have successfully handled thousands of Korean translation projects,
mainly for US-based companies and agencies, but also for individuals
and companies around the world.
In early 2008, the Bammels returned to Korea on a semi-permanent
basis while Steven studies at the Graduate School of Business
Administration at Hanyang University to further develop his unique
Korean business perspective. With particular emphasis on improving
his language skills in an immersive Korean learning environment,
Steven’s academic efforts focus on the critical factors
that lead to successful Korean market entry by foreign companies.
These insights are being developed into a comprehensive set of
training and education modules to reinforce the business results
of company clients.
Steven can be reached most conveniently through
the contact form on this website or by email. |
 Hongil
Kim
Project Management and Translation
Hongil Kim attended Hallym University in Chooncheon,
Korea, earning a B.A. in Korean Literature, which he
then supplemented with extensive travels throughout East
Asia and to North America. Working his way up from an
entry-level in-house translator job for a translation
agency in Seoul, he later managed computer and Internet-related
projects for clients throughout Korea and around the
world.
Almost since moving into his current position in 1998, Hongil
has worked closely with Steven to oversee one of the most
professional translation teams in Korea, with expertise in
diverse areas. Over 5,000 translation projects of Korean
Consulting & Translation Service, Inc. have been handled
directly under Hongil’s careful supervision. |
 Dong-Hyeok
Kim
Project Management and Translation
A true world traveler and English-language scholar,
Dong-Hyeok Kim holds a B.A. in English Education from
the prestigious Korea Foreign Language University in
Seoul. Throughout the 1980s, Mr. Kim worked in the Middle
East for Daewoo Corp. in their Overseas Business Department,
returning to Korea only in 1990. He was employed for
four years in Seoul at Litton Korea Corp. (a subsidiary
of Litton Industries of the USA, later acquired by Raytheon)
in their legal department and then a couple more years
in international trading with Yeong-Sang Trading, also
in Seoul.
Since entering the translation field in 1997, Dong-Hyeok
Kim has positioned his team at the technical end of the
market, delivering impeccable translations of the most
difficult types of documents, including legal, scientific,
engineering and financial, including translations of documents
between Korean and languages other than English. Furthermore,
he regularly handles patents to be directly submitted to
the Korea Intellectual Property Office and the US Patent
Office.
With his diverse background, incredible work ethic and
unbelievable technical resources, he ensures that every
project he manages is delivered on-time with the highest
quality. |
Business Consultant
After graduating in 1995 from Hanyang University in Ansan, Korea,
Jinho spent two years in the Overseas Business Part of Daesung
Industries Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of one of Korea’s large
business groups. Following this, his decade in management at
Dongsan Church (the largest church in Ansan City with current
weekly attendance of 15,000 people) eventually saw him overseeing
the day-to-day operations of the entire church and as a result,
he enjoys wide contacts and relationships deep within the Korean
Christian community, as well as the business world.
Currently finishing up his doctoral degree in the Graduate School
of Business Administration at Hanyang University, Jinho has been
consulting on a variety of projects, including work in missions,
marketing, education, publishing and large event planning. He
is also a director of GHT, a new concept in service, tourism
and medical care.
A long-time associate of Steven Bammel, Jinho's passions include
leadership, vision networking, social organizations and holistic
healing.
Don Southerton
Corporate Trainer and Author of the Bridging
Culture Blog
Don began his fascination with Korean business and culture in
the 1970s, since which he has extensively studied Korean business
culture, language and history at the University of Colorado,
USC, UCLA and the Intercultural Institute of California.
In accordance with the increased business interaction between
Korea and the US, Don works as a consultant to convey his knowledge
of the Korean culture to clients through customized cross-cultural
training. Based out of San Diego, Don is a regular visitor to
Korea.
Don’s Bridging Culture
Blog, which he kindly lets us syndicate on our site, examines
Korean global business and popular culture with a shrewd eye
toward current and future trends, as well as providing insights
into the dynamics of Korean global business.
Zeng Xiang-Wen
A desktop publishing and translation process expert with over
six years’ experience in a multinational localization agency
and another seven years working independently and with us, Zeng
Xiang-Wen and his team in Shenzhen, China have produced successful
localization products for some of the most reputed companies
worldwide, including HP, Dell, Compaq, Nokia, GE and many others.
His comprehensive computer application knowledge, combined with
proven problem-solving skills, ensure that professionally-prepared
client documents come out perfectly at the printer even when
working with less-than-ideal source files. You can’t go
wrong with Xiang’s workmanship and attention to detail.
Harada Toshihiko
Our man in Japan, Toshihiiko Harada, knows his stuff… both
in Japanese and Korean! This is clear from the amazing feedback
we’ve gotten from clients ordering the hundreds of business
cards and other translations he’s handled for us over the
years. He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,
where he became fluent in English and Korean. And he lived right
next door to us in Fort Worth, Texas – as well as in Minnesota – several
years ago, giving him a special international perspective for
business.
Joseph Chen
Through most of our work is in Korean, we often handle translations
for our clients in Chinese too, and when we do, Joseph is our
go-to guy. His experiences living and studying abroad (M.S. University
of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA) make him uniquely suited
to handling the nuances of business translation. Currently based
out of Shenzhen, his team includes Simplified and Traditional
Chinese linguists in China and Taiwan specializing in technical
documents in various fields, as well as marketing materials.
We are fortunate to work with such a resource.
Catalin Soreanu
Not much needs to be said here about Catalin’s design
skills… This website tells it all! From our logo and
stationery to our online presence and other printed materials,
he is the artist behind anything related to design. A
graduate of "G. Enescu" Arts University in Iasi, Romania,
Catalin has worked in web and graphic design for 12 years. Thanks
to frequent international travels, his global perspective provides
an eye for design that is second to none. Catalin’s crucial
contributions to our team, including a unique client focus and
perfectionist approach to everything he does, enable us to offer
turn-key solutions to our clients’ Korean
and other Asian-language localization needs.
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