Founded in 2007 by Harvard graduates, Language International is the world's leading performance-based marketing company that helps language learning institutions acquire qualified customers from all over the world. Clients count on us to be their best source of student acquisition at scale.
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder
Her passion for languages and different cultures led her to start Language International. Karen is a language and travel enthusiast, speaks 6 languages and has traveled to over 100 cities in 6 continents.
Language International is a continuation of Karen's interest in facilitating language and cultural exchange. Before starting Language International, she founded MyHappyPlanet.com, a peer-to-peer language exchange website that grew to 350,000 members in just over a year. She is also a member of , an organization promoting international education.
Karen was born in the Philippines and now lives in Boston, USA. She holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School where she received the prestigious Robert F. Jasse Award honoring the student with the most outstanding entrepreneurship and leadership skills.
Co-founder and VP of Sales and Finance
He oversees the sales and finance functions at Language International. He was born in Germany, studied in France, Germany, and USA, and currently resides in Boston. He speaks English, German, and French fluently, and is now learning Chinese.
Before joining Language International, Michael was the Chief Executive Officer of UpDown, the leading social platform for virtual investing. In 2002, he was one of four owners at German IT consulting firm Spirit Link GmbH. During his tenure Spirit Link, he was responsible for building its marketing and sales initiatives, helping the company to grow to 70 people in four years.
Michael holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Reutlingen in Germany and the Reims Management School in France. Michael was co-founder of the Internet Association at the Reims Management School and he served as a member of the student board at The University of Reutlingen.
Senior Software Engineer
Mike likes to write mean code. He was formerly Software Engineer at CBS Interactive and Software Architect at Gather.com. Mike graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Mike speaks English and is currently learning Russian from his lovely wife Yevgenya.
Engineer
Before joining Language International, he created Online Broker Guide. He was also web designer at UpDown, the leading social platform for virtual investing. From 2001 to 2008, he was web designer at NXFX, Boston's premier web design firm specializing in web design, search engine marketing, and e-commerce solutions.
Ben was born in Kiel, Germany, and speaks English and German fluently.
