Candidates About

Language: Native U.S. English; fluent Spanish. Raised in Venezuela.
Full-time translation and interpreting since 1991.
Credential: Texas Basic Court Interpreter License (February 2019)
Education: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Texas A & M University
Masters, Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Other: Past President, Vice President, Web Editor, Public Relations, Houston Interpreters and
Translators Association (HITA).
Presentations on the oil and gas industry to American Translators Association (ATA).
Experience
Self-employed / Contract – Translation & interpretation 7/1991 – present
 Business: Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting of business and technical meetings,
conferences. Translation: Contracts, commercial documents, technical specifications,
negotiations, sales presentations
 Human resources: Employee orientation and training, hiring and exit interviews, “all hands”
meetings, safety talks, accident and loss investigations, insurance enrollment.
 Legal: Attorney-client meetings, witness and deponent preparation, settlements, workman’s
compensation, vocational assessment, immigration and asylum cases.
Technip USA, Houston Texas 1/2008 – 11/2013
Technical Translator (Contractor) 2/2015 ― 6/2016
 Translation of technical specifications, AutoCAD drawings for onshore gas processing plant.
Project Contract Administrator 11/2012 – 11/2013
 Pemex Lakach Post-FEED Engineering and Interfaces contracts. Manage contractual
documentation issues, including: contract signing, letter of credit / performance bond, Ex-Im
Bank supplier documentation, invoicing. Assist with technical interfaces with suppliers and
designers of subsea gas production and onshore process equipment.
Project Interface Manager 8/2010 – 11/2012
 PDVSA Mariscal Sucre Project: Document, tracking, and close-out of technical interfaces among
project teams, client, and principal subcontractors.
 Extensive support to project management for technical and logistical communications with
client, development and maintenance of client relations, conflict resolution.
 Assisted in proposals for PMT stage (Project Management, Detail Engineering, and Long Lead
Procurement), and subsequent Accelerated Production System (APS) for the PDVSA Dragon
field. Combined and edited contributions from discipline leads and client into overall APS
technical specification.
Language Consultant (Contractor) 1/2008 – 8/2010
 Lead, Spanish language support in Houston for FEED stage of PDVSA Mariscal Sucre Project.
Translation and interpreting of technical and commercial communications between project
management and client.
Steven Marzuola
281-381-9337 ·steven@techlanguage.com
Baker Hughes, Inc., Baker Oil Tools Division, Region Engineer2/1997 – 9/1998
 Liaison between engineering groups in Houston, customers, and company field offices in Latin
America. Provided engineering, technical, commercial, and language support for field operations
in Latin America. First response for technical product information: pressure-load limitations,
instructions, and interchangeability.
Unisys Corporation, Houston, Texas – Software Engineer 2/1988 – 4/1990
 Performed maintenance and modification of NASA flight design software. FORTRAN, UNIX, and
C programming, on various platforms.
 Created and implemented procedures to check generated program data against data limits,
reduced manpower requirements during QC.
 Held and documented user requirements reviews, test plan reviews, and user acceptance
reviews. Planned, executed, and documented software testing. Participated in department
Productivity Action Team.
Western Group, Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela
Quality Consultant 6/1991 – 6/1992
 Documented manufacturing quality assurance programs in English and Spanish for two oilfield
products manufacturing plants with different specifications and quality requirements.
Submitted Quality manuals for approval by American Petroleum Institute (API).
Sales Manager/Sales 1/1991 – 6/1991
 Sales and service of oilfield drilling, production, and other equipment to Venezuelan national oil
companies
 Called on oil company drilling departments, maintained contacts with oil company division
managers, engineering, drilling and production, research and development, purchasing, and
engineering and construction contractors.
 Conducted sales seminars and planned visits by suppliers’ sales personnel to customer offices
and field locations. Arranged factory service, training of customer personnel, and customer visits
to manufacturing and service facilities.
Acting Manager, Wellhead Manufacturing Plant 9/1990 – 12/1990
 Supervised introduction of new cost accounting system.
 Initiated plant reorganization to consolidate manufacturing by product line. Reorganized and
grouped plunger production operations in a single area: grinding, metal-spray, threading.
Reduced in-process inventory, production costs, and quality issues.
Manager, Subsurface Pump Manufacturing Plant 6/1986 – 11/1987
 Responsible for production, purchasing, engineering, and human resources for API licensed
manufacturer of oilfield equipment
 Obtained gauging equipment and instituted appropriate procedures to obtain API monogram
rights. Implemented computerized sales and production order database, allowed daily tracking
of production and ordering.