Christopher Hurtado
"Christopher is one of the most genuine people you'll ever meet; the moment you meet him, you know he cares about you, your work, and your account."
– Leslie Farnsworth, CEO, FrogDog Communications
Christopher Hurtado is a self-taught entrepreneur with a passion for technology, languages, learning, and teaching. He has more than 18 years of experience in translation, foreign language instruction and cross-cultural training. He has taught English as a second language (ESL) and Spanish for English speakers. He recently coauthored, Vacation Spanish: A Survival Guide for Mexico, the Caribbean, Central & South America (including a Brazilian Portuguese chapter).
Since founding Linguistic Solutions in 1991, Hurtado has been using high tech/high touch methodologies to manage customer relationships, translation projects and a worldwide network of freelance translators while serving a variety of international clients, including Fortune 500 companies and high-tech startups. Linguistic Solutions breaks down language and cultural barriers through translation, interpretation, foreign language instruction and cross-cultural training.
Hurtado was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up in Venezuela, his father's native country. He's a childhood bilingual (English and Spanish) and also speaks Brazilian Portuguese. He's married to children's book author Alysia Gonzalez. They have seven children and are active in their church and community.
Hurtado is a Member of the Board of Directors of the American Marketing Association Houston Chapter (AMA Houston); Founding Co-chair of the AMA Houston Hispanic Marketing Special Interest Group (SIG); a Member of the American Translators Association (ATA); Secretary and Treasurer of the ATA Translation Company Division (TCD); a Member of ASTM International; a Member of the F15 Committee of ASTM International; a Power Networker on Ecademy; a Member of the Houston Interpreters and Translators Association (HITA); President of the Houston Palm Users Group (HPUG); a Member of the Houston Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (HPBAC); a Member, of LinkedIn; a Premium Member of Open Business Club (openBC); a Gold Member of Ryze; a Member of Spoke; and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Technology Entrepreneurs' Exchange (Texchange).