sean kern
westerville, OH (USA)
Role(s):
President, CEO
About Language
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Location:
westerville
Industry:
Technology/Web
Year Founded:
2005
Number Employees:
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Description:
Sean Kern, Founder of “About Language, LLC” and former Vice President and General Manager for AOL Time Warner, recognized a unique business opportunity as he spoke with individuals from the public sector who worked with federally mandated interpreters to communicate with LEP individuals. From his perspective, public services all faced that same issue, “how to quickly and effectively communicate with LEP patients in a cost effective, yet real-time manner.” For the most commonly spoken non-English languages, many public services organizations employ or outsource part-time employees to travel between their facilities to offer these interpretation services. After conducting a time and motion study of several different types of interpretation models (hospital, clinic and courts systems), Kern c