ATLASLS.COM - Key Persons
Jennifer joined Atlas Language Services in 2012 and brings 20 years of management experience with her. Jennifer is a Chicago native and attended Harper College. Jennifer's educational focus was Elementary Education. After college, Jennifer pursued various professions until she found her calling with event management. For over 5 years, Jennifer managed events for one of the largest event centers in Northern Illinois. Jennifer's passion, attention to detail and customer service is what defined her career. Since joining Atlas, Jennifer has coordinated international events for hundreds of thousands of attendees as well as traveled around the world. Jennifer's toughest event to manage was actually based in Orlando, Florida. It involved over 47 staff members, 1,873 man hours, three weeks on site, with 6 different venues running simultaneously with 10 languages. Logistically it was extremely difficult to coordinate, but Jennifer and her team pulled it off without a hiccup! The highlight of her career was assisting Pope Francis and Vice President Biden during an event in Rome at the Vatican in April 2016.
Fun Fact: Jennifer loves the outdoors and exploring. Jennifer has hiked the Rocky Mountains in Colorado; Chitchen Itza in Mexico; Great Wall in China; and even a climbed an active volcano in Guatemala.
As President/CEO of Atlas Language Services since 2000, Kevin McQuire has been integral in building the company from the ground up. Kevin's path originally had him becoming a police officer, then a lawyer until he found his true calling in linguistics. Kevin studied pre-law and obtained his B.S. in Business Management, but his true "education" came from a simple humble beginning working out of his mentor's garage in the early 1990's. Kevin helped grow his previous company from a two-man operation to one of the largest in Southern California. Then, in 2000, Kevin relocated to Chicago and started over. Now, 25 years into his career, Kevin has traveled the world; and worked with high profile clients such as Pope Francis; Vice President Biden; six (6) world Presidents and numerous other world and business leaders from every industry. Kevin jokes that his dossier must be interesting to read! Kevin is also on the Board of Directors for the Association of Language Companies (ALCUS) and Atlas is a member.
Fun Fact: Kevin flies approximately 100,000 miles per year! That's 4 times around the world and since he can't decide on a favorite city, he always states that his favorite city is always "…the one I am in!".