JTG’s strength is in its people. Over the past 20+ years, we have built a bench of multidisciplinary experts worldwide, enabling us to deliver the right services, with the right experience, at the right time. Our expertise is both deep and broad, with subject matter experts and professionals in economics, national security, finance, politics, science, and technology.

Leadership Team

Ahmed Shehata

Ahmed Shehata

President and Chief Executive Officer

Ahmed Shehata is President and CEO of JTG. The Board of Directors appointed him President in July 2013, and President and CEO in February 2016. Mr. Shehata brings more than 20 years of experience in military, international affairs, training, program management, and business development. Mr. Shehata has an excellent track record in strategic planning, innovation, and leading diverse teams. He is recognized as a visionary leader with excellent communication skills and has a deep understanding of JTG’s customers and markets. He has been instrumental in expanding JTG’s business lines, focusing on high-value services and products.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors provides general direction and oversight for management of the company.


John Roppo
Board Member
Muriel Jerome O'Keeffe
Muriel Jérôme-O’Keeffe
Founder
Muriel Jerome O'Keeffe

Muriel Jérôme-O’Keeffe

Founder

Ms. Muriel Jérôme-O’Keeffe is the founder and former CEO of JTG. She continues to play an integral role at JTG, lending her support and expertise as a Board Member from 2016 to April 2021. Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe now serves on the Board of Advisors to the CEO. She is a recognized leader in the language and localization industry and is frequently called upon to consult on language issues impacting national security.

Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe founded the company in 1995 to respond to a growing need for professionalization of the language industry and to promote the integration of technology with education and language services. In 1996, JTG developed the Concept of Operations for the first online university in South East Asia. This pioneering work in the field of e-learning highlights Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe’s vision. She expanded the company in 2003, adding government services as a new business line. Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe designed a number of best-of-breed methodologies to increase productivity and accuracy in the production of language products, as well as a process to test and measure linguistic performance ability in real time.

Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe served on the board of the American Translators Association (ATA), the largest trade association in the language industry, as Director and President. During her tenure, Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe launched the effort to develop National Translation User Standards. She served on the board of the American Foundation for Translation and Interpretation (AFTI) as Director and President, which afforded her the opportunity to sponsor investment in quality education for those responsible for the future of our national security efforts. In 2000, she was appointed to the board of Semantix (acquired by Convera), a company that specialized in cross-lingual processing and computational linguistics technology.

Ms. Jérôme-O’Keeffe graduated Summa Cum Laude in English and Linguistics from Université de Haute Normandie, Rouen, France – Maîtrise.

John Roppo

Board Member

Mr. Roppo has held senior financial and operating roles at several companies, including the CFO or COO position at seven companies ranging from startup to billion-dollar multinational. After graduating from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University with an M.S. in Industrial Administration, he started his career at Ford Motor Company as a financial analyst.  He progressed into senior roles in the U.S., Argentina, and Brazil, and the top financial positions at Jaguar Cars North America and Lincoln Mercury.  Since Ford, he has been CFO at closely held and private equity-sponsored companies and successfully completed the sale of three companies.  Most recently he has worked as a consultant and interim CFO.  Mr. Roppo is a CFAÒ charterholder and Certified M&A Advisor™.

 

 

Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors support the CEO with professional advice and guidance drawn from their respective experiences.

 

Corporate Governance

JTG has established a competent and involved Board of Directors, combined with an independent ESOP Trustee as the most effective means of protecting the interests of employee-owners in an ESOP company.

Committees
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