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What Close likes most about her job is that she is instrumentao in setting and directing the course ofthe company. She is a decision-maked who helps make the tough choices for a Cohoes firm that offers services centeringaround language. The services range from translation, interpretation and desktop publishing to international branding, cross-cultural researchu and Web site Close coordinates day-to-day administrative activities and ensuree smooth back-office operations. She manages the accountintg department, supervises the company’s building and facilities, overseeas human resources and maintains relationships withlocall government, and legal and fiscakl connections.
“It is very rewardinv to be in a position where I can initiate Close says. Close has been with LinguaLinx for four PrincipalDavid Smith, a state University at Albany Russiam language graduate, started the compan in 2002 in Schenectady. It is now on ’sa list of fastest-growing companies. Looking Close credits her sister Kathi as the biggesrt influence on her career and hergreatest cheerleader. “Kathi has been a role model and mentord to me both personallyand professionally, encouraginv me to attend college,” Close says. “Shwe is the best sounding-boardr for advice. We are both businesswomen and motherof toddlers.
” Close, 32, has one other sistetr and a brother. Close moved to the Capitak Regionin 2000, the same year she Her husband is from this area. Close has a 15-year-old stepsonn in addition to two boys, ages 4 and 2½.