Yelena Makarczyk
VP, Multilanguage Operations
Yelena Makarczyk joined VITAC in 2003 as Director of Operations, Subtitling. Responsible for day-to-day operations in our subtitling department, she supervises scheduling, traffic, client services, and administration. That means leading more than 300 language experts worldwide, in addition to our QC group and West Coast Spanish captioning and subtitling operations. Under her leadership, our subtitling department has built an industry-wide reputation for consistent quality and timeliness. Yelena spent seven years in the subtitling industry before joining VITAC, having graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a B.A. in English and World Literature.
Yelena enjoys writing poetry. She and her husband spend their spare time being bossed around by their German Shepherd, who is trilingual.
Leadership
- Patricia Prozzi
President and CEO - Chuck Karlovits
Chief Operations Officer (COO) - Doug Karlovits
Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) - Pete Muck
Director of Finance - Dwight Wagner
Chief Technology Officer
Sales and Marketing
- Drew Blasingame
Client Sales and Services Representative - Franco Bonacchi
Assistant Manager, Client Sales and Services - Darryn Cleary
Senior VP, Sales - Debbie Hammond
Director, Client Sales and Service - James MacPherson
Client Sales and Services Representative - Maggie McDermott
VP, Sales, West Coast - Ryan Nickoli
Client Sales and Services Representative - Rosemary Agcaoili-Tapia
Client Sales and Services Representative - Steve York
Client Sales and Services Representative - Heather York
VP, Marketing
Operations
- Danielle Bellows
Manager of Realtime Scheduling - Bob Beyer
General Manager, Washington D.C., Office - Tim Taylor
VP, Engineering and Facility Operations - Amy Bowlen
Manager, Realtime Captioner Training - Dan Garbark
Multilanguage Services Coordinator - Chris Kallet
Manager, Offline Training - Yelena Makarczyk
VP, Multilanguage Operations - Mark Paluso
Manager, Realtime Coordinators - Mark Panichella
Manager, Human Resources - Dina Smith
Director, Prerecorded Operations

