Language Industry and Access Consulting

We help to increase and improve language access by supporting business development of language service companies (LSCs), and by supporting the implementation of language access policy by companies in a variety of industries. 

Founded and led by Joshua Pennise, a seasoned executive in the language industry, The Smithson Company specializes in the business of sign language and spoken language interpreting.

Josh has spent over 20 years in the language industry as an interpreter, in management, and as an executive. He built the largest sign language interpreting business ever to exist from scratch. The success of this business was based on smart strategy and strong operational implementation. 

Josh has spent over 20 years as a leader in the language industry including in posts on the boards of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the Association of Language Companies.

Josh's real-world market experience is augmented by a master's in applied linguistics from Old Dominion University, and executive MBAs (in progress) from London Business School and Columbia University.

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Watch Josh being interviewed on the ASL interpreting industry by Nimdzi Insights here. 

Co-founder Emmanuel Pinal is an expert in financial planning and analysis with successful roles at Bosch, Ford Motor Company, and SpinMaster. He earned an MBA from EGADE, Latin America's number 1 ranked business school.  

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