Rory Cowan
Speaker Bio:
Chairman and CEO, LionBridge Technologies
Rory Cowan founded Lionbridge Technologies in 1996 as a management buy-out of the Language Solutions business of Stream International. Since the "carve-out," he has consolidated the company's
pre-existing customers, added services and staff worldwide, put global methodologies in place, and is dedicated to Lionbridge's continued growth through new business development and acquisitions. As the company's President, Cowan's mission is to build Lionbridge into the world's leading provider of outsourced localisation and internationalisation services to the information technology industry.
Prior to founding Lionbridge, Cowan was interim Chief Executive Officer of Interleaf Inc.
(NASDAQ), a document automation software services company where he is currently Chairman.
From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Cowan was Chief Executive Officer of Stream International Inc. In addition to his responsibility at Stream, Cowan was an Executive Vice President and member of the Management Committee for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE), a position he held from 1991-1996.
From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Cowan was responsible for Asian business development and led
Donnelley's Information Resources Sector, consisting of all Information Technology & Communications businesses, Metromail Corporation, as well as the Networked Services Sector, consisting of the Book, Documentation Services, and Financial business units.
He joined R.R. Donnelley in 1988 as Senior Vice President of the Documentation Services Group, and later became Group President.
Prior to Donnelley, he was President and Chief Executive Officer, CSA Press of Hudson,
Massachusetts, a 1986 acquisition of R.R. Donnelley. He also held positions at Compugraphic Corporation, in Wilmington, MA and London, England.
Mr. Cowan received his A.B. in 1979, and M.B.A. in 1981, both from Harvard University. Mr. Cowan, his wife (Charlotte C. Cowan, MD), and three children reside in Concord, MA.
He serves on the Boards of Directors of NewsEdge, Interleaf, Uniform Printing, WebLine Communications, and Lionbridge Technologies.
