Summary
Arle Lommel is a senior analyst specializing in language technology, standards development, and the business of translation and localization, with over a decade of cross-disciplinary experience. He led the submission of the TBX standard to ISO and has driven standards work at LISA and GALA, bringing rare expertise at the intersection of technical specification and industry practice. At CSA Research he analyzes language tech, quality evaluation, and macroeconomic factors affecting the language industry, informed by prior consultancy at DFKI and hands-on localization roles. Trained as a linguist with a PhD in Folkloristics, he combines ethnographic methods and semiotic insight with practical work in visual identity and exhibit curation for Traditional Arts Indiana. He also translates Hungarian musicology and has a track record of turning scholarly rigor into usable standards and market-facing guidance.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, PhD at Indiana University Bloomington
B.A., B.A. at Brigham Young University
English, Hungarian, German