Our people
Jim Romano, Chief Executive Officer
Jim in three words: “enthusiastic, entrepreneurial, esoteric”
Jim lives and breathes global communication, and since founding Prisma in 1982, has worked with a broad range of clients including Kodak, 3M, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Aveda, American Express, Wells Fargo, Target, Best Buy, and FedEx. His recent work is focused on emerging consumers in China, as well as global marketing and branding strategies.
Terry Thomson, President
Terry in three words: “savvy, stabilizing, sharp”
Terry’s combination of business skills, leadership, and industry knowledge draw from 30 years of building teams, managing scope, and growing partnerships that add up to increased value on all sides.
Jose Zonis, Localization Manager and Quality System Manager
Jose in three words: “humorous, helpful, hi-techy”
After over twelve years at Prisma, Jose has developed a wealth of localization tools, technology, and tricks to manage client work across seventy-five languages and countless file formats and document types. A native Brazilian, Jose is fluent in several languages, natural and computer, and manages to balance cutting-edge technology with the importance of client service. Jose is also Prisma’s Quality System internal auditor.
Ben Clark, Production Manager
Ben in three words: “coordinated, creative, capable”
Able to efficiently knock out any project that comes his way, Ben and his team of hardworking production artists stay on-time and on-task to give their clients’ work an expert level of brand consistency, with quality design and layout in any language. Drawing on his in-depth knowledge of typography and software, Ben is capable of coming up with creative solutions for even the most complex projects.
Deb Kramasz, Senior Language Manager and Quality Manager
Deb in three words: “experienced, exemplary, exacting”
By taming the linguistic beast within real-life business constraints, Deb helps Prisma meet its clients’ translation needs. With experience in the translation industry since 1987 and fluent in four languages, Deb has brought linguistic expertise to Prisma since 2003.
Michele “Micki” Trinkle, Manager of Project Management
Michele in three words: “dependable, dynamic, delightful”
After running her own desktop publishing business for fifteen years, Michele came to Prisma with a wealth of knowledge in the advertising and publishing industries. Michele was soon promoted to Senior Project Manager and now she manages the project management department. Her quick eye for a solution and her ability to successfully juggle projects most definitely led to her promotions.
The company
Since 1982, Prisma International has been helping clients communicate globally. More than just a provider of translations, Prisma helps you manage and grow your customer relationships and project your brand message across languages, cultures and markets.
Our core guiding principle has always been an unwavering commitment to quality:
- quality translation work
- quality project management
- quality service
While these values have always been at our core, several factors have made them even more critical in today’s global marketplace:
- the globalization of business
- technology as a global communication driver
- the growing importance (and demand) of localized consumer experiences across languages, cultures and markets

