Margaret Johnson, Ph.D.
President and CEO

As president and CEO of Transfirex, Dr. Johnson manages Transfirex’s daily operations. From her prior careers as a university professor and project manager, Dr. Johnson brings to Transfirex over ten years of experience in project management and working with diverse communities. While at Oklahoma State University, she brought the latest in multimedia to the classroom through her work with major publishing houses, including designing interactive CD-ROMS and web-based study guides.

Dr. Johnson received a Masters and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Texas. She has earned numerous awards for her scientific writings and research and has published more than thirty articles and monograms in the research areas of entrepreneurship, nonprofit organizations, and the United States Military.

Murat Cil, Ph.D.
Co-Founder

Dr. Cil adds his engineering background and expertise in both technical language translations and desktop publishing to the Transfirex team. He is also a successful businessman who collaborates with professionals from several countries.

Dr. Cil has translated several fire safety textbooks from English to Turkish and completed their pre-press production work. He passes on his knowledge of the potential trouble spots in translating textbooks and training manuals to our team of translators, enhancing the overall quality of Transfirex’s translations.

Prior to his career in the language services business, Dr. Cil worked with interdisciplinary teams in solving complex engineering problems and published numerous articles in English for academic journals. Dr. Cil holds a Masters and a Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He received his BS from the Middle East Technical University in Turkey.