Management Team

Irene Agnew
President and Chief Executive Officer

Irene Agnew is founder and President of Agnew Tech-II, dba Agnew Multilingual, with more than 30 years experience in the translation field. Prior to establishing Agnew Tech-II in 1986, she was a consultant for Bunker Ramo Corporation on machine translation research and at the height of cold war translated radio broadcasts from USSR for the US State Departments’ Foreign Broadcast Information Service.

She was the chief translator for Rand Corporation’s publication, "Soviet Cybernetics Review," wrote a monthly column, "Russian Press Report on Soviet Science," for the Science Digest, and designed and taught technical Russian courses for engineers at Rockwell International. She was born in Harbin, China, of Russian heritage, educated in China, Japan and the University of California.

Irene Agnew is a founding member of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Ventura County, and a recipient of the Trailblazer of the Year award in 2001. She is a member of the American Translators Association, and is International Chair of Rotary Club of Conejo Valley.

Diane Esqueda
Vice President, Business Development

Diane Esqueda joined Agnew Multilingual in November 2010. She is responsible for the continued growth and expansion of Agnew Multilingual and brings more than 20 years of sales experience and language training to her role.

Diane managed the sales performance and instructor development of 16 Latin American locations of Dale Carnegie Training for more than 10 years before launching her own consulting firm delivering Spanish language training to all levels of management within the manufacturing and healthcare industries.

Diane spent 8 years living in Caracas, Venezuela and Lima, Peru. She graduated from State University of New York at Oneonta with a degree in Business Economics and Spanish Liberal Arts. Diane lived and studied abroad in Sevilla, Spain prior to beginning her career in international business.

Silvia Scally
Vice President, Strategic Customer Relationship

Silvia Scally manages customer relations and the organization, coordination and communications between different departments of Agnew Multilingual.

Previously Mrs. Scally worked for S.C. Johnson & Son of Racine, Wisconsin USA based in Argentina, where she acted as liason between Senior Bank representatives and company executives. Mrs. Scally is presently Chair for the U.S. California Cup, an international field hockey tournament.

Mrs. Scally completed her education in Argentina and earned the University of Cambridge certification. Mrs. Scally is fluent in both English and Spanish, and has knowledge of French and German.

Ruikun Jia
Vice President, Global Production

Ruikun Jia was born and raised in Beijing, China and is a key player in Agnew’s management team. Ruikun is fluent in Chinese, holds a B.A. in French and TV-Film Arts from Peking University and a Master in Arts from U.C. Davis. Prior to joining Agnew, she worked in China as a Producer and Director for “Paris Sensation”, a TV show that introduces French culture and the Francophone world to Chinese audiences. Her multilingual background endows her with the capacity to work on culturally sensitive projects with confidence.

Lina Gao
Manager, Project Estimates and Quotations

Lina Gao was born and raised in Guangxi, China and joined Agnew in 2007. Her responsibilities at Agnew include analysis of incoming requests for quotations, developing estimates and quotations for Agnew’s clients based on the AgnewPRO quality standard, and interacting with the production team to make sure that customer requirements are clearly communicated to production. She received her B.A. degree in Finance from the University of Guangxi. Prior to joining Agnew, Lina has worked for Healthcare Finance Consultant Co, in Camarillo, CA, and H&R Block in Thousand Oaks, CA. Lina is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.