OnTheGoSystems News

Embracing Cultural Diversity: Celebrating Solar New Year, Eid, and Easter with Our Remote Team Members

In our increasingly interconnected world, embracing and celebrating cultural diversity has become more important than ever. As a company with remote employees from all corners of the globe, we take pride in the rich tapestry of cultures, traditions, and beliefs that make up our team. We're excited to share some of the unique ways our employees celebrate the Solar New Year, Eid, and Easter, which all took place in April. Let's dive into these celebrations and learn more about the...

May 4, 2023

Laura Carletti on How a Lifetime of Curiosity Leads to “Aha!” Moments

There are some people whose career choice makes perfect sense when looking back at their childhood interests. That’s the case with May’s Star of the Month, Laura Carletti. Her interests in languages, the internet, WordPress, and a strong sense of curiosity set her up perfectly for her role as the Chat Leader and 1st tier supporter on WPML’s rockstar support team! A childhood filled with curiosity I was born and raised in Rome, where I still live with my wife....

June 22, 2021

How Sandra de Pablo Lopez stays organized while leaving space for spontaneity

May’s Star of the Month is Sandra de Pablo Lopez, the Project Manager on our Systems team! She joined OntheGoSystems in September 2020, and in those eight months, she is already well known in the company for her positivity, organization skills, and fearlessness in taking on complex initiatives. Tell us a bit about yourself! I was born in Madrid, and I currently live here in Madrid. I met my husband, Jose Manuel, when I was 21 working as a receptionist...

May 24, 2021

Reading the signs: How a WordPress meetup turned into a career for Andres Cifuentes

February’s Star of the Month is Andres Cifuentes! Read about his journey from being a chemical engineer in Colombia, to a web designer in France, and finally a WPML supporter working remotely in Spain.  Tell us a bit about yourself! I’m from Colombia. I graduated as a chemical engineer and I worked in a big pharmaceutical company for a few years. This job allowed me to make some savings  but I wanted to do something different. When the moment came,...

March 29, 2021

Olivia O’Prey on winning the lottery and “learning the lingo”

What would you do if you won the lottery? Our January Star of the Month, Olivia O’Prey found herself in that very scenario, then needed to decide what to do next!  Her journey took her through Africa before moving to Germany, and finally becoming our Partnerships Manager this past August. Tell us a bit about yourself! I grew up in London before moving out to Essex. Dad is from Northern Ireland, Mum is from the West Country (Somerset) in the...

February 23, 2021

Irina Sozonova on the “challenging and rewarding” work of balancing a career with raising a young family

Our December Star of the Month explains how working at OntheGoSystems has helped her achieve her goals of owning a home and raising three young children. Irina Sozonova’s career with OntheGoSystems started as a translator for the translation service ICanLocalize. She found translation work to be addicting and worked hard to “provide the utmost quality translations to clients because they were important.” She joined the ICanLocalize support team in June 2013 as a support assistant. Over time, her tasks have...

January 20, 2021

Vitaly Tarasenko, November’s Star of the Month – “Working from home is 100 times better than any office”

Vitaly Tarasenko, is a father, husband, Marvel fan, pet lover, and November’s Star of the Month! Vitaly lives in Cherkasy, Ukraine with his wife and daughter. They also have a big parrot named Zoro, a rabbit named Pitbull, and two turtles named Thor and Loki. For the last 3 years, Vitaly has worked as a developer on the ATE Proxy team and has used working from home as an opportunity to pursue his hobbies and spend time with his family....

December 15, 2020

Happy and healthy people behind WPML and Toolset plugins – Part III

OntheGoSystems believes “happy people make great products.” To help keep our team happy, we encourage a healthy work-life balance that features excitement, discovery, and delight. To help with this, OntheGoSystems provides a scholarship fund for each employee to pursue something interesting to them outside of work. This could be something they’ve always wanted to try, a passion they’d like to build on, or learning something new - it’s up to them! Let’s see how some of our Toolset and WPML...

September 24, 2020