Michael J. Moss Jr.
President and Founder of MJ Moss Language Services
Education and Training
Continuous education and professional improvement have been a cornerstone of my professional life. I have a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of California, San Diego with an area of specialization in East Asia, including 5 years of foreign language classes; two years of Japanese and three years of Mandarin Chinese. After graduation, I won a scholarship for one year to continue studying Mandarin at the prestigious Nanjing University through the Chinese Ministry of Education, then later worked in Shanghai for almost a decade in the food and beverage and advertising industries. Upon my return to the US, I began working as a full-time translator and interpreter in the English and Chinese language pair, and also completed a 24 unit Court Interpreting program at UCLA Extension.
Between 2013 and 2021, I worked as a linguist on projects for diverse clients ranging from JP Morgan and Bank of America, immigration and law cases, and ultimately for government agencies such as DHS and Department of Defense.
In 2020, owing to effects from the Covid-19 pandemic and the increasing use of AI in translation services, I began to position myself for a move to a more technology-based language role, and in 2021 I completed a 6-month data analytics course through Thinkful (now Chegg learning) to learn the technical skills needed for working with machine learning and a welcome refresher in statistics. Then, from 2021-2014, I worked as a business analyst for a developer of commission management system software, EvolveNXT, honing these skills in the demanding environment of software development.
MJ Moss
–Founder and President of MJ Moss Language Services