Mark D. Childress. 1985, German and Political Science, is terminology manager in the language services team at SAP, the world's largest enterprise software company. SAP's multilingual term management approach is well-regarded, resulting in invitations to teach and lecture in places as diverse as Ireland, Poland, Russia, South Africa, India, and Kazakhstan. Although Childress is a native-English speaking American, he was elected president of the German Association for Terminology (Deutscher Terminologie-Tag), a non-profit organization that promotes the use of the German language in terminology work and provides consulting on best practices in term management. Childress lives near Heidelberg, Germany, with his wife and their two teenage children.