Yullya Zacepina is a translation manager with over 20 years of experience facilitating communication between international oil and gas companies and Russian regulatory agencies. She has spearheaded numerous projects for ExxonMobil, WorleyParsons, and Occidental Petroleum, coordinating the translation of tens of thousands of pages of critical documents. Zacepina leads teams of specialists and ensures compliance with Russian regulations to secure approval of multi-billion dollar energy developments. She is fluent in Russian, English, German, and Spanish and has a proven track record of resolving complex technical and legal issues across cultures.

1. Yullya Zacepina
(AKA Julia F. Dovgalyuk) 9800 Pagewood Lane # 3207 ▪ Houston, Texas 77042
 713.532.9246  713.385.9496
 yullyazacepina@att.net
Global Vision ▪ Emerging Russian Markets
CROSS-CULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ▪ GOVERNMENT LIAISON
Localization  Corporate Affairs  Information Management  Technical Documentation  Finance  Legal
Engineering  Environment  Regulatory Applications  Bid Proposals  Meetings
Negotiations  Quality Assurance  Supervision  Administration
Dynamic, self-driven, goal-focused project director and translation manager with over 20 years of
experience in expanding oil & gas development with ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum in Russia. Thrive
under pressure in multi-environment, multi-country, multifunctional and multi-industry surroundings.
Charismatic and articulate polyglot; facilitate meetings, negotiations and build relationships. Multidimensional
organizational skills; structured and managed translation units that navigated international technical and legal
issues. Inspired high-performing teams. Leveraged knowledge of cultural differences to achieve successes.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
 Organizational Leadership: Created successful translation organizations; formulated effective strategies,
policies, processes and metrics that ensured highest quality results and met critical deadlines for industry
leaders that include WorleyParsons, Occidental Petroleum, and ExxonMobil. Inspired teams of
professionals to perform at highest potential to satisfy client’s demands, as well as employees’ personal
growth and development.
 Regulatory Approval: Coordinated translation and quality assurance of regulatory submittals for state /
environmental expert reviews and prepared documents that secured business-critical approvals by Russian
state agencies. Dealt with complexities of onshore / offshore drilling and production, industrial safety,
environmental protection, emergency response and public opinion.
 Technical Translation & Interpretation: Speak, read and write fluent Russian and English with a track
record for facilitating clear and undistorted communication between business partners, government agencies
and the public.
CAREER TRACK
UNIVERSE TECHNICAL TRANSLATION – Houston, Texas 1997 - Present
TRANSLATION MANAGER: Arkutun-Dagi project for ExxonMobil Development Company (2014-present)
TRANSLATION MANAGER: WorleyParsons - Exxon Neftegas Limited (2009-2014)
PROJECT MANAGER / TECHNICAL TRANSLATOR: ExxonMobil Development Company (1998-2009)
TRANSLATION MANAGER: Stone & Webster Engineering (1997-1998)
Deliver energy, cultural insight, linguistic expertise and management acumen essential for meeting the
complex demands of key corporate accounts. Collaborate with client executives to define project goals and
requirements. Develop and direct business strategies, infrastructure and staff. Oversee Russian-English
engineering and legal translations and document preparation for business partners and government agencies.
Serve as facilitator for meetings. Troubleshoot problems.
 Produced timely regulatory submittals for WorleyParsons/Exxon Neftegas Limited on the Arkutun-
Dagi Field Development for the Russian Federation government agencies, as well as top quality
30,000 page Russian-language DFO package (documentation for operations) for the start-up and
commissioning of the Berkut drilling platform, one of the largest floatover platforms in the world, under
the Sakhalin-1 oil & gas filed development for ExxonMobil in the arctic shelf of Russia.
- Directed and supervised 25 staff specialists; prepared construction feasibility studies, including
environmental impact assessments, declarations of industrial safety, other regulatory compliance
documents, legal contracts and business correspondence;

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- Facilitated engineering and regulatory workshops with WorleyParsons, Exxon Neftegas Limited,
Aker (Norway), Saipem (Italy) and AMEC Eurasia that ensured consistency of design
components.
- Provided translation of over 100,000 pages of documents, including technical drawings, system
descriptions, datasheets, cause & effect diagrams, PSV calculations, Purchase Orders, budgets,
presentations, drawings, risk assessments, environmental / fire protection measures, and safety
hygiene for onshore well sites and processing facilities, onshore drilling and production platforms,
and onshore / offshore pipelines.
- Provided QAQC of vendor translated documentation.
 Spearheaded ExxonMobil projects in oil & gas drilling, production, transportation, marine operations,
work programs & budgets, environmental protection and industrial safety. (1998-2009).
- Played a pivotal role in winning approvals of the Russian Federation regulatory agencies for
Sakhalin-1 development and sub-projects at Chayvo, Odoptu and De-Kastri.
- Orchestrated translation of the Sakhalin-1 40,000-page feasibility study across entities in the
United States, Canada and Russia, including design institutes and contractors.
- Participated in merger presentations and public consultations; developed applications, budgets
and design basis, fire fighting and emergency response plans.
- Provided translation and editorial review for an ExxonMobil oil spill response field manual
published in the Russian language.
- Interpreted economic analyses, legal issues and environmental assessments integral to oil & gas
drilling, construction, production, processing, transportation and waste management.
- Oversaw water use license documents that included fisheries damage calculations and compensation
requirements, gray whale studies and marine mammal protection.
 Provided key support to Stone & Webster Engineering for a $60,000,000 upgrade for Yaroslavl
Refinery; created a time-saving, document tracking system; directed a staff of 15. (1997-1998)
OFFICE MANAGER / LEGAL TRANSLATOR 1994 - 1996
EXXON VENTURES CIS Moscow, Russia
 Coordinated issues resulting in breakthrough agreements in oil and gas production sharing (PSAs) for
Sakhalin (1, 3, IV), Timan-Pechora, West Siberia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
ASSISTANT TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS 1993 - 1994
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM / VANYOGANNEFT JV Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
 Scheduled meetings with drilling, engineering, geology, construction, supply, purchasing and marketing
managers; wrote reports for California home office; translated and interpreted for board meetings.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT / INTERPRETER 1992 - 1993
SWISS-AUSTRIAN-RUSSIAN TRADING HOUSE / IRKUTSK EXCHANGE UNION Irkutsk, Russia
 Served as interpreter for chief executives of the Exchange Union and Trading House during negotiations
of petroleum, chemical, raw material supply and commercial contracts. Reported directly to the
Chairman of the Exchange Union
LEARNING CREDENTIALS
BACHELOR OF ARTS: Education & Foreign Languages Top of class ▪ Magna cum laude
State University of Foreign Languages Irkutsk, Russia
Additional courses, seminars and workshops include:
Executive Leadership ▪ Centrotrade Handelsgesellschaft / Centrobank Finance Training (Vienna, Austria)
German Language and Business Practices (Vienna, Austria) ▪ American Studies
Spanish Language & Cultural Studies (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
ADDITIONAL
Citizen of the United States ▪ Citizen of Russia
REFERENCES AND FURTHER DATA PROVIDED UPON
ESTABLISHMENT OF MUTUAL INTEREST