Brogan Taylor, CEO of Stillman Solutions, shares how a career in distressed-asset turnarounds led him to acquire an LSP and rebuild it as an integrated language operations provider serving healthcare, legal, and life sciences.
What happens when a Bay Street restructuring expert buys a language services company right before AI flips the industry upside down? You get a masterclass in staying calm, going back to basics, and building something entirely new on top of a solid foundation.
In this episode:
• Why Brogan acquired Stillman in 2022 and what his private equity thesis was for the language industry
• How he applied distressed-asset turnaround thinking to reposition Stillman as an integrated language ops provider
• The strategic pillars behind Stillman's focus on healthcare, legal, and life sciences—and why regulated sectors create a defensible moat
• What the language industry's consolidation cycle looks like through the lens of a capital markets professional
Brogan Taylor is the CEO of Stillman Solutions Team, a London, Ontario-based integrated language operations provider with teams across the Americas, Europe, and Egypt. After a career in distressed-debt restructuring at a boutique PE firm and FTI Consulting, Brogan acquired Stillman in 2022 and has since evolved it into a multi-service platform delivering translation, localization, data annotation, AI enablement, and digital marketing under one ISO-certified roof. He serves on the board of the Canadian Language Industry Association (CLIA) and mentors MBA students at Ivey Business School.
Connect with Brogan Taylor:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brogantaylor
Website: https://www.stillmanst.com
Subscribe: https://localization-fireside-chat.simplecast.com/