About Us
Our company was founded in San Diego, California, in 1988.
In 1993 the founder and president moved to Idaho for family reasons while the vice president remained in San Diego.
In 2004 we began using Gridcheck for scheduling and management of the business. Not long after this we began leasing the software to other organizations.
We’ve always had several employees working from home, but in 2010 we went completely virtual, closing our office in Burley, Idaho, and allowing all of our employees to work from home.
Cliff is our fearless President and man-at-large-in-charge. He started NIS in 1988 with a pencil, pad, and scheduling via pay phones between interpreting assignments. He has grown NIS over the past 30 years with true kindness, compassion, and a sense of humor we all love. He’s a master storyteller, an open and supportive leader, will take any idea into consideration, and is nearly impossible to get a hold of. Besides researching new apps to torture other staff members with, he spends his time working both the front and back end of every aspect of the operation, including getting in the trenches for some interpreting now and then.
Lindsey became part of the NIS team in 2005, shortly after she married and relocated to a thumbnail of a town in rural Idaho. NIS was her saving grace as the work filled her days with more conversations than she was having with the cows. She is our Executive Assistant, but also our jack-of-all-trades who fills in anywhere she is needed. Our team relies on her to fearlessly jump in and get projects done. Since her early days with NIS her family has expanded to six children, giving her plenty of daytime visiting. When she is not signing contracts or chasing kids, she enjoys running, and will watch or play almost any sport.
Shawn joined NIS in 1997; the first of the office team to be hired. Coordinating interpreting services at that time took place only in San Diego, and she worked alongside Cliff in an office with two banquet tables. Shawn has ebbed and flowed in her duties over the past 20+ years, and is now our Lead Scheduler. She is the first one we go to with questions because of her plethora of knowledge, and our scheduling team has voted her most likely to remain calm and neutral in a crisis. When the last email has been sent for the day, her life is filled with being a wife, mother and mimi.