Project Manager Resume

SUMMARY:

Internationally versed localization project manager with rich experience in customer oriented adaptation of software products to global markets. Focused on end - to-end engagement throughout the whole SDLC. Combining programming skills with being an extroverted person versed at cross-group cooperation and at motivating diverse coworkers towards a common project. At home with several languages and cultures.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Software Product Management Certified

IT Service Management (ITIL)

Website development

Programming in VB.NET and other languages for PC and handheld devices

HTML, XML

SQL

Product Studio, Team Foundation Server (TFS)

LocStudio, Alchemy Catalyst

Thorough familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite

German (native)

English (fluent)

Chinese ( of Proficiency - Beijing Language and Culture University)

French (working knowledge)

Customer focus

Organizational agility

CAREER PROGRESSION:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Set up and worked with ADT (Android Developer Tools) environment.
Engineered localization for Kindle (10,000 resources from 30 components) with Alchemy Catalyst.
Performed bug tracking, triage, and resolution with JIRA.
Developed Software localization engineering best practices for Unix and Windows systems and documented them in internal wiki.
Using Microsoft SharePoint, set up a team site which improved cross-group cooperation.
Wrote tool to extract exact metrics for weekly HO/HB cycles which I incorporated in our SharePoint team site.
Evangelized localizability and solved particularly tricky globalization issues together with development, such as when I devised an algorithm for accessibility resources which was implemented by development, allowing flexible programming and effective and fault proof localization.

Confidential

Localization Tester and Localizer

Responsibilities:

Provided reliable and consistent localization for Microsoft.
Rapidly translated legal documents.
Wrote tools that secured completeness of localization.
Tested German localization of UI and VUI (voice user interface)
Automated test results comparison across all locales with dynamic Excel spreadsheet.

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Energy Specialist

Responsibilities:

Wrote software for data entry with Tablet PC during energy analysis, which replaced copying of data and provided immediate feedback, which drastically reduced data entry errors.
Inspected and diagnosed private and commercial buildings; educated public about reducing energy consumption.
Prepared and taught a class at South Seattle Community College for State of Washington Energy specifications.

Confidential

International Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Managed localization projects for desktop UI and web UE.
Organized and motivated cross-functional team to develop an internal localization tool.
Evangelized internationalization awareness to development core team.
Wrote strategy documents that collected and estimated feature benefits and cost (“extent of localization documents”).
Conducted vendor management (handoff and handback, including work quality and consistency validation).
Developed tools to automate localization (using VB, VBA, command script and Perl)

Confidential

Software Localization Engineer

Responsibilities:

Introduced a technology (pseudolocalization) to MS Office Division, which identified 30% of relevant bugs earlier, saving development time and increasing quality.
Verified consistency, terminology and linguistic accuracy, using TRADOS and various Microsoft internal localization and workflow automation tools.
Identified and checked geopolitical issues in all shipped languages, which ensured that there were no problems that compromised our product in any locale.
Performed QA and troubleshooting of localization and user interface issues, including intensive testing during bug bashes.
Represented our division for requirements elicitation, negotiation and prioritization for LocStudio, resulting in a successful release that was used for many years throughout Microsoft.

Confidential, CA

Localization Program Manager

Responsibilities:

Organized and managed vendors throughout the process, beginning with vendor selection and negotiation.
Wrote and edited technical content and advertising material.

Confidential

Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

Wrote and edited technical documentation.
Designed terminology database.
Documented Quality Management according to ISO 9000.
Provided customer support.

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