Jody Parente Email & Phone Number

Israel

• Conduct client interviews to gather feedback, understand pain points, and then implement relevant solutions to our IP cost estimation tool and client portal
• Define, research, and prioritize development requirements & new features through: collaboration with developers & designers, PRD & user story writing, and backlog refinement for Azami’s legacy products and entirely new.
• Sprint planning/manage workload for team of 4 developers and 2 QA testers using Agile methodologies
• Utilize SQL skills to extract and analyze data from databases to gain insights
• Prepare client profiles for onboarding and train Account Executives how to demo the client portal

• Case management for IP foreign filings (coordinating with associates)
• Generating accurate cost estimates
• Obtaining additional information about filing in regions from associates
• Updating proprietary systems new information (pricing, client details, etc.)
• Reporting system issues to IT and suggesting development improvements regarding errors and efficiency
• Creating and enhancing the Internal Procedures Manual

QA/review translated life science documentation for formatting consistency and adherence to client-specific requirements.

Provided localization engineering, QA, project management and training assistance to software companies and language service providers. My expertise includes localization and QA on both the software company side as well as on the part of the localization vendor.

Responsible for managing the design, development, quality control and delivery of the company's video and print products.

• Managed and supervised team of localization engineers responsible for all company-wide engineering tasks
• Served as technical project manager for very large software product localized into seven languages
• Provided creative solutions for technical complexities – workarounds and custom parsers when materialprovided by the client was not in a format easily processed by standard localization tools
• Trained new employees in one-on-one and group settings on industry-specific software tools
• Created technical documentation of internal company procedures, technical processes, and customized solutions
• Applied localization engineering methods to material including.NET, XML, Java, C++, HTML, and documentation

• Supervised and delegated software QA testing tasks to team of offshore testers
• Developed detailed project plans for software QA testing effort and development enhancements
• Monitored and reported testing project status for multiple software products
• Assigned and prioritized test automation tasks for internal and overseas personnel
• Participated in development requirements of new company-wide CRM/Development/Client Support tracking tool

• Served as Project Manager for international software releases translated and tested in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese
• Supervised native-speaking testers throughout QA testing process
• Conducted audits of supply chain software products on foreign language operating systems; verified potential use for sales demonstrations
• Implemented automated test cases using standard quality assurance software
• Configured operating systems (Windows, UNIX) to work in foreign language environments
• Tracked software defects and repairs by development team for timely releases

• Implemented and manipulated translation into software code, help files, and web pages
• Developed error tracking database for testing foreign language software
• Managed the development of internal custom software translation application for use by engineers and translators
• Managed the configuration and installation of translated software for extensive language testing

Assisted Director of Publicity for Discovery Channel Online.

Product Management 101

Product Management Course

Bs, Spanish, Cum Laude

Study Abroad: Summer 1992 - Quito, Ecuador - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Spring 1993 - Santiago, Dominican Republic.

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Education record