– PM serving the healthcare industry translating documentation and marketing materials.– Reduced cost and improved efficiency company wide by implementing automation – Implemented the use of new tools, created macros and programs and improved project trackers.– Responsible for dispatching work from the clients to other team members. – Spanish language specialist.

Joined the company as a project manager leading localization projects specifically for Microsoft, and subsequently evolved to an all-purpose project manager working for different customers and also as a support project manager.– Lead a Microsoft Office channel worth $100,000 per month. – Worked in a matrix organization with a team of 25 engineers, web editors, PCs and testers.– Optimized production workflows, automating 20% of tasks.– Localized web-based complex marketing materials into 39 languages.– Implemented initiatives that helped save 25% of localization costs.– Localization Project Manager, supervising daily localization tasks.– Transcreation specialist; on-boarded the team and designed production workflow.

Joined the International Publishing Group as a PM to work on the Office 15 project in 2012. Initial contract was extended two times from the initial 6 months to 10 months.– Liaised with the extended team to monitor and report performance against baseline.– Project consisted of 60,000+ help articles, released into 39 languages. – Document life-cycle included translation, testing, bug-fixing and online publishing.– Worked with a virtual team of 50 linguists, project managers, engineers and testers.– Generated a daily/weekly reporting tool querying the status and escalating issues as necessary.– Managed LIP project; a subset of articles into 65 non-mainstream languages. – Due to my performance my contract was extended from 6 to 10 months.

– Led the initiative to achieve the ISO 9001 quality certification in May 2011.– Coached the staff in using new software tools and working procedures. – Moved company to fiber infrastructure, improving connectivity and reducing costs by 15%.

– Freelance translator, and editor for several MLV (Lionbridge, SDL,Sajan) and smaller agencies. – Tester for IBM in their Barcelona labs, using their proprietary tools to test and report results.

– Project Management Manager (15 staff), reporting to the CEO. – Portfolio of clients included Sun Microsystems, IFS, Cognos, etc.– Worked in partnership with SDL as main providers of Spanish translations.

– Helped grow the company from a single language provider into a multilingual PM centre. – Managed the production of more than 2,500,000 words a year for big clients (HP, Sun, Cognos).– Deployed new, more efficient working methods, using new software, hardware, communications.

– Main PM for the ALPNET network, dealing with translations into Spanish, and Catalan– More than 400k words translated per year for clients like IBM, Microsoft, Compaq, Xerox, Rover.– Coached the staff in using new software tools and learning new working procedures.

– Technical translator specialised in high volume computing projects. – Pioneered using CAT Tools working with computer based TM and glossary systems. – Learnt the basics of project management as an assistant to a senior project manager.– Engineer and DTP operator for some projects.