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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Recognitions:Medtronic Mindset: Foster belongingMedtronic Mindset: Act boldlyMedtronic Mindset: Move with speed and decisiveness2 x Medtronic Mindset: Deliver results...the right wayShape: Understands the BusinessEngage: Collaborates with OthersInnovate: Generates IdeasShape: Analyzes IssuesBereiken : Zorgt voor operationele uitmuntendheid en voorkomt problemen voordat ze ontstaanEngage: Collaborates with OthersAchieve: Enables Operational ExcellenceAchieve: Sets Challenging Goals Achieve: Maintains AccountabilityInnovate: Understands Impact on PatientAchieve: Enables Operational Excellence and Prevents Issues Before They AriseMedtronic (www.medtronic.com), is the global leader in medical technology – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic's mission is: To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. To direct our growth in the areas of biomedical engineering where we display maximum strength and ability; to gather people and facilities that tend to augment these areas; to continuously build on these areas through education and knowledge assimilation; to avoid participation in areas where we cannot make unique and worthy contributions. To strive without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products; to be the unsurpassed standard of comparison and to be recognized as a company of dedication, honesty, integrity, and service. To make a fair profit on current operations to meet our obligations, sustain our growth, and reach our goals. To recognize the personal worth of all employees by providing an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company's success. To maintain good citizenship as a company.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Responsibilities: Budget Related Support annual budgeting and strategic planning process Maintain current accounting of the localization budgetLocalization Team Management Manage Kofax Localization Team Manage localization projects schedulesVendor Management Negotiate localization service contracts and define service level agreementsProcess Develop internal localization process and plans Ensure the key stakeholders such as PMs, Engineering Managers, and SQA managers have a clear understanding of the localization process Ensure that all new projects and programs incorporate internationalization and localization requirements in order to effectively deliver the international strategySupport Localization Engineers and Projects Manage Kofax localization engineers and internal localization process Review PRD and PAD document to understand the globalization requirement for the product. Spot localizability and I18N issues through feature and design specifications Collaborate with product manager to size localization efforts and translation costs Collaborate with the Development and SQA team to define project schedule and milestones Collaborate with the Development and SQA team to enable and stabilize pseudo and localized language builds

Irvine, California, Us

Responsibilities: Budget Related Support annual budgeting and strategic planning process Maintain current accounting of the localization budgetLocalization Team Management Manage Kofax Localization Team Manage localization projects schedulesVendor Management Negotiate localization service contracts and define service level agreementsProcess Develop internal localization process and plans Ensure the key stakeholders such as PMs, Engineering Managers, and SQA managers have a clear understanding of the localization process Ensure that all new projects and programs incorporate internationalization and localization requirements in order to effectively deliver the international strategySupport Localization Engineers and Projects Manage Kofax localization engineers and internal localization process Review PRD and PAD document to understand the globalization requirement for the product. Spot localizability and I18N issues through feature and design specifications Collaborate with product manager to size localization efforts and translation costs Collaborate with the Development and SQA team to define project schedule and milestones Collaborate with the Development and SQA team to enable and stabilize pseudo and localized language builds

Irvine, California, Us

Award: Outstanding Achievement Award: Key Contributor 2004Responsibilities:Drive Localization Process for Kofax Product Releases.Work with development team to create and maintain schedule in Microsoft ProjectWork with the development team to perform localization testing (Localizability, I18N and localization SQA testing) as agreed to for each projectSupport translation vendors to ensure high quality translation (FAQ, translators’ queries)Monitor translation vendor charges and verify the charges are in line with Kofax word counts ( using Quote validation checklist)Maintenance of existing localization assets including translations, translation memories and translated product glossary. (using SDL Passolo, SDL Trados, Alchemy Catalyst) Localization ResearchPerform research on tools and technology to improve Kofax localization processImprove the localization process and ensure stakeholders clearly understand it Ensure that key stakeholders such as PMs, engineering leads, technical writer leads and SQA leads have a clear understanding of the localization process.Initiate an effort to review the current process with key stakeholders and solicit input on how to further improve itSupport Other TeamsSupport others in the Products organization and external organizations such as technical support to resolve customer issues, particularly relating to localized products.

New York, Ny, Us

Outstanding Achievement AwardTREMENDOUS Job on Internationalization (August 10, 2000) Liaise with engineering team to implement Unicode internal data processing as well as International related features.Liaise with engineering team to implement and deploy Japanese and Spanish version of Jeeves Answer and search systems.   I wrote a C++ program to generate paraphrases to test the Jeeves Answer and search systemsResponsible to create Jeeves dictionary systems in Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch.   I wrote a C++ program to convert a set of 3rd-party dictionaries into Jeeves dictionary systems (database tables)Research on new internationalization technologies.Work closely with the engineering team, software quality assurance engineers, 3rd party localization vendors to define acceptance test criteria and testing requirements; fix localization bugsLiaise with JV partners and JV business development staffs to understand localization needs and requirements; train and provide supports to JV engineers

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Awards:Outstanding Achievement Awards Best Technical Achievement Award 1998 Team Player Award 1998 Employee of the month (Feb, 1998) Responsibilities:Localization of multimedia titles and games  Successfully localized Disney interactive titles into 12 languages, including Hebrew, Japanese and Greek.Pre-sales localization engineering supportSoftware localization engineering and localization QAISO 9002 Internal audit on multimedia localization proceduresInternal tool development I developed Words macros to prepare files for translations I wrote a web page crawler in C++ to test localized SpyCraft

Princeton, Nj, Us

As a developer responsible to design and develop the UI for a localization and translation memory tool on Unix using TCL/TK, Common Lisp and C++ technologiesAs a R&D engineer, I developed a Japanese web page rendering engine with Java applet technology

B.S., Computer Science

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