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San Jose, Ca, Us

Chaoyang District, Beijing, Cn

Global, Cn

Maidenhead, Berkshire, Gb

Full responsibility for SDL San Jose business unit in Language Solutions divisionResponsible for revenue and profitServe 30+ customers including well-known names in Silicon Valley, across different industries such as IT, Internet, retail, travel/hospitality, life science and etc.

(Formerly Roxio Division from Rovi Corp.)Manage localization business for Roxio, Corel's Digital Media, and Pinnacle Studio productsManaged over 8 major releases of Roxio’s Digital Media suite (photo, video editing applications and disk utilities) for Retail, Direct and OEM channelsManage sales and marketing materials globalization and translation for all Corel's Digital Media groups and Winzip group, including product packaging, Channel Marketing assets, web marketing contents, email campaigns, press releases and product videosManage Tech Writing team to prepare concise, accurate, and accessible help systems, user guides, and tutorials for Corel’s digital media products

(Formerly Sonic Solutions)Manage centralized localization team in Rovi corp. serving various divisions of Rovi, Roxio, DivXIntegrate Rovi’s localization processes and provide best operational practices to support Rovi’s globalization and localization needsManage localization budget for different divisions and cost centersMajor projects: Roxio Creator series products; Roxio Game Capture; Roxio VHS to DVD; DivX Player; Rovi TotalGuide for CE customers such as Toshiba, Panasonic; Rovi TotalGuide xD for Android smartphone and tablet; Rovicorp.com and roxio.com localization; Rovi, DivX, and Roxio marketing and sales materials; Rovi, DivX and Roxio product support contents and etc Manage Roxio Tech Writing team to prepare concise, accurate, and accessible help systems, readmes, user guides, and tutorials for all Roxio products and some Rovi products such as TotalGuide xD

Built and grew localization team which included Localization Project Management, Localization Engineering and Localization QA functionsPromoted internationalization and localization concepts and processes within the companyManaged centralized localization team to provide localization operations for all Sonic’s divisions including Roxio and DivX product linesManage all localization requirements within Sonic including contents and software applications, such as application UI, Help systems, User Guides, company web sites (including product pages), Marketing materials, Product Support articles, and any language related requirements Support over 25 languages Created and managed localization budget for all divisions and cost centers in the company, managed localization outsourcing vendorsManaged global/remote teamsManaged Sonic Tech Writing team to prepare concise, accurate, and accessible help systems, readmes, user guides, and tutorials for Sonic/Roxio productsMajor projects:Localization for Multiple releases of Roxio Creator for consumers; Roxio Creator and other products localization and customization for OEMs such as Dell, HP, NEC, Sony, ASUS and etc; DivX Web Player; DivXTV; Retrospect (Mac and PC products); MyDVD; BackOnTrack; Roxio Secure Burn; Easy VHS to DVD; CinePlayer; Toast (Digital Media Suite on Mac OS); Roxio Game Capture; RecordNow; Easy LP to MP3

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Worldwide Localization Dept.Project managed multiple versions of AutoCAD and other Autodesk products localization. Responsibilities: cost estimation, localization strategy, vendor selection, vendor RFQs and contracts, project kickoffs, scheduling, status tracking and reporting, localization defect tracking From project estimation, approval to localized iso masters released to operations

Chinese translation for JE Edward/Oracle ERP software in Finance, HR, Manufacturing verticals

Managed various software localization and technical documentation translation projects from different customers, including projects from Novell, HP, Motorola and NokiaManaged customers, internal teams and vendors/freelance translators and reviewers to deliver multilingual localization projects Owned project estimation, quoting, scheduling, communication with customers, all deliverables to customers

Worked on various software localization and technical documentation translation projects from different customers, including projects from Novell, HP, Motorola and NokiaManaged customers, internal teams and vendors/freelance translators and reviewers to deliver multilingual localization projects Owned project estimation, quoting, scheduling, communication with customers, all deliverables to customers

Worked in central lab for new product development and research. Project managed a few China and foreign investment joint venture initiatives.

Certificate, Project Management

Bachlor Of Science, Applied Chemistry