CEO and Co-Founder of GlobalSaké, a global community of 3,000+ cross-functional tech leaders driving new-market growth
Founder of The LocLearn School and Yewser international product strategy consulting
20+ years in Silicon Valley product and localization leadership including Google (Senior Localization Manager), LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey, VMware, and Lionbridge
Localization
Internationalization
Global Product Strategy
Neural Machine Translation
Global Growth
Market Entry
After 20+ years in Silicon Valley's tech industry (Google, Linkedin, SurveyMonkey), I founded GlobalSaké, creating a global community of cross-functional tech leaders driving holistic growth in new markets, and launching The PARLAmINT monthly events: https://www.globalsakegrowth.com/the-parlamint.
Sep 2023 — Present · 2 yrs 11 mos
Sep 2017 — Present · 8 yrs 11 mos
Mar 2017 — Present · 9 yrs 5 mos
Dec 2017 to Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo
Dec 2015 to Nov 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos
Aug 2012 to Nov 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos
CEO and Co-Founder of GlobalSaké, a global community of 3,000+ cross-functional tech leaders driving new-market growth
Founder of The LocLearn School and Yewser international product strategy consulting
20+ years in Silicon Valley product and localization leadership including Google (Senior Localization Manager), LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey, VMware, and Lionbridge
Localization
Internationalization
Global Product Strategy
Neural Machine Translation
Global Growth
Market Entry
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