Education
University of California, Berkeley
MA, Linguistics 1995-01-01 - 1997-01-01St. Petersburg State University
BA, Applied Linguistics, MA Applied linguistics 1990-01-01 - 1994-01-01Work Experience
Smartling
Current
Smartling
Welocalize
2011-05-01 - 2022-08-01
Welocalize
PROMT
2009-12-01 - 2011-04-01
PROMT
Autodesk
2000-05-01 - 2009-08-01
Autodesk
UniversalDialog, Inc
1998-01-01 - 2000-04-01
UniversalDialog, Inc
Skills
Summary
20+ years of innovative Leadership experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Enterprise Transformation, Content Development and Localization, Language Technology, NLP. Expert in "building things from scratch" - from products to departments, and delivering growth, and measurable success. - Executed on all aspects of Fortune 500 AI-driven programs, from strategy to global delivery, capturing the impact and demonstrating measurable ROI; drove multiple successful M&A and acquisition integration projects from audit to closing. - Spearheaded global production, development, testing, solutions and R&D teams 300+ members specializing in enablement and execution of AI in its myriads and flavors, global content delivery and language technology. - Recognized as hands-on expert in Machine Learning and AGI, Generative AI and Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, Translation Automation, Content Lifecycle Platforms, both in on-premise and Cloud environments. - Thought Leadership orchestrator and mentor; active in industry associations and professional conferences - TAUS, GALA, Localization World, MT Summit, Slator, AI Summit, ODSC and other large-scale international AI events; currently Serving as Vice President and Technology Program Sponsor at Women in Localization. Served as President of American Machine Translation Association. Specialties: Strategy and Leadership, Innovation, AI and AI Enablement services, Large Language Models and Generative AI, Global Content Lifecycle, Localization, Globalization, Global Team Management, Product Strategy, BI and P&L management, Agile Development, Language and Engineering QA processes, Systems Interoperability, Enterprise Globalization Management Systems, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, Global Digital Marketing, Global Social Media Publishing and Listening, Open Source tools deployment, AI technology assessment and vetting.