Project Manager

Multilingual Project Manager with deep technical knowledge and leadership skills to maximize operational performance in order to achieve goals on time and below budget.

 Added Strength: Fluent in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Achievements & Results

Saved over $100K in translation cost plus helped to increase revenues in a one-time product delivery by successfully accomplishing the first simultaneous localization software release in seven languages. (Diskeeper)

Helped to expand sales to an international market by localization of Herbalife.com Italian web site and Pumatech's Vodafone Synchs data. (Herbalife & Pumatech)

Saved high costs to the company optimizing the quality of the product under linguistic and localization perspective by participating in the testing and quality assurance of the international software in Spanish and Italian. (Diskeeper)

Successfully built database related to an international fraud case for the amount of $30B by crossing and analyzing financial information from scanned documents in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Italian and organized in a data base. (Quinn Emanuel)

Saved time by reorganizing the internal client hardware and network system, thus achieving an efficient organization on time and within budget for this $200K project. (Diagnostico Maipu Hospital)

Increased revenues by successfully co-creating a new multimedia school in less than one year. This school is still successfully and profitably operating. (Maimonides University)

Saved high costs to the company optimizing the quality of the product under linguistic and localization perspective by participating in the testing and quality assurance of the international software in Spanish and Italian. (Diskeeper)

Helped to determine potential profitability of product by creating statistical analysis software to calculate costs of cellular phone SMS. (Telecom)

Core Competencies

Project manager • Software engineer • Full lifecycle • Software & Web development • Management • Leadership skills • Technical knowledge • Multilingual • Cross-Team Communication Skills • Forward-looking • Project Planning • Analysis • Design • Development • Localization • Testing • Quality assurance • Documentation • Analytical • Manage technical teams • Deadline management • Fast Environments • Onsite/remote team coordination • Offshore team management• Problem-Solving • Decision Making • Leadership • Oral/Written Communications • Team-Building • Performance & Productivity Improvement • Manage multiple tasks concurrently • Prioritize tasks • Take initiative • Proactive self-starter • Strong organization skills • Document Requirements for Data • Workflow • Logical processes • Interface with other systems internally and externally • Organize global teams • Project plans • Estimate feasibility • Cost & time • Integration and documentation of solution • Develop program specifications • Set priorities • Vendor management • Gather business goals • Business requirements • Technical requirements.

Languages: Perl, Mod_Perl, PL/SQL, CGI, SQL, HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Pascal, Visual Basic, Lisp, Delphi and knowledge of ASP.NET and Installshield

Sources Control: Visual Source Safe, Source Depot

Databases: MySQL, Access, Paradox, Oracle, Informix

Systems: Windows 9X, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, UNIX, Mac OS X

Software: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, Apache Web Server, Dreamweaver, Loc Studio 4.8, Product Studio, knowledge of Trados.

PM Methodologies: Scrum/ Agile

Professional Experience

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond ● 10/2008 - 3/2009

Localization Project Manager (contract)

• Localized Xbox LIVE web site, Xbox 360 and Zune games’ software in a very fast pace environment.

• Managed and also executed simultaneous localization and pseudo localization projects.

• Maintained localization schedule, managed multiple vendors, and solved bug issues, vendor support.

• Performed validation on localized files handed off and handed back from translation vendor.

Diskeeper Corporation, Los Angeles, California ● 7/2007 - 1/2008

Localization Project Manager (contract)

• Developed cost benefit analysis, managed budget, timeline & contract negotiations and rates.

• Participated in the testing and quality assurance of the international software.

• Solved project issues and communicated changes that required re-engineering.

• Reported status and risks to stakeholders, communication with international offices and vendors.

Quinn Emanuel, Los Angeles, California ● 12/2005 - 6/2007

Analyst (contract)

• Reviewed and analyzed complex legal and financial documents in connection with lawsuit, such as

international banking agreements, balances, statements, criminal complaints, declarations, discovery

requests and responses, and other pleadings.

Google Inc, Mountain View, California ● 12/2005 - 1/2006

Quality Evaluator (telecommuting contract)

• Evaluation of Italian websites, browsers and setting differences, research of malicious code.

Italian Trade Commission, (Consulate General of Italy), Los Angeles, California ● 7/2005 - 12/2005

IT Consultant (contract)

• Developed individual technical training to employees.

• Provided daily basis technical support.

Cruzio, Santa Cruz, California ● 8/2003 - 7/2004

Marketing Coordinator

• Organized technical monthly events to increase customers and expand new products and features.

• Increased by 40% information on market research and competitive analysis with detailed reports.

Herbalife, (QuinStreet), Menlo Park, California ● 4/2003 - 6/2003

Localization (contract)

• Localized Italian site, specific code review, testing, quality assurance.

Pumatech, San Jose, California ● 2/2003 - 3/2003

Localization (contract)

• Localization for Italian language to synchronize software for Vodafone Synchs data from hand held and/or the Internet, personal home PC, Yahoo account, phones, Palm to computers.

Monterrey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California ● 1/2003 - 6/2004

Professor

• Italian professor for Postgraduate students of Business School.

Telecom, Buenos Aires, Argentina ● 9/2000 - 12/2001

Senior Web Developer

• Developed and maintained the Intranet for cellular phones utilizing Digital UNIX 4.0, Windows NT, Perl, Java, Apache Server, CGI, C, HTML, PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX shell, Oracle 8.0.5.

• Created statistical analysis software to calculate costs of cellular phone SMS.

• Developed software for recharging cellular phone cards through the Internet.

• Designed and developed software for users to access bank statements from cellular phones.

Index, Buenos Aires, Argentina ● 8/1999 - 9/2000

IT Director

• Project management of development of website for cooking, veterinary and hotel industries.

• Managed analytical, functional and technical teams, developed marketing strategies.

Diagnostico Maipú Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina ● 3/1997 - 7/1999

IT Director

• Managed team of software development and technicians team for information projects.

• Gathered business requirements into detailed functional requirements of each department.

• Designed analysis system to maximize efficiency of network , developed a contingency plan.

Maimonides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina ● 6/1995 - 2/1997

Co-Creator of Multimedia School

• Professor of Computer Sciences at International School of Business and Nutrition School.

• Organized multimedia student exchange programs through the University of California system.

• Successfully co-create a new multimedia school in less than one year.

Education

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science (5 year program), CAECE University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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