Self-assessment

More than 10 years working in localization industry; experienced in project management and team management.

Experience

2016/06 – Present Self-employed (Freelancer) Production Project Manager (Changsha)
• Responsible for a project leading and management on an important large life science account.
• Work on daily quotations and productions for the various localization requests.
• Trouble shooting and problem solving for the issues during the localization production cycle.
• Liaise closely with both internal and external teams to ensure timely deliveries as per the client's requests.

2009/09 – 2016/05 Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. Engineering Manager (Beijing)
• Manage the engineering department composed of 90 FTEs and 10+ on-site contractors
• Recruit internal engineering resources and develop vendor relationship according to the business requirements
• Train and mentor the new engineers and leads, track and evaluate the performance of the team, work out personal development and career planning for engineers and leads
• Be front-line escalation point for all engineering issues related to projects managed by engineering team
• Regular sync calls with global production/operation managers to discuss planning and status on the projects outsourced to Beijing
• Establish the implementation of the quality process within the engineering department
• Build the Beijing GMO (Global Marketing Operations) team from 6 into 70+ talented engineers in 3 years

2007/06 – 2009/09 Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. Engineering Team Lead (Beijing)
• Project lead and management
• Team management
• Attend the meetings with clients/GPMs as technical lead
• Analyze the engineering requirements of the projects
• Pre-sales support for new business opportunities
• Define and streamline the process for the production
• Engineering QA assignment and supervision
• Monitor the team's utilization and ensure the team is at maximum utilized

2006/09 – 2007/06 Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. Localization Engineer (Beijing)
• Prepare the source materials for translation and create localized version of components by creating, editing, and compiling/building all required materials
• Ensure end product (after translation) is aesthetically correct and without any functional errors.
• Maintain project documentation to ensure compliance with quality standards
• Execute compilation/Building procedure to create engineering component
• Prepare / Verify Engineering localization kit for Production
• Prepare the production environment by ensuring all files, memories and work instructions are available in the correct format and by setting up necessary hardware and software.

2006/06 –2006/09 Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. Linguist (Beijing)
2004/03 – 2006/06 Comstar Technologies, Inc. Field Application Engineer (Beijing)
• Be responsible for products promotion.
• Develop new customer opportunities.
• Provide complete pre and post sales technical support for account managers.

2002/06 – 2004/03 Hutchison Optel Telecom Technology Co., Ltd. Testing Engineer (Beijing)
• Carry out the assigned tasks and report progress to the test lead.
• Design and establish testing environment and methodologies.
• Responsible for trouble shooting and testing report

2001/7 – 2002/06 China Telecom Construction 4th Engineering Co., Ltd. Junior Engineer
• Install and test the telecom devices for Chinese telecommunication operators.

Education
1997 -2001 Hebei University Baoding, China
• B.S., Telecommunications Engineering
• Grade: A

Skills and Expertise
Project Management, People Management, Digital Marketing, Communication, Localization, Web Publishing, Content Management, Quality Management, Process Management, ISO, 6 Sigma, Vendor/Supply Chain Management, Risk Management
Tools
Translation Workspace, Trados, RoboHelp, MadCap Flare, etc.