Experience

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  Microsoft

  Jan 1997 - Feb 2016

  • Publication of regular status reports to both Internal and External Stakeholders.• Creation of project schedules, tracking progress and anticipating risks/roadblocks.• Creation and maintenance of projects plans.• Resolved Stakeholder questions and issues in a timely and effective manner. • Performed weekly Sprint Sign Off for all languages in accordance to Release criteria.• Scoped, scheduled and managed budgetary costs for Quarterly Linguistic Reviews. • Reviewed Functional specs/Code Reviews for new features to ensure no localizability issues.• Provided project forecast data and metrics to enable scoping and resourcing of projects.• Engaged with cross functional teams to define and propagate best practice.• Liaised with Developers to limit localization churn thereby reducing translation costs.• Triaged & Monitored bugs to ensure consistent daily throughput is maintained by Vendor. • Performed IPE String Review and added locver rules to bullet proof strings.• Tracked localization status using internal tools and escalated to LSP if required.• Mentored and trained new engineers on tools & processes• Created and maintained project documentation over lifecycle of the release • Provided detailed feedback for Post Mortem Analysis at end of each project lifecycle. Show less • Managed testing for 20 projects (scope analysis, scheduling, budgeting, tracking & reporting).• Managed and Mentored team of 3 FTE reports and conducted annual performance reviews.• Provided cost data for budgets and tracked spend versus budget for UA Test projects.• Devised Windows UA test strategy. • Educated & trained cross functional teams on existing test tools & processes. • Managed external Vendor team and defined resourcing requirements, collaborated across functions on process improvements, risk assessment and critical path analysis. Show less

  • Localization Project Manager (Contract Position with CPL)

    Aug 2008 - Feb 2016

  • Software Dev Engineer in Test

    Aug 2003 - Aug 2008

  • Test Team Lead

    Jan 2001 - Aug 2003

  • Engineer Lead

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  • Project Manager

    Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
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  Verisk ireland

  Aug 2016 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Project Manager

    Aug 2016 - now