Qualifications
Chief Globalization Architect and founder of XenCraft, specialists in software and web internationalization
Board member of Translation Commons and representative to the Unicode and W3C consortia
Internationalization leadership at Yahoo!, NetApp, Rearden Commerce, and Progress Software; popular author and conference speaker
Expertise
Internationalization
Localization
Unicode
Globalization
Web Standards
Software Localization
Leader of internationalization of successful software products in a broad array of industries, using a variety of technologies. Always looking for new challenges: emerging markets, new paradigms, difficult problems. Popular author and speaker at technical and business conferences on globalization and software development. Representative to Unicode and the W3C consortia and other standards organizations. Participating in the steering committees for several organizations. Specialties: Internationalization for China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Middle East. Unicode and Web standards expert and contributor.
Experience
Xen Master, Chief Globalization Architect at XenCraft
May 2002 — Present · 24 yrs 2 mos
Member Board of Directors at Translation Commons
Jan 2019 — Present · 7 yrs 6 mos
Owner, Author, Architect at I18nGuy.com
Jan 1998 — Present · 28 yrs 6 mos
Chief Globalization Architect at Rearden Commerce
Dec 2010 to Jul 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos
Internationalization (I18n) Technical Director at NetApp
Apr 2008 to Apr 2009 · 1 yr
Software Internationalization (I18n) Architect at Yahoo!
Jan 2004 to Apr 2008 · 4 yrs 3 mos
Recent articles and events
Qualifications
Chief Globalization Architect and founder of XenCraft, specialists in software and web internationalization
Board member of Translation Commons and representative to the Unicode and W3C consortia
Internationalization leadership at Yahoo!, NetApp, Rearden Commerce, and Progress Software; popular author and conference speaker
Expertise
Internationalization
Localization
Unicode
Globalization
Web Standards
Software Localization
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