MLR Strategies

Leadership Coach and Business Development Advisor

MLR Strategies is a US-based company providing bespoke management and business development strategies for US and International companies, with an emphasis on the tech sector. With two decades of leadership experience in multinational tech corporations, we are uniquely positioned to help you grow your company at any stage, from inception to reinvention. Our portfolio of services includes leadership up-leveling, startup and turnaround scenarios, culture rebuilds, soft skills build-out, strategic team repurporsing, transferable skills mapping, and other acumen. We help your organization and its leaders thrive in an increasingly competitive world, and grow the critical skills you need to take your company to the next level.

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Vaimo

Country Manager, International

Microsoft

Principal Data Scientist Manager

Focus on services engineering/excellence, particularly as it relates to service health and customer experience/impact. Coordinate various Test, Dev and Ops efforts to drive improvements to Service Health. Engage with all levels of the organization to determine service engineering priorities and put plan in place, with appropriate milestones and scorecards/metrics

Project Manager for XBox Live

Test & Operations Manager, Musiwave

Test Manager, Musiwave

Build ship-readiness plan through skillful leadership and supportive direction of diverse engineering professionals. Ensure quality of 75+ natural language components shipping primarily in Office 2010. Collaborate with peers in setting overall group strategies. Promote staff development by providing training, constructive performance evaluation and review, and opportunities for professional growth. Test organization of 40-75 individuals.

Test Manager, Natural Language Group

Interim manager a team of 15 Program Managers during the transition phase between Office 2007 and Office 2010. Emphasis on productive engagement with the Office organization to establish connections with peer and partner groups.

Group Program Manager, Natural Language Group

Responsible for team and product development for both product groups. Oversaw several organizational transitions, including the merge and eventual split of the two technology groups as well as the transition into Office. Successfully rebuilt and set direction for the test org, as well as re-establishing strong test presence within the group. Test organization of 35- 45 individuals.

Group Test Manager, Speech and Natural Language Group

Constructed and supervised teams ranging from 3 to 15 people over 3 ship cycles and several OOB releases. Built strong communication channels within the organization and with client and partner teams, and leveraged these relationships to maximize output across the teams.

Test Lead, Natural Language Group

Tested and shipped first version Spanish MS Grammar Checker, on contract with Microsoft

Software Test Engineer, Linguistics (Spanish)

Java Jet, Inc

Ran all aspects of small business, including sales and Marketing, Vendor negotiation and budget management, site development and expansion plans, and staffing/reward & reviews.

Chief Operations Officer

Accomplished tech leader with 20+ year record of developing high-functioning, distributed organizations; emphasis on meeting the needs of the business while growing the individuals. Acute business acumen and expertise in scaling organizations to run with the highest efficiency. 

Specialties: 
- Employee, Leadership, and Organizational Development
- Business Strategy and Development
- Building/rebuilding high-performing organizations
- Geo-distributed teams, multi-cultural environment
- Languages: English (native), Spanish (fluent); French (proficient), Romanian (basic), Estonian (basic)
- Services Engineering

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