Meet us at the bootcamp to grab your ticket to the Capitals game. Tickets will be given out at the beginning of the workshop and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Space is limited so be quick and reserve your spot today!
Hear from our customers at Mastercard. 💳
A glimpse into Mastercard's localization strategy? Priceless. Learn how Smartling helped take Mastercard global.
Mix and Mingle with Industry Peers.
Kickstart the night with your favorite game day food. Get to know D.C. locals and the Smartling team.
Get Inspired.
Learn best practices in creating a content center of excellence from Smartling's Founder & CEO, Jack Welde, and take a dive into the Smartling Product Roadmap with Smartling VP of Product, Andrew Saxe.
Agenda
Here's what you can expect to learn in a room full of D.C. locals and Smartlings:
4:30pm
Light bites and networking!
Kickstart the evening with your favorite game day food and meet the group!
5:00PM
Introductions
5:15PM
Creating a Content Center of Excellence
Jack Welde, Smartling Founder & CEO
Learn the essential elements to a successful localization program and the best practices of how to structure a localization team.
5:45pm
The Localization Process at Mastercard
Richie Henwood and Ari Karo, Mastercard
Learn how the Smartling solution helped Mastercard to add new languages and scale their global content.
6:15pm
Smartling Roadmap and Releases
Andrew Saxe, Smartling VP of Product
Get a glimpse inside the Smartling product roadmap and learn how recent product releases can be applied to your organization.
7:00pm
Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins
Watch your Stanley Cup champs in action and let the networking continue!
Speakers
Richie Henwood
Software Development Engineer at Mastercard, D&S
Richie is a software development engineer for Mastercard Data & Services (D&S). At Mastercard, Richie works on developing internal tools and infrastructure. Richie has helped maintain D&S's internationalization processes for just over 2 years, primarily working on automating the flow of content between source code and Smartling.
Ari Karo
Senior Software Development Engineer at Mastercard D&S
At Mastercard, Ari is responsible for leading the Continuous Integration team in the DevOps Product Area, which aims to develop scalable and configurable integration systems that support the development workflow. For just over 4 years, Ari has been working on automation platforms, tooling, and infrastructure to ensure the quality, performance, and security of the D&S Platform.
Andrew Saxe
Vice President, Product at Smartling
Andrew joined Smartling as employee #3 from eMusic.com where he worked in the product group focusing on registration flows and music recommendation tools. Prior to eMusic, he was part of the online teams of Omni Studio and APCO Worldwide - both Washington, DC-based strategic communications firms. Andrew has been working in technology and the Internet industry since the mid-1990's having founded and sold online computer retailer EverythingComputer.com. Andrew holds a BS in Business from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and works out of the Smartling NYC office.
Jack Welde
Co-Founder & CEO at Smartling
Jack is a technology early-adopter, serial entrepreneur, software patent-holder, product evangelist, and combat-decorated Air Force pilot. Before founding Smartling, he served as SVP of Product at eMusic and COO/CTO at SheSpeaks and RunTime Technologies. He also co-founded Trio Development, a software company that created the first personal information manager, which was acquired by Apple in 1993. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also studied linguistics and interned with Professor William Labov, and an MBA from Cameron University in Germany. Jack was named one of Fast Company’s “Who’s Next” in 2011, and was named a 2013 NYC Venture Mentor by the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
