Rubric Birds of a Feather meeting, December 2006 in Silicon Valley
Localization professionals from all over Silicon Valley attended Rubric's Birds of a Feather networking meeting on December 6th, 2006. In addition to a hearty breakfast and some great peer-level networking, attendees engaged in a robust dialogue after a presentation on ensuring linguistic quality from Rubric's COO, Françoise Spurling. As one attendee reported later:
"Many thanks for inviting me to attend the 'birds of a feather' meeting this morning. I've gathered useful information, found the discussion helpful, and did some networking. Count me in for the next two meetings."
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Rubric COO Françoise Spurling chats with Terry Lydon from ViewCentral over coffee before the meeting begins.
Kristy Yamada and Lucia Mikasa from Narus get a laugh from Rubric CEO Ian Henderson during the networking period of the day's events.
Ian Henderson greets an old friend and long time Rubric customer Libby Vincent from EFI, with Terry Lydon of View Central
Localization professionals from all over Silicon Valley had a chance to network before breakfast, making valuable contacts and sharing pointers.
Charles Bautista from ShoreTel chats with Kristy Yamada from Narus, while Lucia Mikasa of Narus engages VeriSign's Eva Klaudinyova
Ian Henderson calls the meeting to order as the guests head for the breakfast buffet.
Rubric CEO Ian Henderson started the meeting, and moderated a lively Q&A and peer-to-peer exchange after the presentation.
Kristy Yamada from Narus, Libby Vincent of EFI take notes as Rubric's CEO begins the meeting.
Eva Klaudinyova of VeriSign, Mark Goodwin from ReplayTV, Terry Lydon from ViewCentral, and Charles Bautista from ShoreTel look on as Ian Henderson introduces the speaker for the morning.
Rubric COO Françoise Spurling gave a presentation on ensuring linguistic quality, with her bullet points on coffee mugs given to each of the attendees.
A coffee mug with Françoise Spurling's bullet points on ensuring linguistic quality was given to all the Silicon Valley localization professionals attending so they would have that list in front of them every morning.
