Rubric Birds of a Feather meeting, October 2007 in Silicon Valley
On October 3rd, localization professionals from all over Silicon Valley came to Rubric's latest Birds of a Feather breakfast. Luminaries from Oracle, TiVo, Borland, VMWare and others came to network and share localization strategies and tactics. Susannah Eccles, Rubric's Senior Project Manager, spoke on the subject of "Keeping Localization Costs Under Control." In addition to a hearty breakfast and some great peer-level networking, attendees engaged in a robust dialogue after the presentation.
Cynthia Lunk, Rubric's Silicon Valley representative and Susannah Eccles, Rubric's Senior Project Manager greet Kaoru Wada from Tibco, Masahiro Arai of Borland/Codegear and Alex Amesquita from ShoreTel.
Cynthia Lunk and Rubric COO Francoise Spurling dig into the breakfast buffet.
Alex Amesquita of ShoreTel, Scott Fisher from SuccessFactors, Patrice Fabre with NetSuite, Eric Dorsey of TiVo and Masahiro Arai from Borland/Codegear dig in as well.
Lynn Fujise of VMWare makes an animated point while chatting with Francoise Spurling and Cynthia Lunk.
Michael Gnann of Oracle listens as Charles Bautista of ShoreTel relates some of his tactics concerning the timing of releases and localization.
Ian Henderson, Rubric's CEO warms up the guests before the meeting's presentation.
Masahiro Arai of Borland/Codegear makes a point during the post-presentation roundtable discussion.
Susannah Eccles gives her presentation and educates the audience on the rigors of localization cost control.
