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Luis Javier Santiago Cano

@luisjaviersantiagoca

I build scalable AI, machine translation, and localization products that improve adoption, ROI, and global operations.

Spain
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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead AI, language technology, machine translation, or localization programs where I can connect product strategy, data governance, engineering, and global operations to deliver measurable adoption, ROI, and scalable workflows.

I've led AI, machine translation, and localization programs at Welocalize and Lionbridge, connecting business stakeholders, engineering teams, and global operations. At Welocalize, I deployed the OPAL Enable GenAI framework for localization workflows and built data governance through automated Power BI reporting.

Over more than 20 years, I've owned language-technology product lifecycles, global MT budgets, and multilingual delivery across international teams. At Lionbridge, I developed ETL and SQL workflows, advanced Power BI dashboards, and Python/R statistical analysis that helped increase user adoption from 10% to over 60%, while maintaining ISO 18587 quality and audit readiness.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Welocalize logoWE

Senior AI & ML Program Manager

Mar 2024 - Apr 2025 (1 year 1 month)

- Program Deployment & Optimization: Led the initial production rollouts of the "OPAL Enable" framework, a GenAI layer applied to localization workflows. Acted as a strategic bridge by identifying operational inefficiencies and providing the critical feedback loop used to re-engineer workflows for global, scalable AI production.
- Data Strategy & Performance Governance: Orchestrated statistical an

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Personal goal pursuit

Career Break

Oct 2023 - Feb 2024 (4 months)

AI Medical Assistant for ENT Specialists

Designed and developed an MVP for an AI-powered medical assistant focused on ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) specialties using a large language model (LLM). Delivered via WhatsApp for easy access by doctors, the assistant provided accurate answers based on trusted medical literature and retrieved relevant PubMed articles for each query, ranked by relevance.

Lionbridge Technologies logoLT

Machine Translation Group Leader

May 2015 - Jun 2023 (8 years 1 month)

- Global Team Leadership: Led and directed a global Machine Translation (MT) team across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, overseeing the end-to-end implementation and maintenance of MT systems, translating complex client requirements into technical product specifications while continuously optimizing workflows to drive operational efficiency.
- Worldwide Budgetary Authority: Held full responsibilit

Lionbridge logoLI

Product Manager at R&D Linguistic department

Jan 2009 - Apr 2015 (6 years 3 months)

- End-to-End Product Accountability: Accountable for the full lifecycle of in-house language technology products, from initial ideation and R&D design to deployment and ongoing operational support.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Led cross-functional Agile teams (comprising software engineers, data scientists, and linguistic specialists) to integrate technological advancements into scalable prod

Lionbridge logoLI

Senior Project Manager

Oct 2002 - Dec 2008 (6 years 2 months)

Leading product localization for several industries: Retail, Banking, IT, Consulting, Marketing, Multimedia, Medical, CBT and Software Development, e-Learning, etc.

Bowne Global Solutions Sp logoBS

Project Manager

Jan 2001 - Jan 2002 (1 year)

Leading terminology localization of Core Banking solutions

Mendez Spain logoMS

Project Manager

Jan 1999 - Jan 2001 (2 years)

Localization of retail solution in four languages. Technical writing, Translation and Testing services provided during three years along three upgrades.

Lernout & Houspie Spain logoLS

Localization Manager

Jan 1998 - Jan 1999 (1 year)

Leading localization of the On-line and Printed documentation of Microsoft FrontPage 2000 into five languages

Mendez Spain logoMS

Localization Manager

Jan 1997 - Jan 1998 (1 year)

Leading localization of the On-line and Printed documentation of Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 into Spanish

Lexitrans logoLE

Tech and Linguistic Reviewer, Tech writer, Localization Engineer, Multilingual L

Sep 1994 - Jan 1997 (2 years 4 months)

+ Technical and Linguistic reviewer of user manuals focused on Computer applications.

+ Technical writer of User and Technical manuals of retail software.

+ Localization engineer of On-Line User Documentations based on Windows platform.

+ Multilingual Localization Tester of several computer applications running on Microsoft Operating Systems.

+ Desktop Publishing jobs on User Manuals using Qu

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

UM

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Summer Course, Statistical Inference

2016 - 2016

UM

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Bsc, Computer Science

1991 - 1995

Degree Project : “Sistemas de computación basados en servidor (Windows Terminal Server y Citrix Metaframe) Metodología de diseño y trabajo” (Computed Systems based on Server -Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe- Design and Work Methodology)

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