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I am a generalist with a strong linguistic and language-industry background. I have extensive experience in project and program management, especially in designing and executing multilingual content strategies. (I spent 23 years at Microsoft, mostly in PM roles.) Currently, I am volunteering as Localization Director at the non-profit Translation Commons where I define localization strategy, lead cross-functional global teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across diverse languages, domains, and communities. In parallel, I serve as Chief Technology and AI Advisor for the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, where I advance the use of AI, machine translation, and small language models to improve digital access for speakers of Q’eqchi’ and other Mayan languages. I am also an experienced educator, teaching localization and language technology at the University of Washington and at other higher-education institutions. My core strengths include localization leadership, AI-driven language solutions, multilingual program management, low-resource language enablement, and industry education.…I am a generalist with a strong linguistic and language-industry background. I have extensive experience in project and program management, especially in designing and executing multilingual content strategies. (I spent 23 years at Microsoft, mostly in PM roles.) Currently, I am volunteering as Localization Director at the non-profit Translation Commons where I define localization strategy, lead cross-functional global teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across diverse languages, domains, and communities. In parallel, I serve as Chief Technology and AI Advisor for the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, where I advance the use of AI, machine translation, and small language models to improve digital access for speakers of Q’eqchi’ and other Mayan languages. I am also an experienced educator, teaching localization and language technology at the University of Washington and at other higher-education institutions. My core strengths include localization leadership, AI-driven language solutions, multilingual program management, low-resource language enablement, and industry education.

Georg Soeren Eberhardt

AI Prompt Engineer, AI Strategy Consultant, Content Producer, +5

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I am a generalist with a strong linguistic and language-industry background. I have extensive experience in project and program management, especially in designing and executing multilingual content strategies. (I spent 23 years at Microsoft, mostly in PM roles.) Currently, I am volunteering as Localization Director at the non-profit Translation Commons where I define localization strategy, lead cross-functional global teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across diverse languages, domains, and communities. In parallel, I serve as Chief Technology and AI Advisor for the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, where I advance the use of AI, machine translation, and small language models to improve digital access for speakers of Q’eqchi’ and other Mayan languages. I am also an experienced educator, teaching localization and language technology at the University of Washington and at other higher-education institutions. My core strengths include localization leadership, AI-driven language solutions, multilingual program management, low-resource language enablement, and industry education.…I am a generalist with a strong linguistic and language-industry background. I have extensive experience in project and program management, especially in designing and executing multilingual content strategies. (I spent 23 years at Microsoft, mostly in PM roles.) Currently, I am volunteering as Localization Director at the non-profit Translation Commons where I define localization strategy, lead cross-functional global teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across diverse languages, domains, and communities. In parallel, I serve as Chief Technology and AI Advisor for the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, where I advance the use of AI, machine translation, and small language models to improve digital access for speakers of Q’eqchi’ and other Mayan languages. I am also an experienced educator, teaching localization and language technology at the University of Washington and at other higher-education institutions. My core strengths include localization leadership, AI-driven language solutions, multilingual program management, low-resource language enablement, and industry education.

Available to hire

I am a generalist with a strong linguistic and language-industry background.
I have extensive experience in project and program management, especially in designing and executing multilingual content strategies. (I spent 23 years at Microsoft, mostly in PM roles.)
Currently, I am volunteering as Localization Director at the non-profit Translation Commons where I define localization strategy, lead cross-functional global teams, and ensure high-quality delivery across diverse languages, domains, and communities. In parallel, I serve as Chief Technology and AI Advisor for the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, where I advance the use of AI, machine translation, and small language models to improve digital access for speakers of Q’eqchi’ and other Mayan languages.
I am also an experienced educator, teaching localization and language technology at the University of Washington and at other higher-education institutions.

My core strengths include localization leadership, AI-driven language solutions, multilingual program management, low-resource language enablement, and industry education.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Beginner

Beginner

Beginner

Language

German

Fluent

English

Fluent

French

Intermediate

Portuguese

Beginner

Spanish; Castilian

Beginner

Work Experience

Localization Director at Translation Commons

August 1, 2025 - Present

Lead AI-assisted language workflows, balancing automation and human review. Define quality frameworks and content logic rules to ensure consistent, trustworthy outputs. Translate ambiguous requirements into executable systems and guidelines. Apply user-experience thinking to multilingual, consumer-facing content.

Localization Director (Volunteer) at Translations Commons

August 1, 2025 - Present

Lead global localization strategy for a nonprofit empowering under-resourced languages. Build scalable localization frameworks, standards, and best practices for volunteer communities worldwide. Oversee teams of project managers, translators, and reviewers across multiple projects and languages. Design workflows, tools, and training resources to improve translation quality and efficiency.

Partner Enablement PM at Microsoft

March 1, 2023 - July 31, 2025

Supported Microsoft's partner GoDaddy in selling Microsoft 365 products and onboarding their customers. Developed strategies, monitored key engagement metrics like product usage, assessed future product requirements and resolved issues.

Global Site Manager at Microsoft

January 1, 2019 - March 1, 2023

Managed international sites for Microsoft 365 commercial pre-sales. Drove SMB sales growth in international markets by improving the international end-to-end customer journey. Provided data-backed strategic guidance for market-specific optimization projects. Designed and operationalized the team’s A/B testing program to evaluate and scale improvements. Direct contribution to +42% YoY NCSA growth in international markets in first year on the job.

Senior Program Manager at Microsoft

September 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018

Owned linguistic quality strategy for Skype Localization. Onboarded new language service providers in translation space. Spearheaded data-driven language strategy across Skype. Coordinated Microsoft’s cross-organizational initiative on language offerings planning. On-boarded new Skype products to localization workflows. Led international expansion of Microsoft Teams by driving first-time localization into 18 languages for initial release (March 2017).

International Project Manager at Microsoft

February 1, 2013 - August 31, 2015

Managed localization for several Lync and Skype products (incl. Lync for Windows/Skype for Business for Windows, Lync for Windows 8 Store App and Skype for Windows 10). Influenced development teams to ensure world-readiness and market suitability of their products, incl. global aspects of rebranding strategy from Lync to Skype for Business. Drove the overall linguistic quality strategy in the Skype Intl team, from setting up review/QA processes to defining transcreation strategies for skype.com marketing content. Acted as geopolitical champion and global readiness expert for Skype.

Adjunct Faculty at City University of New York

August 1, 2021 - Present

Instructor for Localization and Terminology Management.

Adjunct Faculty at University of Washington

October 1, 2012 - Present

Instructor for the Localization Certificate program; lead instructor since 2013; received UW Professional and Continuing Education Teaching Excellence Award (2014). Also taught Introduction to Localization (undergraduates, 2013-2014).