Qualifications
Sr. Director, Global Experiences at Coupa Software, leading localization since 2019
Board Director and former Chair of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)
Former CTO of Venga Global, an enterprise localization provider
Expertise
Localization
Globalization strategy
Language AI
Machine translation
Internationalization
Localization technology
Jose is an accomplished globalization and localization leader with 20 years in the industry. He started out as a translator and then progressed through his career to become Chief Technology Officer of a large global MLV. He's been with Coupa Software since 2019. Today he'll be giving a talk about "Localization Scaling Strategies for B2B Organizations"
Experience
Sr. Director, Global Experiences at Coupa
Jun 2025 — Present · 1 yr 1 mo
Sr. Director, Localization at Coupa
Mar 2025 to Jun 2025 · 3 mos
Director, Localization at Coupa
Jan 2019 to Mar 2025 · 6 yrs 2 mos
Board Director, former Chair at Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)
Jan 2023 — Present · 3 yrs 6 mos
Advisor: Language AI at Independent
Jan 2019 — Present · 7 yrs 6 mos
Chief Technology Officer at Venga Global
Jan 2013 to Jan 2019 · 6 yrs
Recent articles and events
Qualifications
Sr. Director, Global Experiences at Coupa Software, leading localization since 2019
Board Director and former Chair of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA)
Former CTO of Venga Global, an enterprise localization provider
Expertise
Localization
Globalization strategy
Language AI
Machine translation
Internationalization
Localization technology
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