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Vladimir Shapovalov is a seasoned Developer Relations Program Manager with over 21 years of relevant experience in the tech industry. He is currently working at Google as a Developer Relations Program Manager, where he is responsible for managing technical documentation localization for Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Vladimir has been instrumental in driving upstream localizability improvements and translation platform optimizations, which have helped to enhance the user experience for GCP customers. Prior to joining Google, Vladimir worked at Scopus IT as a Senior Technical Program Manager for Google Cloud Platform. In this role, he was responsible for localization technical program management and localization production management for GCP technical documentation. Vladimir's experience in managing end-to-end localization programs extends beyond Google, as he previously worked at Amazon as a Program Manager for Localization. At Amazon, he managed the AWS technical documentation localization program, which involved owning the AWS Console/Software localization program and AWS Tech Docs localization program in 2014-2015. Vladimir also established a regular localization refresh process for documentation and trained and supervised multiple production reports who facilitated the execution of the localized docs refresh process. Vladimir's educational background includes a Certificate in Software Product Management from the University of Washington, a degree in Computer Systems from City University of Seattle, a degree in Computer Science from Americanos College, and a degree in Mathematics from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. He also attended the Russian Embassy School in Sofia, Bulgaria. Vladimir's technical skills include expertise in AWS and GCP, as well as product management and infra. He has a passion for using data to drive business decisions and has continuously analyzed BI data to determine patterns and support investment proposals related to localization scope. Vladimir has also piloted machine translation in his team as TM+MT and later with Human Post-Editing (Statistical/Neural MT). Overall, Vladimir Shapovalov is a highly skilled and experienced Developer Relations Program Manager who has made significant contributions to the tech industry. His expertise in localization technical program management and localization production management has helped to enhance the user experience for customers of Google Cloud Platform and AWS.