Kexin Pei

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS)

Master of Arts

GPA: 3.8/4.0

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Bachelor of Arts

Graduation with First Class Honors

Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)

English Department Exchange

Universiteit Utrecht

Summer exchange

SDL Inc

Senior Project Manager

• Cooperate with major IT enterprises (mainly working with Huawei) on large-scale translation and localization projects. Maintain client relationships by analyzing and understanding their needs
• Coordinate production with linguist teams, frontline client reviewers, internal supoort teams and sales to meet client’s needs of product release and update
• Actively improve processes and allocate the best resources to ensure compliance with the company’s production workflows, quality delivery and turnaround standards. Perform quality assurance and keep the defect rate below 3‰
• Mangage and prepare data for QBR, BRM and KPIs. Support Lead and Program Manager with higher level administration, e.g. reports, finances, account initiatives, driving new processes, audit preparation and client meeting

SDL Inc

Project Manager

• Supervised a wide range of Financial projects, including but not limited to, Fact Sheets, Prospectus, Shareholder Reports, Key Investor Information Documents, Key Fact Statement, and Regulatory Shareholder Communications
• In charge of the largest KIID project of the Financial Team (9k+ word count, 8k+ files into 17 languages; 2-week turnaround): oversaw production and end-to-end Quality/Version Control; improved automation process with engineers; ensured over 92% project margin for this semi-annual KIID project
• Reviewed the assigned jobs and assessed the need for additional information, such as compilation of glossaries, list of acronyms, technical terminology, and translation memories
• Worked with translation teams and linguistic assets to ensure compliance with the company’s production workflows and ensured that quality and turnaround standards were met
• Selected and assigned translation teams, negotiated rates and deadlines, coordinated production with translators, proofreaders, in-country client reviewers, typesetters, and Customer Service Representatives
• Monitored Status Reports and kept administrative personnel, salespersons, and Customer Service Representatives up-to-date at all times with respect to deliverable milestones and deadlines
• Conducted quality checks of translation deliverables prior to client delivery

Donnelley Financial Solutions

Project Coordinator

• Won the 2017 Financial Team All-Star Award with the highest revenue and margin (over 90%) record in the team
• Managed various types of Financial and Life Sciences projects that had different workflows
• Fostered seamless communication with clients and optimized workflows to accommodate client needs
• Coordinated multilingual projects into 26+ languages; searched for resources for rare languages; liaised with linguists across different time zones
• Worked with Sales team on production analysis, budget control and billing process