Michael McKenna

Globalization Engineering Leader @Block

San Francisco, CA, US
EMAILS
m••••••••@block.xyz
MOBILE NUMBERS
+15•••••••20

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WORK HISTORY

Sep 2022 — Present

Globalization Engineering Leader @Block

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Oakland, CA, US

Globalization Engineering Leader, responsible for localization technical infrastructure, AI machine translation, and internationalization solutions for Block Inc and its subsidiaries, including Square, Tidal, and CashApp. This is a multi-disciplinary role with impacts across all of Block\'s payment ecosystems.

EDUCATION

1975 — 1980

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)

BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, minor in Mechanical Engineeing

SKILLS

AnalyticsJavascriptProduct DevelopmentEngineering ManagementSqlLinuxDistributed SystemsUsabilityTestingApacheCross-Functional Team LeadershipJavaProject PlanningLeadership DevelopmentSoftware as a Service (Saas)UnicodeC++TranslationInternationalizationCloud ComputingSoftware EngineeringI18nFramemakerJava Enterprise EditionEnterprise SoftwareAgile MethodologiesMultilingualL10nManagementWeb ServicesProject ManagementSaasLocalizationGlobalizationProduct ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)LeadershipTerminologySoftware DevelopmentScrum

ABOUT MICHAEL MCKENNA

Global Business and Technology Expert with strong track record for reducing cost and time to market while increasing regional market share and global customer satisfaction.Profound experience with successful technology and business models for Global Enterprise Solutions. Leadership roles in product and engineering management of global business and technology solutions for Node, web 2.0, e-Business, portals and distributed global systems for over fifteen years. Expert in web services, internationalization, web development, enterprise software, user interface design, database internals, compliance, and cross-cultural issues.Specialties: Engineering Management, Distributed software architectures, Product Management, Software Development, Globalization Technology, Database internals, Standards activities

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