Christian Redmann leads the localization organization at Siemens Digital Industries Software. His team provides localization solutions supporting all business domains and content types. With a master’s degree in German and specialization in linguistics, Christian started his localization journey as a translator in 1992. Now a localization leader for over 20 years, he is a key globalization champion at Siemens, driving innovative technology and approaches that reach beyond localization. Having built a localization program from scratch, Christian has firsthand experience with the pitfalls of answering to short-term need and constraints, and the beauty of being able to establish strategies that align with, and help shape the strategic objectives, of the company in providing key value to its customers and users.