During her 25 years in the localization industry, María Jesús de Arriba Díaz has held multiple positions supporting the international growth of global companies of all sizes and industries. Her localization journey started as a translator and interpreter, then leading translation teams and championing quality. From there, I took on leadership roles in both program management and vendor management. Subsequently, I stepped up to leading strategic language service operations and developing customized customer localization programs. She is currently senior global language services manager at Workday, where she leads a team of innovators providing excellent language experiences to customers by combining the best of technology with expert human input. Passionate about the globalization and localization industry, she plays an active role in driving the industry into the future through her volunteer roles as Women in Localization board member, and former chair of the board of the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA). In addition, she is an active mentor and an advocate for knowledge sharing within the industry.