Martin Xiao started his career in Beijing as a professional translator in English to Simplified Chinese translations. For over seven years he was a localization project manager on the vendor side before moving to a client company. On the client side, Martin acted as a technical localization program manager for more than five years. Since joining VMware in 2018, he has focused on machine translation (MT) and related programs. In 2019, Martin created the conceptual design and co-led the effort of the MT quality prediction program including part of the coding work from proof-of-concept to production. MT and natural language processing are part of his current focuses.