Rob Thomas

Product Manager International User Experience
FamilySearch

Rob Thomas has spent over 30 years working with global organizations in streamlining processes, getting new products to market, merging with other organizations and reaching customers where they live. He currently leads new initiatives increasing and enhancing language outreach for FamilySearch and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In these efforts, Rob blends technical vision with people practices for developer, translator and crowdsourcing stakeholders. In the localization space, he has developed a volunteer translation network that is producing 15 million translated words annually in 14 languages. Rob is developing an automated path to optimize SEO in many countries. Currently he is improving the quality of machine translation across less trafficked languages.