Career Paths in Localization and Beyond
GALA Client SIG Meeting - November 2025
As localization professionals, we often find ourselves asking: What’s next in my career? While our work connects with every business unit: product, marketing, support, legal, and more. Traditional growth paths aren’t always clearly defined. This Client SIG session dives into how we can build meaningful careers in localization and beyond.
💡 What to Expect:
✔ A look at the evolving identity of localization professionals: Does the "localization” title still serve us in today’s business climate?
✔ Real client-side challenges: How do we grow when we don’t “belong” to a traditional function like engineering or finance?
✔ A live conversation with Gonzalo Delgado, who joined Booking.com four years ago, bringing a fresh perspective on early career development in localization.
✔ Open discussion about our own experiences and the different companies’ approach for their localization teams development.
✔ Discussion on how individuals can take ownership of their professional growth in a fast-changing industry.
🧠Key Takeaways:
✅ Recognize blockers and opportunities for career growth in localization
✅ Learn how others have built bridges to different functions (PM, ops, tech, etc.)
✅ Get inspired to take the lead in shaping your next chapter
✅ Leave with at least 3 tangible actions to invest in your development, regardless of title
Let’s explore together how to futureproof our careers in a function that’s constantly evolving.
Registration Options
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MEMBER TICKET (Enterprise Globalization Only)
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GALA Special Interest Groups
GALA SIGs are global communities that connect members on topics of shared interest led by volunteer moderators. Meet the moderators for the Client SIG.
Pia Bresnan, Uber
Pia is a strategic globalization leader with a proven track record in driving innovation at the intersection of localization and AI. With experience on both the client and vendor sides, she has built and led high-performing global teams, optimized complex localization workflows, and spearheaded best practices to enhance efficiency and scalability. Her expertise in business operations, program and process management ensures seamless go-to-market (GTM) operations in dynamic, AI-driven environments. As the industry shifts toward AI-enabled content and multilingual LLM evaluation, Pia is focused on developing robust strategies that enhance model quality, cultural relevance, and linguistic accuracy at scale. A dedicated advocate for professional growth, she actively mentors and volunteers with organizations such as Women in Localization, fostering cross-functional collaboration and driving meaningful transformation across the localization and AI ecosystems.
Julia Carrasco, Coupa
Julia oversees Localization Program Management at Coupa, where she coordinates various teams, identifies software support requirements, and maintains effective cost control. With over a decade of experience on both the client and the service provider sides, Julia has consistently prioritized optimizing processes to achieve outstanding results. She is also an active member of Women in Localization.
Agnes Schöndorni-Schönner, GoTo Technologies Germany GmbH
Fuelled by a passion for connecting people and products across languages and cultures, Agnes thrives where technology and creativity intersect. With over a decade at GoTo (former LogMeIn), she started as a localization leader at a fast-growing startup and helped scale global efforts across UI, marketing, and documentation. Her role has evolved alongside the company, taking her across borders and into a global team where she now oversees web and marketing localization, with a focus on international SEO and driving major tech initiatives.
Prior to GoTo, Agnes honed her expertise with 10 years on the LSP front, mastering the entire localization cycle – marketing translations, editing, project management, vendor management, and terminology. This extensive foundation helps her shape a holistic view on how people and technology work together.
Gonzalo Delgado (Booking.com)
Gonzalo Delgado is Booking.com's localization tech and automation expert. He is from Concepcion, Chile, and holds degrees in Translation Studies and Organisational Psychology. Based in Amsterdam since 2021, and with a previous stint in Dublin, he combines technical acumen, collaboration and empathy to drive impact. He likes going on weekend trips with his wife and child to explore the Dutch provinces.
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GALA's Client Special Interest Group is restricted to professionals from enterprise globalization teams. GALA continues to produce other SIGs, events and content each year to serve the entire GALA membership, but this particular group is designed for an under-served segment of our membership: those from "buyer-side" companies, to provide them with a safe space for open discussion and learning without the presence of vendors.
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