Software internationalization and web development mercenary, Web retailing entrepreneur
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Software Design Engineer in Test at Zillow
- Owner at Yuzu Trading Co. LLC
- Past
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- Internationalization Consultant and Software Design Engineer at Various
- Internationalization Consultant/QA at Revenue Science
- Software Test Lead at Microsoft
- Education
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- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- DePauw University
- Connections
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- Industry
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- Websites
Jason Truesdell’s Summary
After a long career in software internationalization, I risked everything to take on a more entrepreneurial focus, introducing US customers to Asian lifestyle goods. The fruits of that are on YuzuMura.com, my online retail store.
I also continue to work on various software projects, preferring web or internationalization-focused development/project management/QA lead roles. Most of the value I deliver in such projects comes from a long history dealing with esoteric and complex issues in preparing software for international markets, particularly web projects. I'm also reasonably useful as a web developer and occasionally for writing test automation.
I love work that involves coordinating between geographically dispersed teams, and I particularly enjoy working on the market and technical requirements for Japan, Korea, and Greater China.
Jason Truesdell’s Specialties:
Consumer: Developing relationships with customers and vendors, marketing, sales, promotions.
Software: Internationalization, offshore vendor management, vendor training, web applications development, QA management.
Jason Truesdell’s Experience
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Software Design Engineer in Test
Zillow
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Zillow.com platform test automation.
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Owner
Yuzu Trading Co. LLC
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Consumer Goods industry)
February 2004 — Present (4 years 7 months)
Importer and sales broker for Pan-Pacific lifestyle goods.
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Internationalization Consultant and Software Design Engineer
Various
(Public Company; Internet industry)
July 2006 — March 2007 (9 months)
* Provides internationalization guidance and expertise to companies preparing their products for international markets
* Designs web and console applications for business logic, test automation frameworks, etc. -
Internationalization Consultant/QA
Revenue Science
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — June 2006 (7 months)
Helped deliver internationalized version of a behavioral advertising system to a Japanese partner. Some spec/design guidance, tools development, test automation, dev guidance, etc.
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Software Test Lead
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Computer Software industry)
June 1997 — April 2004 (6 years 11 months)
Internationalization focused software testing role. Initially in internationalization test for Internet Explorer and moved on to NetDocs (nee Infopath) then a long stint in MSN. Managed teams of 0-9 people.
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Jason Truesdell’s Interests:
cuisine, cooking, travel, ceramics, crafts, software internationalization, web development, nHibernate, Ruby on Rails
Jason Truesdell’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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