Medana Popa
About Medana Popa
Medana Popa is a Localization Manager at Barracuda in Santa Clara County, California, with extensive experience in leading remote international teams and managing complex multi-lingual localization projects.
Current Role at Barracuda
Medana Popa is currently the Localization Manager at Barracuda, located in Santa Clara County, California. In her role, she is responsible for managing the localization processes, ensuring that Barracuda’s products and services are adapted for international markets. Her duties likely include overseeing multi-lingual localization projects and working closely with remote international teams.
Previous Experience at Moravia
From 2017 to 2020, Medana Popa worked at Moravia as a Localization Project Manager, where she was deployed at Google in Palo Alto. During her three-year tenure, she managed various localization projects, contributing to Google's global outreach by ensuring content was accurately localized for different regions.
Past Roles in Localization Industry
Before her role at Moravia, Medana Popa served at MediaLocate as a Localization Project Manager for nine months from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, she had extensive experience at HighTech Passport, Ltd., where she worked as a Localization Project Manager from 2010 to 2015 and as Operations Manager from 2011 to 2015 in Bucharest, Romania. Her responsibility included overseeing diverse localization projects and managing operational workflows.
Early Career and Technical Roles
Medana Popa began her career at SS8 Networks, where she served as a Technical Lead/Project Coordinator – Software Engineer from 2006 to 2010 in San Jose, CA. This role involved technical leadership and coordination of software engineering projects, laying a strong foundation for her subsequent roles in project management and localization.
Educational Background
Medana Popa holds a Project Management Certificate from San Jose State University, enhancing her project management skills. She earned a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science from the Ecological University of Bucharest and another Master’s Degree in HVAC from the College of Engineering at the University of Bucharest. This diverse educational background supports her multifaceted expertise in both environmental sciences and technical engineering disciplines.
Localization Expertise and Tools
With over five years of experience leading remote international teams and managing complex multilingual localization projects, Medana Popa is well-versed in using CAT tools such as Trados, Idiom WorldServer/Workbench, Trados Studio, Smartling, and MT software. She is also familiar with DTP and graphics creation tools including Adobe FrameMaker, InDesign, and Photoshop. This technical proficiency allows her to handle diverse localization tasks efficiently.