Paula Hunter

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About Paula Hunter

HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY: • Authentic leader focused on connecting, developing, inspiring, and empowering people • Track record of increasing international revenue by delivering exceptional experiences for customers, partners, and employees • Thrive in fast-paced environments; cutting through chaos and ambiguity to drive focus and alignment across the business • Sought after thought leader and mentor in the Localization and Tech Leader communities MORE ABOUT ME: I am a passionate and innovative global business leader focused on increasing international revenue and market share by delivering exceptional experiences for customers, partners, and employees world-wide. My fascination with languages, cultures, people, relationships, and continuous improvement has resulted in the creation of high-performing localization & technical writing teams, and effectively scaling organizations and processes to stay one step ahead of the business needs. I am an authentic, people-centered leader focused on listening, developing, connecting, inspiring, and empowering people, and possess a deep seated belief that happy employees equals happy customers. I’ve worked in wildly successful start-ups, large global enterprises, and everything in between. I have been a key enabler of effective acquisition integrations by focusing on the people, learning about processes, collaborating through a common vision, ensuring clear & consistent communication and leading by influence. My insatiable curiosity for what motivates people and their unique perspectives on approaching challenges and ways of working coupled with a passion for continuous improvement has led me to significantly increase overall productivity and effectiveness of high growth organizations. I thrive in fast-paced environments and have a knack for cutting through chaos and ambiguity to drive focus and alignment across all functional areas of the business. I am a straight-shooter who asks the right questions to uncover issues that are often overlooked and ripe for optimizing, and love to be the champion for hard things. I have a quick and quirky sense of humour and foster a culture of authenticity, having fun, respect and professionalism. SPECIALTIES: • Creating international expansion strategies • Building and leading teams • Collaborative and creative problem solving • Driving organizational strategic planning • Process optimization • Inspiring, educating, and evangelizing localization best practices • Public speaking, mentoring, and thought leadership in the Localization and Tech Leader communities