Heather is the mastermind behind Language I/O’s core technology, which eliminates the need for expensive and time-consuming neural machine translation engine training by dynamically selecting the NMT engine that will best translate a given piece of content and imposing company-specific terminology onto any of the many NMT engines integrated into the Language I/O cloud solution.
Prior to co-founding Language I/O, Heather was well-known for globalizing code for Fortune 500s. She was also the senior director of Product Management and Globalization for eCollege, which was acquired by Pearson Education during her tenure. While at Pearson/eCollege, Heather and her team built a next-generation, online college education platform, which was launched globally.
Heather holds a Master of Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Engineering as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has lived in various parts of the United States and Mexico and speaks English and Spanish.

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00:00 Heather Shoemaker Founder&CEO Language IO
00:46 What does your company do?
01:02 What was your dream career as a child?
01:13 How do you like to spend your free time?
01:46 3 destinations you'd like to visit
02:50 Best advice you've ever been given?
03:12 What inspired you to start your company?
05:48 Biggest challenge
06:35 Your biggest failure
07:56 Secret sauce
08:41 Have you ever considered pivoting?
09:19 What does success mean to you?
10:22 How big is your team?
11:06 How do you motivate your team?
12:35 Would you rehire your current team?
12:56 What makes you a great leader?
14:05 Advice for entrepreneurs
15:57 Music for working
16:09 Where would you live?
16:15 Favorite foreign word
16:29 Last business books you've read?
16:47 Most productive time of day
17:01 What's your favorite drink?