Tidhar Carmeli

Experience

AdVise

Startup Advisor 2009 - Present (almost 16 years)

on technology and business strategy issues: * Evaluate scientific/technological ideas for products. * Identify undiscovered product use cases and market opportunities. * Formulate... more

JustAnswer

Senior AI Conversation Designer 2021 - 2023 (almost 2 years)

- Researched and enhanced customer-facing chatbots for both US and overseas users. Increased customer satisfaction and company revenue.
- Analyzed chatbot conversation... more

Adobe

Quality Engineer 2009 - 2010 (8 months)

- Pioneered the first-ever systematic testing with BiDi text in Hebrew and Arabic on Flash’s new TLF (Text Layout Framework) text engine. This ensured correct product functionality... more

Google

Test Engineer 2010 - 2019 (almost 9 years)

- Evaluated Google Assistant performance in a variety of languages and platforms, using knowledge of languages and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Researched and filed bugs... more pertaining to Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Natural Language Generation (NLG) and Machine Learning (ML).
- Performed I18N (Internationalization) validation on Android and a number of other Google products. The validation process included research, spec definition and testing in multiple languages and writing systems. This ensured correct product appearance and functionality for users worldwide.
- Investigated and reported bugs with detailed reproduction steps and screenshots, greatly accelerating fix development and verification.
- Designed own bug reporting template to produce consistent and complete bug reports.
- Authored best-practices bug filing guides for other testers to improve their I18N bug reports. One particular guide was for RTL/BiDi (Right-To-Left and Bi-Directional) bugs.
- Applied multilingual skills to identify inaccuracies in several UI languages. Proposed suitable corrections to improve localization accuracy in UIs.
- Identified new product features requiring I18N testing, and designed appropriate test cases. This ensured that I18N validation would cover all relevant features.
- Standardized spreadsheets for entering QA results. This ensured systematic test case result reporting and more consistent I18N sign-off on new product features.
- Researched and proposed solutions for culture-specific issues, frequently relating to RTL languages. Summarized international user feedback about Google products. Discussed UI and functionality modifications with developers, UX experts and product managers. These activities led to targeted product designs, which would not have been possible otherwise.
- Authored a compendium of knowledge on RTL languages (Hebrew, Arabic, others), which is Google’s most comprehensive to date. This document provides valuable practical information to many stakeholders (developers, testers, UI/UX designers, product managers).
- Contributed to test plan formulation for different components of G
oogle’s internal L10N (Localization) framework.
- Organized and moderated meetings with developers, to determine specific testing goals and processes.
- Wrote detailed procedures for release testing of internal L10N tool, including practical troubleshooting tips.
- Performed release testing and validation of internal L10N tool.

QA Engineer 2008 (5 months)

- Identified new and regression UI breakages through multi-browser tests, preventing the release of incorrect builds to external users.
- Reported new bugs in detail, greatly... more

Microsoft

Software Engineer 2006 - 2007 (over 1 year)

- Implemented and launched company’s first Italian language Instant Messaging chatbot.
- Developed original libraries of Italian grammar and lexicon functions for Instant... more

Languages

Software Engineer 1997 - 2004 (about 7 years)

Employee

Languages, Microsoft, Google, Adobe, JustAnswer, AdVise

Education

About

Achievements

I built a diversified portfolio of early-stage startups by applying a set of self-developed selection criteria.

I advise my investees and other startups on technology and business strategy issues. I have specific expertise in Globalization (G11N), preparing startups for expansion into foreign markets through Internationalization (I18N) and Localization (L10N).

While at Google, I was instrumental in launching a number of globalized products for overseas users. These included several releases of Android OS, Noto fonts and Google Assistant.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence ML Product Design Quality Assurance Software Localization Software Testing Web Technologies Python Localization and Internationalization Testing Software Internationalization Chatbot Development LLMs ActionScript Adobe Adobe Illustrator Arabic Language Business Intelligence C C++ COBOL Differential Equations Filing Framework Hardware Engineering IBM IBM DB2 IBM MQ IBM Websphere Java Javascript Language Skills Layout Lotus Notes Dreamweaver Flash Messaging Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio Numerical Analysis Operating Systems Pascal PC Perl Product Data Management Programming Quality REXX RPG Scripting Languages Swedish Shell Scripting Software Statistics SQL Subversion Support Test Test Cases Test Plans Triage Troubleshooting Unix Shell Scripting VMware WEB Science Acquisitions Adobe Creative Suite Automation Confluence Engineering Financials Information Technology Management Start up Team Lead Test Automation Test plan

Locations

San Francisco

Tidhar Carmeli

Angel Investor and startup advisor. Engineer/Scientist. Worked at: Google, Adobe, Microsoft, IBM. Graduated from: University Of Minnesota, New York University.

Angel Investor and startup advisor.
Engineer/Scientist.
Worked at: Google, Adobe, Microsoft, IBM.
Graduated from: University Of Minnesota, New York University.