Ann Lawless

Ann Lawless

Senior Program Manager at Centific

Qualifications

Senior Program Manager at Centific

Former Localization Supply Chain Manager at CQ fluency, with seven years at the company

Held vendor and resource management roles at Welocalize, LTC and Merrill Brink International

Expertise

Localization

Vendor management

Supply chain management

Language quality

Program management

Life sciences localization

Ann Lawless is a Senior Program Manager at Centific with more than two decades of experience in localization supply chain and vendor management. She previously spent seven years at CQ fluency, most recently as Localization Supply Chain Manager, and held vendor and resource management roles at Welocalize, LTC and Merrill Brink International. Her work spans procurement, quality, and capacity strategy for regulated, high-volume language programs.

Experience

Senior Program Manager at Centific

Nov 2025 — Present · 8 mos

Localization Supply Chain Manager at CQ fluency

Mar 2022 to Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Oversaw procurement, quality, cost and capacity strategy for linguistic, quality and vendor management teams at an Inc. 5,000 language services provider.

Vendor Manager at CQ fluency

Jun 2018 to Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Owned global vendor strategy, building a blended vendor model for regulated localization projects.

Director of Operations at Rockant Training & Consulting

Dec 2012 to Jun 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Ran a localization consulting and training company, cutting localization costs for life sciences clients.

Global Resource Manager at Welocalize

Sep 2010 to Nov 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Managed supplier network and translation capacity for enterprise accounts including Cisco, Apple and Waters.

Global Vendor Manager at LTC

Nov 2009 to Sep 2010 · 10 mos

Implemented vendor management strategy reducing costs and improving localization quality.

Qualifications

Senior Program Manager at Centific

Former Localization Supply Chain Manager at CQ fluency, with seven years at the company

Held vendor and resource management roles at Welocalize, LTC and Merrill Brink International

Expertise

Localization

Vendor management

Supply chain management

Language quality

Program management

Life sciences localization

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