Elan Diwa Prieto

Elan Diwa A. Prieto Project Supervisor, Researcher 201 Solar St. GSIS, Matina Crossing, Davao City - - SUMMARY www.linkedin.com/in/elan-diwaprieto-/ - I have 3 years of combined experience in the Technology Services industry specializing in AI / Machine Learning. My roles focused on project supervision, crowd management, and communication. OBJECTIVES Be an effective communicator in and out of the workplace Increase my capacity to drive projects that satisfy/exceed client expectations Thrive in a collaborative work environment that promotes transparency and ownership of one's work Encourage and nurture an 'efficiency with empathy' working style in myself and in my colleagues CAREER APRIL 2021 - JUNIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT - PROJECT CURRENT University of the Philippines Mindanao Assists in the successful implementation of the University's Academic Program Improvement (API) Project by performing research and ad-hoc tasks listed below: Consolidating the History and Mindanao Studies learning materials of the Department of Social Sciences Conducting initial analysis and extrapolating general themes from the consolidated learning materials to be used as part of the updated History Primer of the University Performing online research and initial analysis on how Mindanao Universities and Highschools teach Mindanao History Making recommendations based on the conducted research to strengthen the University's History Curriculum Participating in organizing the University's extension activities such as a digital photo exhibit and Mindanao-wide educational webinars from conception to successful execution Assisting in recording lectures and coordinating with involved parties to produce quality content Performing any other tasks as required by the Project Head SIMPLE SUBTITLE CREATOR APRIL 2020 AUGUST 2020 Globify Created simplified versions of English subtitles for smoother and natural-sounding machine translations into other languages Reviewed the machine-generated Filipino translations of the simplified subtitles and adjusted the simplified subtitles accordingly to ensure accuracy and high quality Curated videos to be selected for the Globify Newsletter Created summaries and Q&As for videos Collaborated with the entire team to create and implement content plans and strategies Communicated daily with the team for status updates, ensuring that the desired output is achieved; identified and helped find possible solutions to roadblocks Conducted other tasks related to production as instructed by the Chief Editor Attended online company meetings to have an up-to-date knowledge of the company structure, policies, or any platform and tool changes CROWD MANAGER - PROJECT MAY 2019 NOVEMBER 2019 Appen Handled hundreds of remote independent contractors' concerns regarding their assigned tasks and their payment Handled multiple audio collection projects and had an up-to-date knowledge of all the project guidelines Performed routine Audio QA and validation Uploaded data for the project trackers daily Constantly communicated with the project managers, supervisors, and independent contractors to ensure the desired project output Attended online company meetings to have an up-to-date knowledge of the company structure, policies, or any platform and tool changes TRANSCRIPTION SUPERVISOR - PROJECT DECEMBER 2018 MAY 2019 Appen Supervised Tagalog transcription projects and worked remotely with dozens of independent contractors Collaborated with recruitment department for onboarding independent contractors Calibrated and had up-to-date knowledge of the project guidelines Performed routine transcription QA and validation Assembled and supervised the project QA team Supervised the independent contractors Managed the project trackers Constantly communicated with the project managers, supervisors, and independent contractors to ensure the desired project output Attended online company meetings to have an up-to-date knowledge of the company structure, policies, or any platform and tool changes QUALITY ASSURANCE SPECIALIST - PROJECT MAY 2017 - NOV 2018 Worked with hundreds of image annotators and ensured the quality of the output Reviewed and applied revisions to the image annotators' work Appen Constantly gave feedback to the team Coached new image annotators about the guidelines Provided feedback to aid with guideline calibration Attended project meetings to have an up-to-date knowledge of the platform, tool, and changes in the project deliveries IN HOUSE DATA COLLECTOR - PROJECT JAN 2017 - MAY 2017 Curated videos and text as per project guidelines Identified the relevant data to be submitted and processed Appen Constantly communicated with the project manager and fellow data collectors about project status to ensure the desired project output FIELD RESEARCHER FEB 2013 - Gathered numerical information from respondents to be processed by the project head MARCH 2013 City Government of Davao EDUCATION- UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MINDANAO Bachelor of Arts, Major in Anthropology SKILLS Project Supervision Crowd Management & Communication Quality Assurance Transcription and Translation G-Suite Content Writing Research REFERENCES Arlene Maurillo Language Services Consultant Cell: - E-mail:- Robert Cris Jover Associate Project Manager Cell: - E-Mail:-Kenneth Saw Manager for AI Specialists at Appen Level 6, 9 Help Street Chatswood, NSW 2067, Australia Email:-