Nicholas B.

Key Skills

Software

Don't disclose

Other

AWS SageMaker

Argilla

Appen

Anno-Mage

Labelbox

iMerit

Lionbridge

Label Studio

OpenCV AI Kit (OAK)

Prodigy

Toloka

Telus

VoTT

Tagtog

V7 Labs

Top Subject Matter

Linguistic QA for speech/audio AI training (English accents, pronunciation and fluency assessment)

Speech data quality assessment for AI training and voice collection (fluency, articulation, compliance)

Localization/linguistic QA for speech prompts and multilingual content consistency

Top Data Types

Audio

Text

Document

Top Task Types

Classification

Entity (NER) Classification

Point/Key Point

Cuboid

Polyline

Object Detection

Text Generation

Question Answering

Text Summarization

Fine-tuning

RLHF

Red Teaming

Freelancer Overview

Senior Linguistic QA Reviewer | Pacific Speech Analytics. Brings 13+ years of professional experience across legal operations, contract review, compliance, and structured analysis. Core strengths include Don't disclose and Other. Education includes Master of Arts, University of Washington and Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley. AI-training focus includes data types such as Audio and labeling workflows including Evaluation and Rating.

Labeling Experience

Senior Linguistic QA Reviewer | Pacific Speech Analytics

Don't discloseAudio

Reviewed 9,500+ English speech submissions for accent-sensitive AI training initiatives. Performed rubric-based evaluation of pronunciation, pacing, prosody, and clarity, and documented consistency findings for calibration. Produced structured reviewer notes to support adjudication and improve quality control across distributed teams.• Assessed inter-rater scoring consistency (97%) during calibration audits.• Flagged delivery issues that reduced downstream acceptance errors by 21% over a 12-month cycle.• Refined pass/fail criteria for spoken-language assessments to increase evaluator agreement by 18%.• Improved adjudication efficiency by reducing average adjudication time from 14 minutes to 10 minutes per file.

2022 - Present

Audio Quality Analyst | Verity Language Labs

OtherAudio

Evaluated 7,200+ audio files for linguistic accuracy, speech delivery naturalness, and technical suitability for voice and speech-data collection programs. Used a tiered quality checklist to assess fluency and articulation, and provided written corrective feedback to contributors and junior reviewers. Supported English-variant review work, including regional patterns, tone, and cultural fit requirements.• Increased first-pass review accuracy by 24% through a tiered quality checklist for fluency/articulation/compliance.• Raised accepted recording rates from 76% to 89% via written corrective feedback.• Strengthened client satisfaction to 4.8/5 on English-variant regional speech projects.• Conducted ongoing linguistic QA validation and documentation for large audio datasets.

2019 - 2022

Language Quality Specialist | NorthBridge Localization

OtherAudio

Evaluated spoken and written language assets to ensure consistency with style, grammar, and market-specific expectations for global content programs. Audited 4,000+ speech prompts and validation samples, tracking recurring delivery defects to inform contributor retraining materials. Managed borderline scoring resolution with project managers and maintained QA logs and trend reporting to guide coaching and workflow improvements.• Audited 4,000+ speech prompts and validation samples to identify recurring delivery defects.• Reduced quality escalation volume by 17% by resolving borderline scoring cases.• Maintained detailed QA logs and produced trend reports for leadership prioritization.• Supported retraining of contributors based on documented defect patterns.

2016 - 2019

Speech Evaluation Coordinator | SoundPath Learning

OtherAudio

Reviewed learner and instructor recordings for speech clarity, pacing, and intelligibility across digital language-learning products. Standardized rubric-based scoring across a five-person review group to improve scoring uniformity and reduce re-review requests. Delivered actionable quality summaries to help content teams revise prompts and improve recording outcomes while meeting weekly service-level turnaround targets.• Standardized rubric use to increase scoring uniformity and reduce re-review requests by 20%.• Produced actionable quality summaries to support prompt revisions and better recording outcomes.• Met 98% of weekly SLA expectations under high-volume review demands.• Collaborated within a review group to apply consistent speech evaluation criteria.

2014 - 2016

Education

Work History