Sharmilaa saran
@sharmilaasaran
Data annotation and data entry expert driving AI-ready, high-quality datasets.
What I'm looking for
I am a detail-oriented data annotation and data entry professional with extensive experience across image, video, and text datasets for AI and NLP applications. I have created multilingual dialog datasets, performed rigorous quality control, and evaluated AI outputs for factuality and usefulness.
My work spans annotation, transcription, evaluation, and project coordination for clients including Moveworks, Telus International, Invisible Technologies, and Upwork. I consistently deliver accurate, well-documented datasets and detailed justifications for labeling decisions.
I am experienced with tools such as CVAT, Excel, Google Sheets, ChatGPT, Slack, and Trello, and I bring strong process discipline from roles in process operations and freelance project delivery. I have a background in computer science and have applied that knowledge to improve annotation quality and efficiency.
I seek opportunities where I can contribute to AI model training, data quality assurance, and annotation project management to help teams build reliable, production-ready datasets.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AI Writing Evaluator
Outlier
Jun 2024 - Present (1 year 4 months)
Generated prompts and assessed AI-written content for grammar, accuracy, clarity, and relevance to improve model outputs and evaluation metrics.
Transcriptionist
Tanzo
May 2024 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Transcribed market research interviews in Tamil and English with high accuracy to produce clean datasets for analysis and reporting.
AI Model Output Labeler
Evaluate and compare model A/B outputs for factuality, usefulness, and instruction compliance to determine better responses and contribute to RLHF leaderboards.
Image Annotator
Tiko
Draw bounding boxes and label sanitary product details in CVAT, check for image issues, and rate image quality to support computer vision model training.
Data Entry Expert
Invisible Technologies
Evaluate AI model responses in Tamil and English for factual accuracy, instruction alignment, and helpfulness, providing ratings and justification to improve model training.
Data Annotator
Moveworks
Jan 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 7 months)
Annotated real and synthetic employee conversations for intents, topics, and sentiment, and performed quality control to ensure dataset accuracy for NLP models.
Freelancer
C21 Masters
Dec 2013 - Jan 2023 (9 years 1 month)
Compiled county-based real estate reports and sales data for California, delivering organized datasets and summaries for client use.
Video Annotator
Telus International
Apr 2022 - Jul 2022 (3 months)
Tagged video features for machine learning algorithm development, ensuring accurate labels and temporal annotations to improve model performance.
Process Associate
Bungee Tech
Oct 2021 - Feb 2022 (4 months)
Collected and analyzed e-commerce product data to support cataloging and quality improvement initiatives across product listings.
AI Trainer
BAVL
Jul 2021 - Jan 2022 (6 months)
Created multilingual dialog datasets for NLP training, including annotations and metadata to support conversational AI development.
Image Annotator
Telus International
Oct 2021 - Dec 2021 (2 months)
Extracted and categorized e-commerce product details from images to build labeled datasets for product recognition and recommendation systems.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Annamalai University
Master of Science, Computer Science
2004 - 2006
Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science focusing on advanced computing topics and research-oriented coursework.
University of Madras
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2000 - 2003
Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science covering fundamental programming, algorithms, and systems concepts.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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