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Deepa Bai Patel

Deepa Bai Patel

Sociable and dynamic professional with 6+ years in AI, ML, Data Analysis, NLP, and Business Operations. Pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration at Rushford. At Microsoft, contributing to AI and speech recognition as a Data Annotation Specialist. Passionate about customer-centric solutions, innovation, and continuous learning.

  • Role

    Data Annotation Specialist

  • Years of Experience

    6.5 years

Skillsets

  • Business Intelligence - 6 Years
  • Communication/presentation
  • Quality audit
  • Performance evaluation
  • off-page SEO - 3 Years
  • Link Building - 5 Years
  • On-page SEO - 3 Years
  • Technical SEO - 3 Years
  • Problem Solving - 6 Years
  • Machine Learning - 6 Years
  • Client/customer support
  • Problem-solving - 6 Years
  • Quality Assurance - 6 Years
  • MS Excel
  • MS Powerpoint
  • Communication
  • Presentation
  • Data labeling
  • Client customer support
  • Training and Development
  • Data Analysis - 6 Years
  • Python - 6 Years
  • SQL - 6 Years
  • Power Apps
  • Data Analytics
  • Large Language Models
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Learning Management Systems
  • Organizational Development
  • HTML
  • Data annotation
  • Basic html
  • Ms. excel
  • Quip
  • Ms. powerpoint
  • Experience in language technology
  • Data labeling/grading
  • Transcription

Professional Summary

6.5Years
  • Data Annotation Specialist

    Microsoft
  • Grading Analyst AI/ML

    Apple
  • Machine Learning Data Associate

    Amazon Development Centre

Applications & Tools Known

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Work History

6.5Years

Data Annotation Specialist

Microsoft
    As an Annotation Specialist I am responsible for: Use in-house tools to transcribe and annotate data for various projects. A few examples may be providing transcription (text) for audio clips or annotating text or images to verify certain types of data. Go through content (online and offline), extract information, provide needed information through tools with high accuracy and consistency. Performed quality evaluation of transcription and annotation results produced by different sources. Collaborated with team members on day-to-day problem solving and projects assigned by managers. Reviewing and understanding the requirements of data annotation projects like SBS, Readability, Special Data, WD Data, Hindi Language Data. Working on product policy analysis and identifying policy risks by modeling, experimentation, and causal inference. Leverage the diverse perspectives and experiences of team members to improve the quality and innovation of our centralized operational processes and stakeholder outcomes. Created and maintained MIS reports to track the accuracy of data for teams and delivered reports on time to meet deadlines. As a Data Annotation Specialist, I am comfortable in understanding data related to: Sentiment: The emotional intonation and other subjective implications behind keywords and phrases. Intent: The human intent, or the users end goal, behind different statements. Semantic: Understanding exactly what the meaning is behind what users are seeking. Use deductive reasoning based on information provided in contextual turns to ensure data labelling is of the highest quality.

Grading Analyst AI/ML

Apple
    Handling English and Hindi language data, primarily in the areas of text annotation, workflow solution development and general data analysis deliverables. Spearheaded the development of Data Annotation tagging word to word for more accurate results and emotion tagging capabilities for Siri (AI) in Apple CarPlay, Apple HomePod devices enabling precise identification and quantification of user emotions on a 1 to 10 scale. This data-driven approach provides actionable insights to enhance overall customer success. Ensured data accuracy at a rate of 95% while meticulously annotating critical data, facilitating its smooth transfer to the Data Scientist for analysis. This contributed to data-driven insights, empowering various verticals within the Customer Success Group and accelerating project timelines. Collaborated with the Workflow Management team and Operations to optimize the shrinkage dashboard by utilizing data analysis and visualization tools, effectively streamlining processes. This reflects an ability to navigate seamlessly through different teams to achieve desired outcomes. Identified business process solutions that increase efficiencies by listening and transcribing audio files and evaluating Siris response and language usage. Converting unstructured/raw data to structured data in order to be utilized by the engineering analysts. Improving goal achievement rate for AI (Siri) by recognizing, advancing and actualizing creative plans to meet and surpass execution and quality objectives set by leadership. Handling unique data analysis requests from a range of different customers to improve and enhance user experience with Siri (AI). Leverage the diverse perspectives and experiences of team members to improve the quality and innovation of our centralized operational processes and stakeholder outcomes.

Machine Learning Data Associate

Amazon Development Centre
    Provided data creation and analytics services to help develop, test, and train the Alexa AI. Worked closely with Amazon Machine Learning (ML) science and modelling teams providing critical data they need to improve Alexas speech recognition and language understanding capabilities. Managed a team of 5 new hires in English-UK team for a special project and trained them to get maximum accuracy and productivity by doing analysis to make the work easier for us. In this phase I have prepared reports on daily productivity status and error categories. Played an integral role in the Alexa Editorial project for Alexa Devices with a primary focus on enhancing the system's ability to generate contextually relevant, accurate and engaging answers to customer queries through an AI device. This involved coordinating cross-functional teams, including writers, editors, and AI specialists, to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality content. Trained and mentored a team of associates in mastering the Alexa Editorial project, resulting in consistent achievement of a 90% quality rate which in turn resulted in in a 20% improvement in overall team performance. This proactive approach aligns with the role's requirement for versatile problem-solving. Worked with text, speech and other types of data and attach tags to the contents at scale. Delivered high quality of labelled data leveraging guidelines to meet specific key performance indicators and using in-house tools and software. Also reported issues with tools and software to the development team when necessary.

Achievements

  • Piloted a new process for different apps like WD, SBS, Special, Test Data and also language apps such as Hindi where I was responsible to identify gaps and work with linguistic team to resolve process related issues.
  • Trained colleagues for projects like WD and Test Data.
  • Delivered standardized, high-quality annotations across locales and regions.
  • Delighted our stakeholders by delivering high-quality services, meeting deadlines, and exceeding expectations.
  • Peer training for new processes.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to come up with ideas to improve accuracy and throughput production hours.
  • Conducted experiments and created an Excel sheet to track the accuracy of data for team.
  • Mentored new hires by providing support and guidance to facilitate their successful integration into the team.
  • Implemented a feedback mechanism for mentees, resulting in a 15% increase in satisfaction scores.
  • Top tier performance in Hindi-India and English-Great Britain locale.
  • Driving operational improvements, team collaboration, and recommending innovative solutions to business challenges.
  • Contributed to process improvements to reduce handling time and improve output.
  • Piloted a new process for different apps like WD, SBS, Special, Test Data and also language apps such as Hindi
  • Trained colleagues for projects like WD and Test Data
  • Delivered standardized, high-quality annotations across locales and regions
  • Delighted our stakeholders by delivering high-quality services, meeting deadlines, and exceeding expectations
  • Peer training for new processes
  • Collaborated with colleagues to come up with ideas to improve accuracy and throughput production hours
  • Conducted experiments and created an Excel sheet to track the accuracy of data for team
  • Promoted in March 2022 at Microsoft
  • Expertise and certified for English-India, Hindi-India, English-United States, English-Great Britain locales at Apple
  • Top tier performance in Hindi-India and English-Great Britain locale
  • Number one among top three All-rounders for month of July at Apple
  • Star performer for the year at Amazon

Education

  • Master of Business Administration (Marketing)

    Osmania University
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Computers)

    Badruka College of Commerce and Arts