Experience

Annalect

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Prompt Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present



Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jun 2021 - May 2023

  • Spearhead prompt engineering strategies, driving significant improvements in sentiment and content analysis outcomes. • Develop novel NLP metrics, enhancing explainability in big data text classification of mono‐ and multilingual transformers, resulting in a more transparent and efficient machine learning process. • Lead 5 NLP research projects, yielding 5 public presentations and 7 peer‐reviewed publications, including Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics. • Provide mentoring to junior researchers on statistical data analysis and topic modeling leading to 2 successful Master’s thesis defenses. • Orchestrate the data development and open‐source publication of the linguistic and socio‐demographic database (CoSoWELL) related to COVID‐19, incorporating data from 2k+ older adults across an 8‐session, 3‐year study, bolstering research in linguistics, social sciences, and health. Show less



McMaster University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Oct 2017 - May 2021

  • Secured over CA$160,000 in research funding as the primary investigator of a longitudinal study on cognitive and social well‐being in older adulthood during COVID‐19, and ensured optimal fund utilization and transparency by maintaining 100% on‐time budget reporting. • Supervised a team of 5 junior researchers and 1 software engineer, leading to the successful completion of 10 psycholinguistic studies using behavioral, eye‐tracking and EEG methods, and visualized and analyzed corresponding data in R, resulting in 13 peer‐reviewed publications and 25 public presentations. • Provided statistical mentoring to junior researchers in mixed‐effects regression, leading to 2 successful PhD defenses. • Enhanced community engagement and cognitive health by designing and developing WritLarge, a Shiny app, resulting in the successful execution of two Spokane YMCA writing projects focusing on aging and language use. • Developed, programmed and released PupilPre, an R package for pupil‐size data cleaning and data visualization with over 14,000 downloads. • Led data development and open‐source publication of an extensive English valence norms database elicited from younger and older adults amidst the COVID-19 crisis bolstering research in linguistics, social psychology, and health. Show less



Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • May 2015 - Sep 2017

  • Successfully oversaw large‐scale big data projects focused on linguistic content analysis utilizing Internet data, leading to the completion of 7 peer‐reviewed publications and 15 public presentations. • Collaborated with 2 international research groups securing over €390,000 in research funding. • Co‐developed, programmed and released VWPre, an R package for eye‐tracking data cleaning and data visualization with over 30,000 downloads. • Successfully oversaw large‐scale big data projects focused on linguistic content analysis utilizing Internet data, leading to the completion of 7 peer‐reviewed publications and 15 public presentations. • Collaborated with 2 international research groups securing over €390,000 in research funding. • Co‐developed, programmed and released VWPre, an R package for eye‐tracking data cleaning and data visualization with over 30,000 downloads.



University of Tartu

• Estonia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Professor

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Developed and delivered high‐quality courses on data visualization and statistical analysis of linguistic data (4.25/5.0 avg. teaching evaluation). • Supervised a PhD student and a Master’s student who successfully defended. • Analyzed spoken and dialectal data for syntactic research resulting in 6 peer‐reviewed publications and 10 public presentations. • Developed and delivered high‐quality courses on data visualization and statistical analysis of linguistic data (4.25/5.0 avg. teaching evaluation). • Supervised a PhD student and a Master’s student who successfully defended. • Analyzed spoken and dialectal data for syntactic research resulting in 6 peer‐reviewed publications and 10 public presentations.



Turun yliopisto - University of Turku

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Jan 2006 - Jan 2013

  • Conducted research on syntax using machine learning and Internet data resulting in 3 research publications and 23 public presentations. • Received a four-year research award from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. • Conducted research on syntax using machine learning and Internet data resulting in 3 research publications and 23 public presentations. • Received a four-year research award from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.



Tallink Silja Oy

• Finland
• Travel Arrangements
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Customer Service Representative

  • Jan 1998 - Jun 2006

  • Optimized passenger capacity of large cruise ships • Responsible for timely and efficient passenger boarding • Provided customer service for reservations and sales in multiple languages • Optimized passenger capacity of large cruise ships • Responsible for timely and efficient passenger boarding • Provided customer service for reservations and sales in multiple languages