Kari Parthasarathy Email & Phone Number

Contract Proofreader/Copyeditor (hosted by Juno Search Partners)• Review internal and client-facing advertising and promotional materials using Workfront and Microsoft Office • Edit for grammar/spelling/punctuation/syntax, consistency, and compliance with brand style guidelines• Collaborate with project management, marketing, and design teams• Understand clients’ products, audiences and business objectives to ensure copy is accurate and effective

Associate Analyst, AI Content Engineering (for Google, through GlobalLogic, hosted by SDLC)• Collaborate on project meetings/forums to deliver timely, high-quality project data• Adapt to swift changes to project policies• Train AI to write correctly and insightfully using style guidelines• Design and implement NLP and ML models to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of a chatbot• Follow directives from engineering teams to define and refine chatbot functionality and user experience• Test and refine chatbot performance based on user feedback and usage data

• Hosted by ansrsource• For a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam, I wrote 100 multiple-choice and multi-select questions, each with 4-6 answer options, and text explaining why each answer for each question was right or wrong and for each question, described the learning objective and classified the question by domain/subdomain/topic as well as its Bloom’s Taxonomy tag.

• Hosted by LearningMate• For an 8-week Intro to Genetics course for an online accredited university, I developed course and learning objectives, outlined the syllabus, wrote online coursework (including generating figures with legends, citations, and alternative descriptions), and post-lesson labs and multiple-choice and essay questions.

Leading editing teams• Led teams of 9-13 editors with tenures ranging from 4 months to 10 years• Supported editors on my team in gaining promotions and moving into other roles• Led and managed through times of fast-paced change• Managed through a variety of personnel needs: from high performers needing support mostly in stakeholder management and career growth to struggling editors needing to improve editing performance and more effectively adapt to changeOversight of the Editing Evaluation Committee and Quality Assessment Team• The Editing Evaluation Committee supports newly hired and established editors through their training, and the QA team provides detailed assessments of editing quality for a variety of purposes, including training support, performance oversight, and Operations initiatives• Delegated coordination work to editors and restructured groups as needed to meet Operations needs and allow more opportunities for talent development among editors• Initiated the growth of these groups as needed and identified specific individuals to invite to train• Collaborated with Operations leadership and stakeholders to align the focus of these groups with Operations goals and budget• Earned a Six Sigma Green Belt and used this training to audit and continually improve our training and quality systemsTM lead of Quality• In March 2021, moved from leading an editing-focused team to leading a team of editors focused on quality assessment and assurance• Developed and implemented quarterly Quality oversight plans that all TMs followed to provide aligned support and oversight for their teams• Designed GSuite resources for communication and tracking of TM Quality oversight• Regularly met with various Quality stakeholders (ranging from Operations leadership to editor leadership) and served as the voice of Quality for other groups • Planned quarterly Quality-focused meetings/workshops and monthly Quality check-ins for TMs

Editing scientific manuscripts for non-native English speakers• Total of 4083 manuscripts revised and 3475 researchers supported• Multi-time recipient of Culture Champion award (peer nominated)• Maintained a fast pace and high quality• Worked with stakeholders to develop, test, and implement new products, processes, and toolsChair and founding member of the Editing Evaluation Committee • Committee purpose is to support new-hire and established editor training• Designed, owned and managed the system for requesting, planning and providing feedback and support • Led and managed fast-paced change to align with Operations goals and changes• Designed user-friendly GSuite resources to improve support planning and results documentation • Developed stakeholder and contributor communication pathways to optimize our ability to tailor support to best meet trainee needs• Collaborated with Operations leadership and capacity stakeholders to work within a quarterly resource budgetQuality Assessment of Edited Papers• Supported editors by providing detailed feedback on their work in the form of quality assessments• Drove Operations initiatives relying on quality data and competitor analysis• Developed a system within GSuite (that is still used today) to simplify the weekly communication and logging of resource needs• Designed calibration exercises for use by the quality assessment and training teams

Editing scientific manuscripts for non-native English speakers

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Director of Exam Prep and Subject Tutoring Programs • Designed and implemented successful individualized programs for more than 60 students preparing for the ACT, SAT, and PSAT, with average score increases of 3-5 (ACT), 300-500 (SAT), and 30-50 (PSAT) points • Managed and trained a team of part-time tutors, tutored students 1-on-1 for 3-hour sessions, and worked with full-time staff to coordinate with other HLC programs • Met with parents on a regular basis to discuss student progress • Modified the existing Exam Prep program for improvements

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Teaching Assistant: Plant Biotechnology Principles and Practice (Jean-Michel Ané) and General Genetics (Barry Ganetzky and Ching Kung) • Weekly lab and discussion sessions, with office hours, proctoring, and gradingResearch Assistant: Lab of Jean-Michel Ané • Thesis: Role of the mevalonate pathway, specifically the enzyme HMGR, in early symbiotic signaling in the model legume Medicago truncatula

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology And Spanish (Double Major)

Master Of Science - Ms, Genetics