David Stone Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Support the development of a voice user interface for online shopping through annotation and language data analysis

Bellevue Wa

- Wrote hundreds of localized command variants per week in colloquial English for a voice-activated virtual assistant, according to specifications from technical documentation, edited and committed these using proprietary software tools and version control software (Git front ends and Perforce)- Annotated thousands of user-generated utterances to support the development of a natural language understanding model- Supported the development of speech recognition software through user audio data transcription, and related tasks- Performed black-box and grey-box testing of voice recognition software across multiple applications

Bellevue Washington

• Supported software development team through time-critical annotation and data analysis tasks related to machine learning and search engine evaluation (performed in Chinese and English)• Proofread and edited local entity data in a search engine index (performed in Chinese and English)• Perform bug triage/analysis on failed search queries• Provide online research relevant to local search markets

• Provide Chinese to English translation services on a freelance basis; projects include newspaper/magazine articles, TV interview transcripts, legal documents and strings from video games

Seattle, Wa

• Advised undergraduates on gaining admission to and completing department majors and minors• Advocated for students regarding issues related to admission, major/minor requirements and graduation• Maintained confidential files on all department undergraduates, responsible for modifying degree audits and submitting changes to student transcripts• Facilitated the transfer of academic credit from foreign institutions

• Researched, collected and indexed materials from early 20th century Chinese literary periodicals for use in an academic research project

Washington, D.C.

• Arranged travel for TV show guests, prepared and submitted expense reports related to guest travel • Produced full and gist English translations of Chinese radio scripts and newspaper articles • Translated and summarized audio/video recordings of Mandarin radio and TV broadcasts into English• Proofread and corrected English translations from Chinese

Ma, Asian Languages And Literature (Chinese)

Certification, Localization: Customizing Software For The World (In Progress)

B.A., Comparative Literature