Konul Kalantarov
San Mateo,CA
Summary
Adaptable and results-driven professional with a robust background in leading moderator teams for AI & Generative AI created content safety and privacy projects. Committed to fostering user trust and safety within a dynamic technological landscape. Proven expertise in cross-functional collaboration to develop strategic roadmaps aligning company values with cutting-edge tools, ensuring a secure and innovative user experience. Skilled in managing operational scaling, creating training materials, training trainers, and assessing moderators and raters' work quality for AI & Generative AI projects.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Lead
Google Search via Vaco LLC
Sunnyvale, CA
06.2022 - Current
- Responsible for providing strategic leadership in investigating and addressing challenges related to delivering high-quality data, analyzing common errors made by human evaluators and implementing targeted solutions
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to build and execute strategic roadmaps aligning company values with Trust & Safety principles
- Managed operational scaling by developing training materials, recruiting moderators, and evaluating rater quality
- Collaborated with Product and Engineering leads to improve AI model performances
- Served as project team leadership, training and supervising dynamic team of 10 trainers and super 35 individuals
- Responsible for recruitment, overall performance and KPIs
- Implemented crisis response strategies that significantly reduced resolution time for trust and safety concerns by 22.5%
Team Lead Assistant & QA Trainer
Google Search Ads via TFF
Sunnyvale, CA
06.2019 - 06.2022
- Conducted rigorous quality assurance (QA) assessments of machine learning data to ensure precision, consistency, and adherence to annotation guidelines
- Reviewed and rendered decisions on flagged abusive content through internal moderation systems, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
- Provided clear feedback to improve data accuracy and maintain high-quality standards
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop online training courses for human evaluators with diverse language backgrounds and skill levels
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to gather insights for ambiguous cases, contributing to enhancement of review guidelines
- Worked to improve processes and performance by identifying improvement opportunities resulting in 25% increase in efficiency of training data
Program Trainer | Unplugged Project-Google Funded
Yurt Educational And Cultural Inc, Part Time
Redwood City, CA
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Trained students as part of Google-funded Unplugged Project, enrichment and extension program designed by Tim Bell, Ian H. Witten, and Mike Fellows.
- Developed and delivered engaging educational modules to foster technological understanding among community members’.
- Facilitated interactive learning sessions focused on computer science and computational thinking in alignment with Unplugged curriculum.
- Assisted in enhancement and refinement of teaching materials for continued improvement of educational program.
Entrepreneurship
Self Employed
03.2016 - 10.2019
- Established and led startup focused on search engine behavior
- Oversaw all aspects of business operations, including strategy development, product/service design, and team leadership
- Led research and implementation of innovative strategies in SEO, leveraging search engine behavior to enhance online visibility and traffic
- Conducted analysis on search engine behavior, user intent, and keyword targeting, resulting in improved website performance
- Implemented SEO strategies that improved visibility, resulting in a 30% increase in organic search traffic.
Faculty Lecturer
M. Lomonosov Moscow State University
09.2010 - 05.2015
- Mentored and supervised students' research projects, facilitating self-discovery and stimulating positive learning environment with continuous performance feedback
- Served as Chair panels at professional conferences, presenting academic papers on theoretical phonology
- Participated in conferences and professional development opportunities to stay up-to-date with latest trends in field
- Applied innovative teaching methods to encourage student learning objectives
Visiting Scholar & Teaching Assistant
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds
01.2009 - 05.2009
- Conducted experiments and research in psycholinguistics, focusing on language acquisition and processing
- Assisted in data collection, analysis, and interpretation, contributing to ongoing research projects
- Collaborated with faculty and fellow researchers to design and implement experimental studies
Education
PhD - Experimental Phonology
State University of Languages
Azerbaijan, Baku Master of Arts -
State University of Languages
Azerbaijan Baku Associate Degree - International Business
California State University
09.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics
State University of Languages
Azerbaijan, BakuEntrepreneurship
Y Combinator School
Mountain View, CASkills
- Trust and Safety
- Operational Scaling Management
- Abusive Content Moderation
- Instructional Design
- Problem-Solving
- Training Material Development
- Quality Assurance
- Project Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Data Evaluation
- Quality Assurance
Accomplishments
- Prompt Engineering
- Conversational Design
- Generative AI foundations
- Artificial Intelligence Foundation: Machine Learning
- Regular Expressions
- Instructional Design
- Text Analytics & Predictions with Python
- Design Thinking: Practitioner by IBM
- Agile & Scrum
- Java/Python Programming
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Technical Proficiencies: Google Classroom, Moodle, Canvas, Imovie, Canva, Articulate Storyline 360, Trello
- Smartsheet, Google Workspace, Microsoft office Suite, Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Timeline
Team Lead
Google Search via Vaco LLC
06.2022 - Current
Team Lead Assistant & QA Trainer
Google Search Ads via TFF
06.2019 - 06.2022
Program Trainer | Unplugged Project-Google Funded
Yurt Educational And Cultural Inc, Part Time
01.2019 - 05.2021
Entrepreneurship
Self Employed
03.2016 - 10.2019
Faculty Lecturer
M. Lomonosov Moscow State University
09.2010 - 05.2015
Visiting Scholar & Teaching Assistant
Leeds Beckett University
01.2009 - 05.2009
PhD - Experimental Phonology
State University of Languages
Master of Arts -
State University of Languages
Associate Degree - International Business
California State University
Bachelor of Arts - Linguistics
State University of Languages
Entrepreneurship
Y Combinator School
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