Personal Statement

My name is Lindsay Clark and I am a Linguistic Annotator for the University of Colorado.  I have been working in the natural language processing and social media listening industries for the past six years.  I am well versed in data curation, ontology management and the organization of annotation teams.

I currently work with the University of Colorado’s Linguistics Department on various language annotation projects.  During graduate school, I co-managed the Verb Sense Disambiguation Project in which we created mappings between verbs and their definitions by compiling from several online databases.  I am now participating in multiple projects involving sense mapping and word disambiguation, entity detection, argument mapping, part-of-speech annotation, and sense alignment.

I am also currently working with Appen as a contract linguist assisting with annotation and piloting new NLP projects.  I have experience directing projects and managing teams through CrowdFlower, an online crowd-sourcing tool as well as annotation tools such as Knowtator, WebAnno and Anaphora. To facilitate these projects, I have had training in Python, XML, SQL, Unix command line and C++ programming languages as well as formal linguistic training. My position prior to this was as a senior annotator with J.D. Power working with consumer survey and social media data for market research.  Lastly, I have had training in German, Spanish, and Italian which was my language focus in college.  I also lived in Italy for a year.

I am searching for new opportunities in the field of computational language and natural language processing. I am very interested in using my experience in linguistic annotation, foreign language, social media demographics, market research, and ontology analysis to manage other employees and create successful project timelines. My years as an annotator have given me first-hand knowledge that will allow me lead a team of annotators efficiently and successfully.  These skills can assist companies to further advance their projects in the fields of Analytic Linguistics and Natural Language Processing.

I am looking to be a part of a modern, forward-thinking company that is making great headway in the computer technology industry.  I am highly motivated and enjoy project planning, organization and management.  I am a quick learner and prefer working with new technologies, processes and methodologies.  I am looking for a team of like-minded and motivated individuals, and am able to adapt to changing deadlines and project demands.  I am willing to relocate.

Thank you for your consideration,

Lindsay Clark