I'm Zahid Mehmood, an AI data evaluation expert with experience across image, text, video, and audio evaluation, as well as large language model training. I have contributed to innovative projects at RWS, UHRS, LOFT, and Telus International, focusing on data quality, multilingual annotations, transcription, and model fine-tuning. I thrive on turning messy data into clean signals that help AI systems understand and respond more accurately, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to apply rigorous evaluation methods that improve relevance and user experience. I am comfortable with a range of evaluation tasks, from OCR and image annotation to audio evaluation and transcription, and I continually seek opportunities to learn new tools and techniques to enhance AI data pipelines.

Zahid Mehmood

I'm Zahid Mehmood, an AI data evaluation expert with experience across image, text, video, and audio evaluation, as well as large language model training. I have contributed to innovative projects at RWS, UHRS, LOFT, and Telus International, focusing on data quality, multilingual annotations, transcription, and model fine-tuning. I thrive on turning messy data into clean signals that help AI systems understand and respond more accurately, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to apply rigorous evaluation methods that improve relevance and user experience. I am comfortable with a range of evaluation tasks, from OCR and image annotation to audio evaluation and transcription, and I continually seek opportunities to learn new tools and techniques to enhance AI data pipelines.

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I’m Zahid Mehmood, an AI data evaluation expert with experience across image, text, video, and audio evaluation, as well as large language model training. I have contributed to innovative projects at RWS, UHRS, LOFT, and Telus International, focusing on data quality, multilingual annotations, transcription, and model fine-tuning. I thrive on turning messy data into clean signals that help AI systems understand and respond more accurately, and I enjoy collaborating with teams to apply rigorous evaluation methods that improve relevance and user experience.

I am comfortable with a range of evaluation tasks, from OCR and image annotation to audio evaluation and transcription, and I continually seek opportunities to learn new tools and techniques to enhance AI data pipelines.

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Experience Level

Language

English
Fluent
Urdu
Fluent
Panjabi, Punjabi
Advanced

Work Experience

Data Annotator (OCR Image Annotation) at RWS Company
April 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025
Data annotator to mark OCR text found in images, drawing polygon bounding boxes around words and paragraphs, and transcribing exact characters in the original script to train large language models using Meta Single Review Tool.
AI Data Annotator at RWS Company
October 1, 2024 - March 1, 2025
Multilingual preference ranking QA for LLMs; refined and fine-tuned models, assessed prompts and responses for quality to improve accuracy and human-like text generation.
Text to Audio XSTS Rating Evaluator at RWS
March 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Quality Assurance of recorded segments in target language; evaluated quality, style, and pronunciation using specialized tools; worked on audio-to-text and audio-to-audio semantic textual similarity validation.
AI Data Evaluator at UHRS
October 1, 2023 - Present
Supported data labeling and annotation for various AI applications including image relevance, video annotation, audio evaluation, text categorization, and search relevance on the UHRS platform.
Transcription Expert at LOFT
April 1, 2022 - Present
Transcription, audio and video segmentation and transcription for clients on the LOFT platform.
Query Creation Project at Telus International
April 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Created queries for training AI chatbots to respond well to user questions in different languages.

Education

B.S. in Physics at Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan
January 11, 2030 - August 1, 2023
FSC Pre Medical at MTB College Sadiqabad, District Rahim Yar Khan
January 11, 2030 - August 1, 2019
Matriculation at Govt. High School Roshan Bhait, Sadiqabad
January 11, 2030 - August 1, 2016

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education