Allyssa Mikes

Experience

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  Michael's Ristorante

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2017

  Front Of House Manager / Server

  I started at this restaurant as a busser and I quickly advanced to Head Server and Manager. I lead a team of 6-10 employees in a fast paced environment. I trained all new employees in serving techniques and restaurant etiquette. I assisted the owner in scheduling, finances, and advertisement. I handled all orders and any problems that arose.

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  AC Hotels

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Lounge Bartender

  I worked at the AC Hotel Gainesville Downtown in Gainesville, Florida as a Lounge Bartender. I served guests our high quality craft cocktails, as well as our extensive wine and beer options. The bar team creates their own cocktails for the menu and we change them seasonally. The bar intends to keep up with the newest trends and ideas in mixology. The AC brand strives on excellence and consistency. This hotel is owned by Marriott but managed by Concord Hospitality Enterprises.

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  World of Beer Franchising, Inc.

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  I worked at World of Beer in Gainesville, Florida as a Lead Server/ Front of House Key. I was serving and taking tables, while also balancing more responsibility during my shifts. Some of my duties included making cuts, recording sales and proper tip out, and ensuring everyone does their job so the restaurant runs smoothly. This entailed being the Manager on Duty if issues arose.

  • Front Of House Key / Manager

    Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

  • Lead Server

    Sept 2018 - Jun 2019
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  Appen

  Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

  Linguist / Annotator

  On my project, I was a semantic annotator. I labeled the meanings of user requests so that they can be interpreted by a virtual assistant. I learned a complex semantic ontology, and I applied it thoughtfully and consistently across a large corpus of data. As this position was remote, flexibility, time-management and communication were extremely important. My responsibilities included:Annotate language data with linguistic information.Implement annotation conventions and guidelines with accuracy and consistency.Communicate with other annotators about effective annotation strategies.Contribute to the improvement of tools and processes by raising issues and suggesting improvements.Understand and adapt to changing requirements. Show less

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  Lionbridge

  May 2020 - now

  Linguistic Consultant

  Prompt Creation for training AI Language ModelsPrompt Evaluation for training AI Language ModelsProjects Include work on:Guardrails for Amazon BedrockRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for Amazon Bedrock

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  PTW

  Jun 2020 - now

  Linguistic Consultant

  My responsibilities as a formally trained linguist include phonemic transcription, audio analysis, proof-listening speech output, linguistic research, and other speech linguistic tasks.My projects:October 2020Voice over Advertising script proofreading.September 2020-November 2020, June 2021-September 2021Text to Speech Audio Analysis.March 2022 - April 2022Proofreading a script for a Virtual Assistant.July 2024-Present Proofreading Text to Speech. Sentence Detection in Text to Speech. Show less

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  Treylor Park Restaurants

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Manager

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Shift Lead & Bartender

    Sept 2020 - Dec 2020
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  V Pizza & Julep - Palm Valley

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

  Server & Bartender
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  Nashville Software School

  Oct 2022 - Jun 2023

  Software Engineer

  The Software Engineering program is the result of a collaboration between Amazon and Nashville Software School. The program is a full-time intensive to cover a broad range of computer science concepts and real-world working skills using Java and AWS cloud service technologies.-Hands-on application of Computer Science concepts, including algorithms, data structures, and Object Oriented Programming. Daily use of real-world software engineering tools and practices such as use of Git/GitHub for source code/version control, creating and reviewing pull requests, resolving merge conflicts, using project boards and issue tracking.-Experienced in solutions integration & design using PlantUML class/sequence diagrams, Test Driven Design using JUnit and Mockito, and Dependency Injection with Dagger.-Direct experience building and debugging software applications using AWS services like CloudFormation, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda, RDS, S3 and SAM. Show less

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  ATP Flight School

  Jul 2023 - now

  Software Developer

  Daily Responsibilities:-Maintaining the company's and school's internal software, in Lasso and JavaScript.Projects:-Development of APIs for the company's iOS application.-Development of integrating AWS SNS, notifications for the iOS app. Development written in Python.-Creation of user "portal" for pilot examiners for scheduling, notifications, preferences, etc.