MikeTheBard

AI-focused content and communication professional with 3.5 years of daily hands-on experience designing prompts, evaluating responses, troubleshooting outputs, and improving AI-assisted creative and technical workflows. Brings more than 13 years of self-directed livestreaming experience, together with backgrounds in technical and creative writing, voice acting, community program coordination, marketing, social services, and customer support. Offers clear written communication, audience awareness, empathy, sound judgment, and the independence required for remote AI evaluation and content-review work.

Independent AI Evaluation and Project Work at Self-Directed (2020-01 – Present)

• Design and iterate prompts daily, evaluate responses, and refine instructions across conversational, creative, and technical use cases.
• Review outputs for relevance, clarity, consistency, instruction adherence, reasoning quality, and tone; identify weaknesses and test revisions.
• Use AI throughout complex personal software projects, including development and troubleshooting for a nine-month game-modification and multiplayer-infrastructure initiative.
• Develop and refine an independent conversational AI project through ongoing conversation design, testing, response review, and problem solving.

Twitch Streamer - Gaming and Music at Self-Employed (2013-01 – Present)

• Produce and host live gaming, music, and roleplay programming while managing broadcast technology, real-time audience communication, moderation, and independent content planning.
• Pioneered early multi-camera broadcasting and was among Twitch's earliest music and roleplay creators, including launch-day participation in NoPixel roleplay.
• Collaborate on livestreams with public figures and work with brands, adapting content and communication to partner and audience expectations.
• Make rapid editorial, technical, and community-management decisions during live broadcasts and troubleshoot audio, video, software, and platform issues in real time.

Voice Actor at Self-Employed (2011-01 – 2014-12)

• Performed professional voice work for commercial projects, including serving as the male English-language voice for a leading learn-to-speak-English app in China.

Technical, Nonfiction, and Fiction Writer at Self-Employed (2010-01 – 2012-12)

• Created technical, nonfiction, and fiction writing, applying clear structure and audience-aware communication across distinct formats.

Program Coordinator at The Stop Food Bank and Social Justice Centre (2011-01 – 2012-12)

• Conceived and led a Dad and Kids cooking program in a large community kitchen, teaching fathers and children to prepare food safely, economically, and together.
• Structured the program to strengthen family relationships and build connection among participating families and the wider community.

Program Coordinator at Big Brothers Big Sisters - Lanark County and Belleville (2009-01 – 2010-12)

• Held program-coordination roles in youth-focused community-service organizations in two Ontario communities.

Program Coordinator at Big Brothers Big Sisters - Lanark County and Belleville (2012-01 – 2013-12)

• Held program-coordination roles in youth-focused community-service organizations in two Ontario communities.

Student Worker at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County (2008-01 – 2009-12)

Student Worker at The Alzheimer's Society of Lanark County (2007-01 – 2007-12)

Auto Parts Customer Service Specialist at Canadian Tire Perth (2006-01 – 2007-12)

Customer Support Specialist, Telecommunications at StarTek (2005-01 – 2006-12)

Auto Service Customer Specialist at Canadian Tire Kingston (2004-01 – 2005-12)

Auto Parts / Auto Service Customer Specialist at Canadian Tire Smiths Falls (2003-01 – 2004-12)

Store Manager at Movie Gallery (2003-01 – 2003-12)

Customer Service Specialist at Blockbuster (2001-01 – 2003-12)

Customer Service Specialist at Trailer's Video (2001-01 – 2001-12)

Temporary Worker at MANPOWER (2003-01 – 2003-12)

Various assignments including government file sorting, roof tarring, and landscaping

Product Stocker at Food Basics (2001-01 – 2001-12)

Line Cook at The GoodWood Oven (2000-01 – 2001-12)

Factory Worker at Brown Shoe (2000-01 – 2000-12)

Cook at McDonald's (1999-01 – 2000-12)

Overnight Shelf Stocker at Independent Grocer Perth (1998-01 – 1999-12)

Office and Factory Worker at Perth Soap (1997-01 – 1999-12)

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Diploma in Social Service Worker – Algonquin College (2006-01 – 2008-12)

Diploma in Marketing – St. Lawrence College (2001-01 – 2003-12)

High School Graduate – Perth and District Collegiate Institute (1995-01 – 2000-12)