Bryan Murcia

AI Language Specialist with 5+ years of experience in Speech AI, LLM evaluation, linguistic quality assurance, and multilingual data annotation. Specialized in evaluating Text-to-Speech (TTS), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and Large Language Models through human feedback, speech annotation, and quality validation. Experienced in training AI systems using high-quality Spanish language datasets while ensuring linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and compliance with annotation guidelines.

Spanish Data Annotator at OWOW TALENTS INC. (2026-01 – Present)

• Evaluated and compared Text-to-Speech (TTS) outputs against reference recordings, assessing naturalness, pronunciation, fluency, rhythm, pacing, prosody, emotional tone, and overall speech quality.
• Performed speech annotation and transcription by labeling verbal and non-verbal events, including emotions, emphasis, speaker sounds, environmental noise, and other paralinguistic features following project SOPs.
• Conducted voice consistency and linguistic quality assurance for Speech AI models by identifying variations in intonation, volume, prosody, speaking rate, and speaker characteristics across English and Spanish datasets.

Language Project Contributor at TRANSPERFECT (2021-09 – 2025-12)

• Annotated Spanish speech datasets by evaluating vocal characteristics, pronunciation, prosody, intonation, speaking rate, volume, and other acoustic-linguistic features.
• Classified speech and speaker attributes according to linguistic annotation guidelines to support Speech AI, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and Text-to-Speech (TTS) model development.
• Performed linguistic quality assurance to ensure annotation accuracy, consistency, and compliance with project standards across large-scale speech datasets.

Spanish Language Specialist at OUTLIER (2025-03 – 2025-07)

• Enhanced LLM performance by evaluating AI-generated Spanish responses for grammar, fluency, coherence, and factual accuracy.
• Annotated multilingual datasets across text, image, and audio domains to improve machine learning performance.
• Applied linguistic expertise to ensure culturally appropriate AI outputs.

Spanish Advisor at WOW AI (2024-07 – 2025-07)

• Delivered high-quality transcription and language validation for AI datasets.
• Performed QA/QC reviews to ensure linguistic consistency and guideline compliance.
• Improved dataset accuracy through detailed review of Spanish-language content.

Project Manager at DATATANG (2023-03 – 2024-03)

• Led a team of transcribers, ensuring effective collaboration and high-quality deliverables.
• Facilitated communication between team members and stakeholders to ensure project alignment.
• Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency and project outcomes.

Transcriber and Auditor at AI RUDDER (2022-06 – 2023-01)

• Responsible for the transcription of financial audio pieces.
• Promoted to Project Auditor, in charge of approving or rejecting transcriptions according to RAE grammar rules.

Academic Editor at USHUAUA CONTENIDOS (2022-06 – 2023-01)

• Edited and reviewed Spanish-language content, ensuring linguistic accuracy, editorial consistency, and compliance with publication standards.

Transcriber/Qualifier at TRANSPERFECT (2021-09 – 2022-10)

• Responsible for the transcription of informative audios for AI training.
• Evaluation of compliance with project guidelines in the production of delivered products.

External Translator at INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATIONS SOLUTIONS (2021-01 – 2021-08)

• Translation of commercial, technical and personal documents addressed to embassies.

Proofreader at CORPOEDUCACIÓN (2018-10 – 2019-12)

• Evaluated written responses using standardized linguistic and assessment criteria to ensure scoring consistency and quality.

External Editor at GLOBAL DE PUBLICACIONES S.A. (2017-12 – 2019-08)

• Write articles, in English and Spanish, to inform readers about the international situation in Latin America.

Academic research collaborator at RISK & FORECAST POLITICAL CONSULTING S A S (2019-01 – 2019-08)

• Conducted political and socioeconomic research, producing analytical reports and supporting strategic decision-making processes.

Bachelor in Professional in international relations, with a linguistic focus – UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO (2017)

High school diploma – SEDEVI SCHOOL (2012)

Higher National Diploma in diploma of advanced specialization in social project design with logical framework methodology and monitoring – INSTITUTO LATINOAMERICANO DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES (2026)