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She has supported production NLP systems at Recorded Future \(Mastercard\) for more than four years, including work as Senior Program Manager, Text Analytics & NLP Linguistic Data Program Manager, Text Analytics and Threat Intelligence Analyst\. Catherine’s strengths include scaling multilingual annotation programs, developing evaluation and regression\-monitoring frameworks, coordinating engineering, product, research, data science, and client\-facing stakeholders, and translating technical requirements into operational workflows and client deliverables\. At Recorded Future, she directed a 34\-person annotation team and external vendors across 14 languages, helped grow annual production\-model delivery from four to more than 70 models, and expanded date\-time extraction from 10 to 14 languages\. Her background also spans OSINT investigations, cybersecurity and geopolitical intelligence, translation, customer experience, research, international programs, and digital content operations\. Catherine is completing an M\.S\. in Computational Linguistics at the University of Washington, following a B\.A\. in International Relations focused on East and Southeast Asia from Tufts University\. ## Services - Cross\-Functional Program Leadership - MLOps - Fine Tuning - Multilingual NLP - Translation - Cyber Threat Intelligence \(CTI\) - Machine Learning - Natural Language Processing \(NLP\) - Product Management - Program Management - Objectives and Key Results \(OKRs\) - Website Building - Microsoft Office - Public Speaking - Social Media - Research - Event Planning - Mandarin - PowerPoint - International Relations ## Highlights - Directed a 34\-person multilingual annotation team and external vendors across 14 languages at Recorded Future\. - Led development of annotated datasets for model fine\-tuning and multilingual language\-model evaluation, including low\-resource domains and dialectal variation\. - Scaled Recorded Future’s annual production\-model delivery from four to more than 70 models, approximately 1,800% growth\. - Expanded language coverage for model delivery from eight to 14 languages, approximately 175% growth\. - Designed annotation\-to\-deployment workflows with standardized quality gates, inter\-annotator\-agreement thresholds, and qualitative cross\-language evaluation frameworks\. - Defined and operationalized NLP product strategy across engineering, research, product, and data science teams, using performance signals, data constraints, and customer impact to prioritize investments, taxonomies, and language expansion\. - Drove sprint planning and quarterly\-OKR stakeholder alignment with a Sweden\-based engineering team and research, product, and client\-facing teams\. - Expanded a date\-time extraction ruleset from 10 to 14 languages by rewriting custom grammars and Java\-based logic with native\-speaker examples\. - Delivered more than 700 intelligence reports at Recorded Future on cybersecurity and geopolitical risk requirements\. - Built Python data\-collection and reporting automations that increased analyst productivity by approximately 20%, equivalent to one FTE day per week\. - Led OSINT investigations into Chinese military procurement, sanctions evasion, and illicit finance for the Center for Advanced Defense Studies\. - Analyzed data on more than 3,000 companies to map transnational trade and supply networks and identify links to trafficking, environmental crimes, and dual\-use technology exports\. - Used structured OSINT workflows, including Palantir\-based network analysis, to inform government and NGO policy, enforcement, and risk\-mitigation efforts\. - Translated more than 12,000 sentences across Mandarin, German, and English for Duolingo\. - Developed translation conventions and more than 1,600 dictionary entries for Duolingo\. - Managed a three\-person Mandarin\-to\-English translation team, including tasking and quality assurance\. - Provided real\-time platform and technical support between Lyft’s Nashville headquarters and 24 hubs in the United States and abroad\. - Used SQL, Mode, Looker, and Clarabridge at Lyft to support strategic business decisions\. - Received Lyft’s company\-wide Driving Delight award in July 2017\. - Received Lyft’s internal Social Team award twice, in September 2017 and January 2018\. - Drafted proposals for a Hangzhou–Victoria, Canada sister\-city agreement and a Google\-hosted Startup Weekend entrepreneurial conference\. - Performed graduate\-level independent leukemia research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a high school junior and senior\. - Contributed to bone\-marrow purification, Western blot, polymerase chain reaction, and proteomic\-assay research\. - Initiated and implemented a division budget and produced bilingual app content at SideChef\. - Redesigned the Academy finance\-tracking system at Lipscomb University\. ## Experience - **Senior Program Manager, Text Analytics & NLP at Recorded Future** (2024\-01\-01–2025\-02\-01) — Directed a 34\-person multilingual annotation team and managed external vendor relationships across 14 languages, leading development of annotated datasets used for model fine\-tuning and multilingual language model evaluation, including low\-resource domains and dialectal variation\. • Revitalized a stagnating annotation program and scaled model delivery from 4 to 70\+ production models annually \(~1,800% growth\) and from 8 to 14 languages \(~175% growth\) by designing annotation\-to\-deployment workflows with standardized quality gating, inter\-annotator agreement thresholds, and qualitative cross\-language evaluation frameworks\. • Defined and operationalized NLP product strategy, partnering across engineering, research, product, and data science teams to prioritize model investments, taxonomy development, and language expansion based on performance signals, data constraints, and customer impact\. • Embedded within Sweden\-based engineering team, driving sprint planning and stakeholder alignmen - **Linguistic Data Program Manager, Text Analytics \(NLP\) at Recorded Future** (2021\-03\-01–2024\-01\-01) - **Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future** (2019\-09\-01–2021\-03\-01) — Delivered 700\+ intelligence reports by translating technical cybersecurity and geopolitical risk requirements into actionable client deliverables\. • Increased analyst productivity by ~20% \(equivalent to 1 FTE day/week\) building Python automations for data collection and reporting workflows\. - **Consultant, Organized Crime & Grand Corruption Cell at Center for Advanced Defense Studies** (2019\-01\-01–2019\-08\-01) — Led open\-source \(OSINT\) investigations into Chinese military procurement, sanctions evasion, and illicit finance, supporting global law enforcement and anti\-corruption initiatives\. • Analyzed data on 3,000\+ companies to map transnational trade and supply networks, uncovering links to trafficking, environmental crimes, and dual\-use technology exports\. • Synthesized findings for government and NGO partners through structured OSINT workflows, including Palantir\-based network analysis, informing policy, enforcement, and risk\-mitigation efforts\. - **Mandarin/English/German Freelance Translator at Duolingo** (2018\-08\-01–2019\-09\-01) — Translated 12,000\+ sentences across Mandarin, German, and English\. • Developed conventions and 1,600\+ dictionary entries to standardize and streamline translation processes\. • Managed a team of three Mandarin\-to\-English translators, including tasking and quality assurance\. - **Intern, Organized Crime & Grand Corruption Cell, Environmental Crimes Fusion Cell at Center for Advanced Defense Studies** (2018\-07\-01–2018\-12\-01) - **Customer Experience Specialist, Retail Locations at Lyft** (2018\-01\-01–2018\-06\-01) — Specialist in real\-time platform and technical support between Nashville HQ and 24 Hubs across the country and abroad, including identification and detailed reporting of critical app function blockers to Engineering for resolution\. Performs data analysis using SQL, Mode, Looker, and Clarabridge to inform strategic business decisions\. - **Social Media Customer Experience Associate at Lyft** (2017\-05\-01–2018\-01\-01) — Lyft customer liaison via social media, providing proactive platform support and issue diagnostics\. Cross\-functional collaborator with local and satellite teams, ensuring cohesive brand representation\. \- Recipient of the company\-wide Driving Delight award, July 2017 \- Two\-time recipient of the internal Social Team award, September 2017 and January 2018 - **Associate Community Manager at SideChef** (2016\-06\-01–2016\-10\-01) — \- Initiated and implemented division budget \- Developed and produced bilingual app content \- Campaign management \| visioning, execution, and launching \- Aesthetic direction of photo shoots, acted as talent in client\-sponsored videos \- Enhanced website design \| edited, managed, and wrote for blog and site \- Multiplatform social media production and publication \| Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat - **Development Intern at Hangzhou International Exchange and Services Center** (2014\-10\-01–2014\-12\-01) — \- Drafted initiatives cosponsored by the Hangzhou FAO: proposal to establish a Sister City agreement between Hangzhou and Victoria, Canada proposal to Google to host “Startup Weekend” entrepreneurial conference \- Translated and edited Mandarin\-to\-English economic development prospectuses \- Translated and recorded promotional voiceover segments for FAO hospitality training seminars - **Baker at The Frosted Affair \| A Jay Qualls Boutique Bakery** (2014\-05\-01–2014\-07\-01) — \- Executed commissioned orders \- Acted as client liaison \- Represented the company at promotional events and wedding shows - **Program Assistant at Tufts University** (2013\-09\-01–2016\-05\-01) — \- Assisted students’ transition from Tufts University to global universities \- Visa and program application processing \- International travel and logistics planning and coordination \- Counseled students in discerning their ideal program and country choice \- Maintained student records & performed administrative tasks - **Head Counselor & Assistant to the Director at Lipscomb University** (2011\-05\-01–2013\-08\-01) — \- Redesigned Academy finance tracking system \- Coordinated and planned weekly events \- Researched and procured robots, other required Academy materials - **Researcher, Dahlman Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center \( in collaboration with Life Science TN\)** (2011\-03\-01–2011\-12\-01) — \- Performed graduate\-level independent leukemia research as a high school junior, senior \- Contributed to ongoing laboratory research projects: \- Bone marrow purification \- Western blot & polymerase chain reaction studies \- Academic research pertaining to proteomic assays ## Education - Master of Science \- MS, Computational Linguistics — University of Washington (2023\-09\-01–2026\-06\-01) - Bachelor of Arts \(B\.A\.\), International Relations: East and Southeast Asia — Tufts University (2012\-01\-01–2016\-01\-01) - Mandarin Chinese — Zhejiang University (2014\-01\-01–2014\-01\-01) - Diploma — School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt (2008\-01\-01–2012\-01\-01) - Diploma — Martin Luther King, Jr\. Academic Magnet High School (2008\-01\-01–2012\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Catherine do? Catherine is a Technical Program Manager specializing in multilingual AI/ML data operations, NLP systems, model evaluation, MLOps, fine\-tuning, and cross\-functional program leadership\. She has more than four years of experience supporting production NLP systems at Recorded Future \(Mastercard\)\. ### What did Catherine accomplish as Senior Program Manager, Text Analytics & NLP at Recorded Future? As Senior Program Manager, Text Analytics & NLP at Recorded Future, Catherine directed a 34\-person multilingual annotation team and external vendor relationships across 14 languages\. She led annotated\-dataset development for model fine\-tuning and multilingual language\-model evaluation, including low\-resource domains and dialectal variation operationalized NLP product strategy coordinated quarterly OKRs and sprint planning with a Sweden\-based engineering team and expanded the date\-time extraction ruleset from 10 to 14 languages by rewriting custom grammars and Java\-based logic with native\-speaker input\. ### How did Catherine scale NLP model delivery at Recorded Future? Catherine revitalized a stagnating annotation program by designing annotation\-to\-deployment workflows with standardized quality gates, inter\-annotator\-agreement thresholds, and qualitative cross\-language evaluation frameworks\. This scaled annual production\-model delivery from four to more than 70 models, approximately 1,800% growth, and language coverage from eight to 14 languages, approximately 175% growth\. ### What did Catherine accomplish as a Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future? As a Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future, Catherine delivered more than 700 intelligence reports by translating technical cybersecurity and geopolitical\-risk requirements into actionable client deliverables\. She also built Python automations for data collection and reporting workflows that increased analyst productivity by approximately 20%, equivalent to one FTE day per week\. ### What other Recorded Future role has Catherine held? Catherine also held the role of Linguistic Data Program Manager, Text Analytics \(NLP\) at Recorded Future\. ### What did Catherine do at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies? As a Consultant with the Organized Crime & Grand Corruption Cell at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Catherine led OSINT investigations into Chinese military procurement, sanctions evasion, and illicit finance\. She analyzed data on more than 3,000 companies to map transnational trade and supply networks, identifying links to trafficking, environmental crimes, and dual\-use technology exports\. She synthesized findings through structured OSINT workflows, including Palantir\-based network analysis, for government and NGO partners working on policy, enforcement, and risk mitigation\. ### Did Catherine hold another role at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies? Catherine also served as an Intern with the Organized Crime & Grand Corruption Cell and Environmental Crimes Fusion Cell at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies\. ### What did Catherine do as a Customer Experience Specialist at Lyft? At Lyft, Catherine worked as a Customer Experience Specialist, Retail Locations, providing real\-time platform and technical support between Nashville headquarters and 24 hubs in the United States and abroad\. She identified and reported critical app\-function blockers to Engineering and used SQL, Mode, Looker, and Clarabridge for data analysis supporting strategic business decisions\. ### What did Catherine accomplish in Lyft’s social\-media customer experience role? As a Social Media Customer Experience Associate at Lyft, Catherine served as a social\-media customer liaison, delivering proactive platform support and issue diagnostics while collaborating with local and satellite teams to support cohesive brand representation\. She received Lyft’s company\-wide Driving Delight award in July 2017 and the internal Social Team award twice, in September 2017 and January 2018\. ### What did Catherine do at Duolingo? As a Mandarin/English/German Freelance Translator at Duolingo, Catherine translated more than 12,000 sentences across Mandarin, German, and English\. She developed translation conventions and more than 1,600 dictionary entries, and she managed a three\-person Mandarin\-to\-English translation team, including task assignment and quality assurance\. ### What did Catherine do at SideChef? As Associate Community Manager at SideChef, Catherine initiated and implemented a division budget developed and produced bilingual app content managed campaigns from visioning through execution and launch directed photo\-shoot aesthetics appeared as talent in client\-sponsored videos improved website design and edited, managed, and wrote blog and site content\. She also produced and published content across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat\. ### What did Catherine do as a Development Intern in Hangzhou? At Hangzhou International Exchange and Services Center, Catherine drafted Hangzhou FAO\-cosponsored initiatives, including a proposal for a sister\-city agreement between Hangzhou and Victoria, Canada, and a proposal to Google to host a Startup Weekend entrepreneurial conference\. She translated and edited Mandarin\-to\-English economic\-development prospectuses and translated and recorded promotional voiceover segments for FAO hospitality\-training seminars\. ### What did Catherine do at Tufts University? As a Program Assistant at Tufts University, Catherine assisted students transitioning from Tufts to global universities\. Her work included visa and program\-application processing, international travel and logistics planning, counseling students on program and country choices, student\-record maintenance, and administrative support\. ### What research did Catherine conduct at Vanderbilt University Medical Center? At the Dahlman Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in collaboration with Life Science TN, Catherine performed graduate\-level independent leukemia research as a high school junior and senior\. She contributed to bone\-marrow purification, Western blot and polymerase chain reaction studies, and academic research related to proteomic assays\. ### What did Catherine do at Lipscomb University? As Head Counselor and Assistant to the Director at Lipscomb University, Catherine redesigned the Academy finance\-tracking system, coordinated and planned weekly events, and researched and procured robots and other Academy materials\. ### What did Catherine do at The Frosted Affair? As a Baker at The Frosted Affair, a Jay Qualls Boutique Bakery, Catherine executed commissioned orders, acted as a client liaison, and represented the company at promotional events and wedding shows\. ### What is Catherine’s educational background? Catherine is completing a Master of Science in Computational Linguistics at the University of Washington\. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, focused on East and Southeast Asia, from Tufts University studied Mandarin Chinese at Zhejiang University and earned diplomas from Martin Luther King, Jr\. Academic Magnet High School and the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt\. ### What languages and skills does Catherine bring to her work? Catherine’s professional background includes Mandarin, English, and German translation work\. Her listed skills include cross\-functional program leadership, MLOps, fine\-tuning, multilingual NLP, cyber threat intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, product management, program management, OKRs, website building, public speaking, social media, research, event planning, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Mandarin, and international relations\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/catherinecaffey