Aaron Schliem

Aaron is a veteran of the language industry with broad leadership experience in language instruction, interpreting, design adaptation, translation/localization and most recently multilingual AI. He focuses presently on design and deployment of data pipelines for state-of-the-art machine learning models for some of the largest tech companies in the world, providing computational linguistic consulting and business analysis to deliver diverse data sets that enable both domain specialization and cultural adaptation of contemporary Generative AI models and products. Recent areas of focus include AI product management, cross-cultural LLM benchmarking standards, and data worker competency assessment protocols. Aaron is a fluent speaker of Spanish and can get by in Brazilian Portuguese, French, Catalan and Italian. During his time at UW-Madison, he studied International Relations and Molecular Biology (ironically his worst grade in college was in International Business, which is ultimately where his career led him). Outside of work Aaron is passionate about creole linguistics, Colombian gay literature, Afrobeats music, and coaching volleyball.