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Ali (Alex) Azari

AI Safety & LLM Evaluation Consultant | Adversarial Testing | Multilingual AI Quality

Ali Azari
Bochum, Germany

Experience

May 2025 - Present
10 months
Germany

AI Prompt Evaluator / AI Quality Specialist

TELUS Digital

  • Conduct structured evaluation of LLM outputs using Content Review Standards (CRS) and AI safety frameworks.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including violence and criminal facilitation.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including hate speech and harassment.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including suicide and self-harm.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including regulated advice (medical, legal, financial).
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including misinformation and fabricated claims.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including defamation and intellectual property.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including child safety and sexual exploitation.
  • Assess responses across high-risk domains including political and sensitive content.
  • Apply youth-protection and age-appropriateness guidelines to prevent unsafe facilitation or restricted substance guidance.
  • Classify prompts as adversarial, borderline, or benign based on contextual intent and risk analysis.
  • Evaluate model behavior types including correct refusal, partial refusal, over-refusal, under-refusal, improper compliance, and ignorance-based outputs.
  • Identify policy misapplications and user-intent misinterpretation patterns.
  • Designed structured adversarial and borderline multi-turn conversation flows to stress-test AI boundary enforcement and reasoning stability.
  • Identified failure modes including hallucination, unsafe compliance, excessive refusal, contextual drift, and inconsistent safety logic.
  • Applied a structured four-dimension evaluation rubric covering accuracy & safety, relevance & completeness, clarity & structure, and tone & appropriateness.
  • Provided structured feedback supporting supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning from human feedback processes.
  • Rewrote unsafe or misaligned outputs into compliant, accurate, and helpful responses.
  • Performed Persian ↔ English translation and translation validation of AI-generated content.
  • Assessed semantic accuracy, contextual consistency, and safety alignment across languages.
  • Identified mistranslations, cultural nuance issues, and cross-lingual policy inconsistencies.
  • Recognized with the Above & Beyond Award – Q3 2025 for exceeding quality standards and embracing innovation.
Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
1 year 7 months

Supervisor – Mechanical Maintenance

Toklan Toos Industrial Manufacturing Company

  • Conducted structured diagnostics and failure investigations.
  • Reduced downtime by 10% and repair costs by 15%.
  • Ensured compliance with operational and safety standards.
Mar 2018 - Dec 2024
6 years 10 months

Mechanical Engineer – Gas Supply Systems (Freelance)

Construction Engineering Organization

  • Designed and engineered gas supply systems for residential and industrial buildings under regulatory constraints.
  • Conducted structured risk assessments and compliance verification.
  • Developed technical specifications based on load calculations, pressure levels, and safety standards.
  • Implemented preventive safety mechanisms and failure mitigation strategies.
  • Managed documentation, inspections, and cross-functional coordination.
Apr 2013 - Jul 2018
5 years 4 months

Mechanical Design Engineer & Maintenance Engineer

Toklan Toos Industrial Manufacturing Company

  • Developed advanced 3D mechanical models and assemblies using SolidWorks (Expert level).
  • Conducted finite element analysis (Abaqus) for structural validation and optimization.
  • Led reverse engineering of a 15-station production assembly line.
  • Designed mechanical components for brake testing systems.
  • Performed root cause analysis and preventive maintenance in manufacturing environments.
Jun 2010 - Apr 2013
2 years 11 months

Consulting Engineer

Jav Mechatronic Co.

  • Designed custom mechanical systems using SolidWorks.
  • Conducted finite element analysis for performance validation.
  • Managed project planning and technical documentation.

Industries Experience

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Experienced in Manufacturing (9.5 years), Construction (7 years), Energy (7 years), and Information Technology (1 year).

Manufacturing
Construction
Energy
Information Technology

Business Areas Experience

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Experienced in Product Development (15.5 years), Quality Assurance (12.5 years), Operations (7 years), Project Management (3 years), Production (1.5 years), and Research and Development (1 year).

Product Development
Quality Assurance
Operations
Project Management
Production
Research and Development

Summary

AI Safety and Large Language Model (LLM) Evaluation Consultant specializing in adversarial multi-turn robustness testing, rubric-based response assessment, hallucination detection, and structured policy compliance. Currently contributing to AI quality and safety evaluation at TELUS Digital, assessing LLM outputs across high-risk domains including regulated advice (medical/legal), misinformation, child safety, political content, violence, defamation, and other sensitive categories. Experienced in adversarial and borderline prompt classification, behavioral response analysis, response rewriting, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) support. Brings 10+ years of engineering experience in risk assessment, failure-mode analysis, systems design, and regulatory compliance. Combines structured engineering thinking with AI alignment and model robustness evaluation. Recognized with the Above & Beyond Award (Q3 2025) for exceeding quality standards and contributing to innovation in AI evaluation processes. Available for remote AI evaluation, AI safety consulting, LLM robustness testing, and model validation projects.

Skills

  • Ai Safety & Alignment
  • Large Language Models (Llms)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Adversarial & Borderline Testing
  • Hallucination Detection
  • Trust & Safety
  • Content Policy Compliance
  • Reinforcement Learning From Human Feedback (Rlhf)
  • Human-in-the-loop Evaluation
  • Structured Rubric-based Assessment
  • Model Robustness Testing
  • Failure Mode Analysis
  • Solidworks (Expert)
  • Abaqus (Fea)

Languages

Persian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2006 - Jun 2010

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering · Mechanical Engineering · Mashhad, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Certifications & licenses

Abaqus Analyzer

Gas Installation In Buildings

Planning & Supervision

Planning & Supervision of Gas Supply Pipelines

Pump Operation & Application

EBARA Precision Machinery Europe

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Where is Ali based?

Ali is based in Bochum, Germany.

What languages does Ali speak?

Ali speaks the following languages: Persian (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

How many years of experience does Ali have?

Ali has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Ali has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 1 month. Note that Ali may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Ali be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Ali would be well-suited for roles such as: AI Prompt Evaluator / AI Quality Specialist, Supervisor – Mechanical Maintenance, Mechanical Engineer – Gas Supply Systems (Freelance).

What is Ali's latest experience?

Ali's most recent position is AI Prompt Evaluator / AI Quality Specialist at TELUS Digital.

What companies has Ali worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Ali has worked for TELUS Digital and Construction Engineering Organization.

Which industries is Ali most experienced in?

Ali is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy. Ali also has some experience in Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas is Ali most experienced in?

Ali is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Quality Assurance (QA), and Operations. Ali also has some experience in Project Management, Production/Manufacturing, and Research and Development (R&D).

Which industries has Ali worked in recently?

Ali has recently worked in industries like Construction, Energy, and Information Technology (IT).

Which business areas has Ali worked in recently?

Ali has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Quality Assurance (QA), and Research and Development (R&D).

What is Ali's education?

Ali holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

Does Ali have any certificates?

Ali has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Abaqus Analyzer, Gas Installation In Buildings, and Planning & Supervision of Gas Supply Pipelines.

What is the availability of Ali?

Ali will be available from March 2026.

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