# Chowdhury Naveed Annur

> Staff Software Engineer at IBM DataPower

Location: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chowdhury

I am truly passionate about my work and learning new technologies. I have a strong background in core programming languages, data structures, and object-oriented design. Currently, I work at IBM in agile fashion on Watson Text-to-Speech service. My teammates know me as hard-working and reliable engineer who is dedicated to enhance product quality and streamline development. My current interest is data science and artificial intelligence. I have been taking courses on machine learning and mobile app development to improve my knowledge.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer at IBM Watson @ IBM
Jan 2017 – Present | Massachusetts, USA
Work to improve Watson Text to Speech (TTS) service. Collaborate with teammates to create new test fixtures and enhance Voice Tuner to expedite development.  
•  Established Brazilian Portuguese tokenizer (BPT), analyzing existing tokenizer codebase and implementing BPT in Watson TTS. 
•  Improved tokenizer accuracy by creating new test fixtures using Python Behave Framework to capture wrong phoneme output during regression testing. 
•  Streamlined voice tuning process by using C++ REST API, enabling Voice Tuner application to communicate with a server using JSON to synthesize speech from input text, request information regarding the sample recordings of produced speech, and edit voice properties to tune voices based on customer requirements.
•  Fixed memory corruption in Japanese speech synthesis engine using gdb and valgrind.

### Technology Analyst Intern @ Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Trenton, New Jersey
Explored applications of machine learning on incoming risk alerts with Risk Management team 
•  Collaborated with team to understand risk management data and alert logic, providing a “proof of concept” to detect false alerts. 
•  Used TF-IDF algorithm on alert reviews, gathering common keywords and phrases in different types of alert. 
•  Applied supervised machine learning on alert comments, classifying alerts as either legitimate or redundant using Python scikit-learn and NumPy library.

### Teaching+Learning+Technology Consultant @ Stony Brook University
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Stony Brook University
• Monitored computers, scanners, and printers at University Computer labs 
• Helped users with computer-related problems. 
• Assisted students in utilizing the various kinds of technology resources (Cloud Printing, Virtual Machine, Software License)  available to them.

### Digital Engineering Intern @ Comtech PST
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Melville, NY
Worked with an Embedded System Engineer to reduce time to customize power supply monitor and prepare cooling system.
•  Designed and developed GUI in C, allowing user to change configuration of Power Supply Monitoring System.
•  Tested and debugged Fan Control System in a Communication Jammer, ensuring proper cooling.


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Engineering
Stony Brook University

### Advanced Regents Diploma
Longwood Senior High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chowdhury-n-annur

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Last updated: 2026-03-31