Country Office Staff in Ethiopia

Bereket Asmamaw got her bachelor degree in Manufacturing Technology from Agro Technical and Technology College of Menschen für Menschen (MfM-ATTC) in 2018 G.C. She has two and half years of experience at Haramaya University as Senior Technical Assistant in Mechanical Engineering Department. During her stay at Haramaya university, she has been engaged in the design and manufacturing of pedal operated hand washing machine and mechanical ventilation in combating Covid-19 pandemic in addition to her regular duties.

Semenesh holds a bachelor Degree in Accounting and Finance from Dire Dawa University. She has eight years of experience at Higher Education Strategy Center and Alert Hospital Experience. She is certified at Microsoft offices, Peachtree accounting software, International, Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) , Government accounting and Reporting system, and Integrated Financial Management System (IFMIS)

Teshome Guangul serves as Technology and Innovation Transfer officer at the STEM Synergy Ethiopian country office. Before joining STEM Synergy Inc., he served at Metals and Engineering Corporation (MTEC) as design engineer. Teshome earned his Bachelor's degree from Addis Ababa University in Applied Physics with a minor in energy technology and he also have a degree from Unity University in Architecture and urban planning. In addition, he has a short-term training certificate from SATCOM institute of technology in mobile and smart phone maintenance. Currently, he is a second-year student of Addis Ababa University doing his masters degree in management focusing on in innovation management and entrepreneurship.

Abiyot Lakew serves as a country director for STEM Synergy's country office. Before joining STEM Synergy Inc., he served the Agro Technical and Technology College of Menschen fuer Menschen as a lecturer in the Manufacturing Technology Department for more than 12 years.
Abiyot comes to STEM Synergy with background experience of product design, manufacturing of prototypes, and teaching various Mechanical engineering courses to manufacturing and automotive students at MfM-ATTC.
Abiyot earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Addis Ababa University and Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering From Haramaya University. He is also finalizing his Master's degree in Energy Economics at Haramaya University.