Masresha Beniam Email & Phone Number

United States

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Identifying and building strong relationships with key stakeholders at the Ministry of Education, and build both a sense of excitement and a deep understanding of how the model works• Identifying and make explicit how the STiR model aligns with broader national education priorities like GEQIP and particularly with regards to lifelong learning and intrinsic motivation• Creating an implementation proposal, for how the STiR model could be embedded within the national education system… Show more • Identifying and building strong relationships with key stakeholders at the Ministry of Education, and build both a sense of excitement and a deep understanding of how the model works• Identifying and make explicit how the STiR model aligns with broader national education priorities like GEQIP and particularly with regards to lifelong learning and intrinsic motivation• Creating an implementation proposal, for how the STiR model could be embedded within the national education system, from ministry to district level (including detailed proposals on launch and expansion timelines, budgets and personnel)• Agreeing and signing a strategy cooperation note with MoE, to be used as a basis for a formal Memorandum of Understanding• Develop and build relationships with key non-government actors, including other NGOs and funding partners including the World Bank.• Work with the Ministry of Education to establish a central ‘Lifelong Learning Unit’ to oversee the planning, delivery and expansion of the program in Ethiopia• Build a strong understanding of the principles of user-centered design and how to create a program that meets the needs of local children, teachers and officials• Engage in field research with key stakeholders (teachers and officials) through forums such as focus group discussions in order to build this understanding• Work on country strategy document to ensure the global strategies are im[lamented considering the Ethiopian context. Show less

OmniCoders is a program that focuses on introducing children especially girls and teachers towards STEM through different school-based activities and in-service training of teachers. • Lead the design of the program with an aim of introducing technology especially coding to students and teachers • Contact potential schools to deliver the program • Organize training sessions for teachers that can be embedded as part of their PD • Follow up and Monitoring of the program to… Show more OmniCoders is a program that focuses on introducing children especially girls and teachers towards STEM through different school-based activities and in-service training of teachers. • Lead the design of the program with an aim of introducing technology especially coding to students and teachers • Contact potential schools to deliver the program • Organize training sessions for teachers that can be embedded as part of their PD • Follow up and Monitoring of the program to make sure it is going according to the plan. Show less

• Development of a model for an AI-driven content intelligence tool that surfaces brand stories and understands where/how much/why they resonate with specific audiences.• Development of a time-series prediction model that can analyze data for a major US company to identify opportunities.• Development of an evaluation framework for Unsupervised Language Learning model.

Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

• Responsible for Administering everyday operations of the organization, providing support to all projects and supervising the works of all multi-functional project teams and managing all financial and administrative activities.• Monitor development of different projects and prepare schedule of the works within the required time frame and coordinates with resource managers and supervisors to evaluate all approvals.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science

Business And Entreprenuership