About me

Innovative AI Engineer with expertise in machine learning, NLP, and computer vision, plus a strong background in cloud infrastructure. Proven track record of deploying scalable, secure AI solutions (e.g. LSTM-based financial forecasting and RAG chatbots) in finance, e-commerce, and insurance sectors. Adept at building end-to-end ML pipelines and integrating models into production to drive business value and data-driven decision-making in financial services.

Core Skills

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    Machine Learning & AI

    Time-Series Forecasting (LSTM), Fraud Detection, Credit Risk Modeling, NLP (Transformers, RAG), Computer Vision (CNNs)

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    Programming, Data & Tools

    C#, .NET, Angular, PowerShell, Bash, RESTful APIs, SQL Database Management, Python (pandas, scikit-learn), TensorFlow, PyTorch, SQL, Data Visualization (Power BI)

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    MLOps & Cloud

    Model Deployment & Automation (CI/CD, Docker), Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

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    Infrastructure

    Hyper-Converged Systems (Nutanix, VMware), Windows & Linux Administration, Networking & Security

Certificates

  • Nutanix MCI

    Nutanix NCP-MCI

    The Nutanix Certified Expert - Multicloud Infrastructure (NCX-MCI) certifies a candidate's ability to design enterprise-scale solutions that support business-critical applications with service level agreements specified by business stakeholders.

  • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Asociate

    Hybrid Administrator

    Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certifies a candidate's ability to Configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads.

  • Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation

    Nutanix NCP-MCA

    The Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation (NCP-MCA) certification certifies once knowledge of automation principles, as well as the automation capabilities built into the Nutanix platform.

  • Nutanix Certified System Engineer - Core

    Nutanix NCSE-Core

    Recipients of the NCSE - Core badge have demonstrated their skills and abilities speaking to, evangelizing and differentiating Nutanix technologies. Recipients are able to assess customer environments, collect appropriate data, complete sizing and effectively present solutions.

  • Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Integration

    Nutanix NCP-CI

    The Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Integration - Azure (NCP-CI-Azure) certification certifies candidate's ability to plan, deploy, configure, and manage Nutanix Cloud Clusters within an Azure public cloud environment.

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Skills

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Education

  1. Bahir Dar University, BSc in Computer Engineering

    2016 — 2021

  2. Adama University, BA in business Management

    2018 — 2021

  3. Don Bosco Catholic High School, High School Diploma

    2012 — 2016

Experience

  1. IPCom Technologies - Manager, Network & Security Engineering

    Jul 2025 — Present

    Lead a team of network and security engineers to design and implement scalable, secure enterprise infrastructure solutions, aligning IT strategy with business goals.

    Oversee incident response and vendor coordination, ensuring rapid mitigation of security issues and effective collaboration with clients and service providers.

  2. 10 Academy – AI Engineer Intern (AI Mastery Program)

    May 2025 — Aug 2025

    Developed a multivariate LSTM time-series model to forecast stock prices for portfolio optimization, enabling more data-driven investment decisions in asset management.

    Created a machine learning solution for fraud detection in e-commerce and banking transactions, improving detection rates by ~30% and reducing false-positive alerts.

    Analyzed real insurance datasets to identify low-risk customer segments and built predictive models for optimized premium pricing, enhancing risk management and profitability.

    Built an NLP chatbot using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to analyze financial customer complaints, automatically extracting key insights from hundreds of feedback records and informing service improvements.

    Implemented an end-to-end credit risk scoring pipeline (data ingestion, model training, deployment), accelerating loan risk assessments and reducing deployment time from weeks to days.

  3. IPCom Technologies - System Engineer

    Jul 2024 — Jul 2025

    Designed and deployed hyper-converged infrastructure solutions (Nutanix, VMware) and enterprise storage systems (Huawei, Dell, IBM), improving data center performance and reliability for client organizations.

    Automated routine server administration tasks using Python and PowerShell, significantly reducing manual workload and minimizing operational errors in managing client systems.

  4. BGI Ethiopia - System Administrator

    Mar 2022 — Jun 2024

    Managed 100+ Windows/Linux servers and 1000+ endpoints for a large enterprise, ensuring high availability and security across all critical systems.

    Implemented virtualization and storage clusters (Microsoft S2D Hyper-V, Nutanix HCI) and automated backup/monitoring processes, improving uptime and saving ~10 hours per week in manual maintenance.

  5. IE Network Solutions - Intern-Business Automation and Intelligence Engineer

    Jan 2022 — Mar 2022

    Assisted in customizing and integrating enterprise software solutions (Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAP) to meet client requirements, ensuring seamless deployment and thorough testing for quality assurance.