Linguist, Financial advisor, excellent customer service communication

Sereke-Berhan Meres

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sept 2010 – Nov 2013 JTG, inc

Tigrinya and Amharic Linguist Vienna, VA

• Worked for DOD as linguist contractor

• Granted access by the DOD with polygraph

• Applied native language and culture to produce English gists, summaries and verbatim

translations or transcripts from Tigrinya and Amharic language source materials

• Worked in accordance with tasking from mission coordinators

• Performed analysis to identify material of interest in accordance with customer priorities

• Provided other forms of language assistance as tasked

• Used industry standard language processing software applications

• Scanned, reviewed, and triaged material for importance

• Edited and provided quality control of translated material

• Assisted JTG in translating unclassified documents on demand

May 1998 – Aug 2010 Bank-Fund-Staff FCU

Mortgage Loan Officer Washington, DC

• Advised members on loan programs

• Coordinated loan settlements

• Prepared loan documents for settlement

• Provided customers assistance in purchasing electronics

Dec. 1997 - Apr 1998 Radio Schack

Sales Associate Falls Church, VA

• Provided customers products information

• Assisted customers in purchasing products

• Performed daily store account balancing

• Performed quarterly inventory tasks

We i n t e g r a t e l a n g u a g e, c u l t u r e a n d t e c h n o l o g y .

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June 1996 - Sep. 1997 United Nations DP

Training Expert Asmara/Eritrea

• Performed training needs assessment in the financial institutions of Eritrea

• Developed a training program with a French consultant

• Conducted training in the central Bank of Eritrea (BOE)

• Coordinated activities between the French training team and BOE management

• Coordinated activities between BOE and UNOPS

• Monitored implementation of the training program

• Prepared progress report to UNOPS and international donors

Feb. 1996 - May 1996 SBM Financial Services

Independent Financial Advisor Alexandria, VA

• Provided advice to clients on financial products

• Assisted clients in purchasing financial products

• Prepared annual tax returns to clients

Dec. 1994 - Jan. 1996 UNDP

Senior Program Officer Asmara/Eritrea

• Coordinated the implementation of UNDP supported Public Sector Management Program with

government counterparts

• Coordinated the implementation of UNDP supported Economic and Financial Management

Program with government counterparts

• Coordinated UN sponsored scholarship grants with government counterparts

• Gathered and analyzed socio-economic data

• Led the planning and timely completion of human development report

• Coordinated team of consultants, staff, UN volunteers, and interns

• Collaborated with other UN agencies in Eritrea

• Served as the focal person for UN volunteers in Eritrea

• Organized and facilitated workshops on economic development issues

• Volunteered and organized trips and picnics to UN staff in Asmara, Eritrea

We i n t e g r a t e l a n g u a g e, c u l t u r e a n d t e c h n o l o g y .

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Nov. 1992 – Nov. 1995 Strayer College

Instructor Washington, DC

• Instructed Economic and Business courses

• Instructed courses on Principles of Economics, Money & Banking, International Business

Environment, Human Resource Management

Oct. 1988 – Jun. 1991 Schiller International University

Instructor Heidelberg, Germany

• Instructed Economics and Business courses

• Instructed courses on Macroeconomics, Money & Banking, International Economics,

Development Economics, and Managerial Economics

EDUCATION and RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Walden University Minneapolis/MN, 2014

PhD in Management

• Specialization in Leadership and Organizational Change

• Conducting research on Ethiopian- and Eritrean immigrant entrepreneurs

American College Bryer/Pennsylvania, 2005

• Obtained a certificate Financial Planning

University of Mannheim Mannheim/Germany, 1988

Master's Degree. in Economics

• Thesis on the Structural Adjustment Programs of the World Bank and IMF in Africa

• Major in Development & International Economics

• Minor in Business Management

• Completed Business English course with German/English and English/German translation

Otto Benecke Stiftung Mainburg/Germany, 1981

• Obtained certificate of completion of one year intensive German language course

Tropical College of Agriculture Deventer/Holland, 1974

Bachelor's Degree

• Specialized in Tropical Agriculture

College of Agriculture Alemaya/Ethiopia, 1970

• Diploma, 26 credit hours

We i n t e g r a t e l a n g u a g e, c u l t u r e a n d t e c h n o l o g y .

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LANGUAGE SKILLS

Amharic/Tigrinya (Native languages)

• Fluent in writing and speaking

• Fluent in reading, writing academic and technical documents

• Over 10 years experience as an interpreter and translator

English

• Proficient knowledge and over 20 years working experience

• Fluent in writing and speaking

• Fluent in reading, writing academic and technical documents

German

• Proficient knowledge and over 10 years working experience

• Attended a one year advanced German language training

• Fluent in writing and speaking

• Fluent in writing academic and technical documents

• Over 8 years of translation experience (English/German and German/English)

• Translated documents for foreign firms English/German and German/English

• Assisted in interpretation/translation for Ethiopian/Eritrean

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Proficient in Blackboard, online research, in NVivo data analysis software

We i n t e g r a t e l a n g u a g e, c u l t u r e a n d t e c h n o l o g y .

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