Engineer Development

Tegga Lendado

Tel. 404-***-**** email: ********@***.***; *****.*******@*****.***

Objective

Functional Resume’:

Seeking Free Lance Interpreting/Translating Amharic, Global Connection and Cultural Consulting,

Communication and Chaplaincy

Tegga Lendado

Address:

4017 Harvest Run

Clarkston, GA 30021

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Functional Resume’

Of

Tegga Lendado

Tel. 404-***-****

Employment History

Regional Commissioner

1971-1979 Forestry and Wildlife Conservation and Development Authority, Ethiopia

Forest development and management; plant millions of trees around Addis Ababa

Managed wildlife conservation and forest products/ Strengthened wildlife security and recuperated

forest industrial activities

Established Wood Utilization and Research Center (WUAR) for indigenous species

Assisted in national environmental development, land use planning and execution

General Forestry Engineer

1979 to 1983 United Nations Development Program/ FAO, Maputo, Mozambique.

Forestry development, plantation, utilization, conservation/ organization, wood industries

Technical Advisor/ Training, Management; marketing forest products to Europe Japan

Development Consultant

1984-1985 World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland

Strategic planning for sub-Saharan countries affected by draught and famine

Strategic Planning and Programming Manager

1990-1991 World Vision International, Harare, Zimbabwe

Organizing and establishing Country office for Angola

Planning development projects for peace, justice, reconciliation in post-Apartheid southern Africa

Community empowerment, skills training, advocacy, motivations and conflict resolution

Co-pastor/Organizer/ Missionary-at-large

2008-Present:Reach the Nations Community Church

1992-2007 Ethiopian Bible Fellowship, Atlanta, GA, USA

• Organizing communities; counseling; starting French speaking fellowship; founded Ethiopian

Rehoboth Church and Sudanese community Church; teaching and training community church

leaders; multi-cultural and diversity coexistence and respecting shared values.

Educator

1999-2007- Greenforest Christian Academy, Atlanta, GA, USA

• Foreign Language Instructor/Department Head: Teaching Spanish, French, Portuguese and Amharic;

instructing Environmental Education and Ethics.

Consultant

Oasis of American Solutions for International Systems, Inc., Atlanta, USA.

• 2007–Present : Free Lance Educator/tutor, interpreter/translator (Amharic, French, Portuguese) and

cultural Consultant

• 2014 - Present : Chaplain on call at Arcturus

Education

1968-1971 Polytechnic College, Bahar Dar, Ethiopia, Diploma Wood Technology,

Superior Award for writing Diploma Project (thesis) on Sawmilling

1983-1985 Pacific Western University. MS, Forestry Engineering, Encino, CA, USA

1984-1985 Universite’ de Caen, Certificate of French Language, Caen, France

1985-1988 Columbia International University. M. Div., North American track, Columbia, S.C., USA

1995-1999 American University of Biblical Studies, PhD, Christian Thought, Decatur, GA, USA

Vital Experiences

• Legal and medical interpreting and translating Amharic, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Wolayita

languages for over 20 years in the Southeast USA.

• Working with immigrants and refugees

• Healthcare Chaplaincy; developmental disability services.

• Public Speaking, Radio broadcasting, writing, editing,

• Traveled and worked in many countries in the world

References: Available if needed

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