Business Development Project Management

LUDE ABIY MELAKU

*

LM

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I’m highly skilled in various fields; I have experience in the fields of project management, business development, finance and admin, and monitoring and coordinating programs by working in various companies.

Effective project leader and problem-solver with

advanced programming skills and a hardworking

mentality, motivated person with solid experience in managing all levels of large-scale projects, including budgeting and administration.

WORK HISTORY:

GOPA WORLDWIDE CONSULTANTS

Company External Advisor

05/2023- present

TVET colleges and companies cooperative training advisor

Preparing workshop and materials for cooperative training

WOODINVILLE HOTEL CONSULTING PLC/YIMEI GROUP

LIMITEDI, NTERNATIONAL-

Business Development Director

Addis Ababa

1/2020-12/2023

providing professional advice to investors or individuals interested in entering the hospitality industry or that have entered already (supporting in recruiting staff, training the hired staff with the hotel culture, branding the hotel, new concept on finishing designs and works, material supply, implementation of standard services and operation) STRIVER CONSULTING SERVICE

Managing Director and Co-founder

Addis Ababa

07/2020-03/2024

Recruiting staffs for the newly opening hotels, structuring the office and operation department employees

To prepare short motivational, ethical, and leadership training for youth that have already graduated in the hospitality field and are looking for work. Furthermore, to recruiting them to jobs available in the sector.

********@*****.***

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(251-*********/ (251-*********

Gender- Female

SKILLS:

English -Fluent in reading, writing, speaking

and listening

Amharic -Fluent in reading, writing, speaking

and listening

Computer literate:

o Excellent on Microsoft office software

o Good on SPSS software

o Excellent on CDC Ez-Text40 (data entry and

analysis program for semi-structured qualitative

datasets)

o Excellent on Peachtree accounting software

2

nd

degree driving license

Good communication and human relation

skills

Many years of experience in Project

management

EDUCATION:

OSIRI UNIVERSITY –Nebraska, UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA

Master of data science and information

science- To be completed December 2023

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY –Pennsylvania, UNITD

STATES OF AMERICA

Certified in global business management and

leadership 2019

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA- Pretoria,

South Africa:

MA. Degree in Sociology 2015

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY – Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia:

BA Degree Sociology & social anthropology

2009

HILCOE COLLEGE-Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

-Advance Diploma in computer science

2024

ADDIS ABABA COMMERCIAL COLLEGE-Addis

Ababa, Ethiopia:

Diploma Accounting 2002

NAZRETH SCHOOL – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,

Highschool Diploma 2000

LUDE ABIY MELAKU

2

LM

ADDIS ABABA HOTEL OWNERS TRADE SECTORAL ASSOCIATION

(NGO)–

General Manager

Addis Ababa

3/2015 – 12/2019

To facilitate and design to enhance the human resource capacity of member hotels

Organizing and designing the whole recruiting event of The Ethiopian hospitality Job fair event that is happing every year, developing HR manuals, design short courses for the HR department of member hotels

ABIACO IMPORT EXPORT PLC-

ADMIN AND FINANCE MANAGER

ADDIS ABABA

8/2012- 2/2015

To approve all the admin works of the office including the finical reports

Supervision of the office staff

To approve payments and income procedures

EMINENCE SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS (PLC) -

Research and Proposal Developer Expert

Addis Ababa

3/ 2012- 7/2012

To give cultural and adoption perspective training to adoptive parents who have come from United States of America to adopt Ethiopian children.

To develop proposals and research for those NGOs/GO who requires survey research or workshop

LUCYLAND HOTEL

General Manager

Addis Ababa

3/2011-1/2012

To manage the overall activities of the hotel, marketing, human resource, administration

To council (Social worker) for those of the guest that have come to adopt vulnerable children.

To formulate and establish a system for the whole organization activity

NATIONAL ANTI-AIDS SOCIETY –

Head of Social Worker

Addis Ababa

1/2008- 2/2010

To formulate the organization programs and strategies, including managing the programs plan, implementing, monitoring and reporting

Assisting on the distribution of funds.

PUBLICATION:

A Book Titled: SOCIAL DISLOCATION OF

FEMALE STREET CHILDREN ENGAGED ON

COMMERCIAL SEX WORK EXPLORATIVE

STUDY IN ADDIS KETEMA SUB-CITY ADDIS

ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Available at: Morebooks.com, Amazon.com

VOLUNTEER WORKS:

2012- 2015

Addis Ababa

Monitoring the support program that was

delivered for street children in Forum on street

children Ethiopia (FSCE-NGO) at safe home

around Shegole Mazoria

REFERENCES:

Professor Mammo Muchie

*-****-*****.******@*****.***

Telephone +277********

Pretoria, South Africa

Dr. Olaf Erz

E-mail- ****.***@****.**

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dr. Ayele Abebe

*-****-*****.*****@****.**

Telephone +251*********

Addis Ababa Ethiopia

ORGANIZED& MANAGED DIFFERENT

PROJECTS:-

The 1st Ethiopian Hospitality Job Fair and

Networking Event Ethiopia at Intercontinental

Addis Hotel-2018

The 2nd Hotel and Tourism Industry Job

Fair/Networking Event Ethiopia at the

Millennium Hall-2019

LUDE ABIY MELAKU

3

LM

DIFFERENT COMPANIES–

Freelance Finance Consultant

(Baro flower PLC, San-mech consult plc, AddisuNurbeza import export, Empire industrial services PLC, Yemreha property development PLC, Admas pharmaceuticals PLC and others) Addis Ababa

12/2007- 6/2011

Handling the overall finical works of the companies SRI SAI BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Senior Accountant

Addis Ababa

12/2005-1/2007

Managing the accounts of a client engaged on different business: providing timely based financial statement and finical consulting services

Follow up the client’s tax payments, account

recompilations, advising clients on their expenses and income

ORYX INTERNATIONAL PLC SENIOR –

Accountant

Addis Ababa

1/2007-11/2007

Over all managing the finance department including: approving payments, recognizing

Clothing the accounts for the year end and submitting to the authorities

Clothing the accounts at the end of the year and provide a financial statement for the authorities for profit tax purpose ABRAHAM BERHANU&CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Assistant Auditor

Addis Ababa

9/2002-12/2005

To assist the auditors all over work:- vouching, reconciling accounts with source documents,

consistency and accountability of the accounts.

To formulate reports with supervision of the auditors The 1st 2nd, 3rd edition of Addis Ababa Hotel

Guide (for the year 2016,2017,2018/19)

Participated and arranged to be representative

in huge conferences and trade fairs such as:-

ITB trade fair, Berlin, Germany – the world

largest trade fair, Participated representing the

Addis Ababa hotels to promote and show the

potential of the tourism in Ethiopia.

IMEX Las Vegas, United States- Participated on

the conference representing the Addis Ababa

tourism bureau and the Addis Ababa Hotel

Association

Djibouti B2B – tourism cooperation and

networking meeting –represented on the side

of Addis Ababa Hotel owners, to network and

market the tourism in Ethiopia

Singapore B2B –1st tourism cooperation

meeting and networking between Ethiopia

and Singapore. Represented the hotels in

Addis Ababa in general the hotel in Ethiopia to

bring potential market to the country and

experience sharing programs for the hotel

professionals

Etc……

Contact this candidate