SELAMAWIT R. BEKELE
Software Product/ Project Manager
Kolfe Keranyo
Summary
Experienced Software project and product manager with more than a decade of expertise in the technology and domains sector. Recognized for a strategic, value-driven approach to leading cross-functional teams in designing and delivering innovative technology solutions. Adept at fostering collaboration across all organizational levels, with a proven track record of aligning technical initiatives with business objectives. Actively pursuing opportunities to drive impactful, high-quality solutions through effective team leadership and strategic planning.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
15
15
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
ID Platform Product Manager
National ID Program of Ethiopia
02.2024 - Current
- Managed full product lifecycle of the National ID Platform that is registering 90 Million residents of the country from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place.
- Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
- Manage the different resident portal used by citizens to manage their data.
- Manage and monitor engineering teams performance and achievements.
- Developed product documentation to communicate upcoming features and products to internal teams.
- Analyzed metrics to measure product performance.
- Implemented Agile methodologies for more efficient project management and team collaboration.
- Negotiated with vendors for cost-effective solutions, improving product margins without compromising quality.
- Coordinated design meetings and decisions with internal departments and teams.
- Establish a healthy and collaborative environment for engineering team work effectively.
- Ensure product plan aligns with government digital transformation goal.
- Continuously monitored residents feedback channels after launch to gather insightful data for future iterations or updates.
- Thrived in fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build product roadmap.
- Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines.
Software Product Manager
Digital Green Foundation
04.2023 - 02.2024
- Leading the design and ensure functionality of software solutions
- Work with relevant stakeholders to understand business processes and software solution needs
- Design flowcharts, diagrams and logical steps for coding to be processed by the software development team
- Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
- Evaluate user requests and modify existing reports or create new ones
- Filter and 'clean' data, and review system reports, printouts, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems
- Streamline communication between stakeholders and product development team
- Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports
Software project manager
USAID, DHA
01.2020 - 04.2023
- Company Overview: Addis Ababa, DHA - USAID Project
- Thinking strategically about the design, development, and implementation of software
- Managing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
- Translating product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes
- Scoping and prioritizing activities based on business and stakeholder impact
- Ensuring product releases are managed according to project standards, and that stakeholders are informed
- Resolved issues immediately ensuring project deliverables were not negatively impacted.
- Streamlined tasks in effort to provide easier and more efficient workflows for peers and colleagues.
- Optimized resource utilization by delegating tasks according to individual strengths while maintaining strict adherence to project schedules.
- Managed all communications between clients, stakeholders and in-house software development team.
- Streamlined processes for better documentation practices, leading to improved knowledge sharing within the team.
- Established an environment that supported collaboration between remote workers, ensuring efficient coordination across different time zones.
- Facilitated regular status meetings to keep all team members informed on progress updates and address any questions or concerns promptly.
- Established and enforced project timelines and deadlines.
- Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
- Conducted quality assurance to verify accuracy of data used in IT projects.
- Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects.
Business Analyst
USAID, AIDS Free Project
02.2019 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: Addis Ababa, AIDS Free - a USAID Project
- Managed Agile delivery lifecycle, ensuring effective collaboration and negotiation with management for project progression
- Enabled effective and efficient software development through expert business analysis capabilities following Agile methodologies
- Managing the design, development, and pre-implementation activities of the Health commodities supply chain management for Health Facilities under the federal Ministry of Health
- Analyzed business needs of clients and assisted in determining what resources and strategies to employ
- Studied domain standards, infrastructure needs, and client requirements and incorporated them in the system design
- Translated client requirements to operational requirements according to domain standards
- Scoped and prioritized activities as clients need and assigned operational requirements to developers and team
- Managed releases as per client need and maintain fluid communication and relation between users, implementers, and developers
- Trained, tested features based on clients' initial requirements
- Prepare timely reports for management team and clients
- Assessed business systems and processes, identifying areas for improvement to support future growth
SW Project Coordinator and Technical Sales Manager
e-Health IT Systems
04.2017 - 01.2020
- Employed client-focused solutions to respond to feedback and cater to requests and needs of clients
- Liaised with and advised existing and prospective customers in person, by phone, and online
- Managing the design, development, and implementation of Orbit Health Electronic Medical Record (EMR) System and Orbit Pharma (Pharmaceuticals management system) in multiple sites
- Studied domain standards for understanding and gathering user and domain requirements
- Asses infrastructure needed for EMR implementation
- Translating client requirements to operational requirements according to international, clients and the Federal Ministry of Health standards
- Regularly performed customer needs analysis and documented results
- Coordinated various duties, including schedules, payments, and allocations between multiple stakeholders while effectively monitoring customer accounts
- Drafting proposals that incorporate multiple needs of potential new clients
- Drafting contracts and negotiating contracts with clients
- Representing Orbit health in different professional Exhibitions and professional societies for the public
- Establishing professional networks on every stakeholder meeting with regard to EMRs, interviewing new recruits
Software Project coordinator
e-Health IT Systems
04.2017 - 01.2020
- Managing the design, development, and implementation of Orbit Health Electronic Medical Record (EMR) System and Orbit Pharma (Pharmaceuticals management system) in multiple sites
- Studied domain standards for understanding and gathering user and domain requirements
- Asses infrastructure needed for EMR implementation
- Translating client requirements to operational requirements according to international, clients and the Federal Ministry of Health standards
- Prepared proposals that communicate needs, plan and deliverables of clients and company
- Scoping and prioritizing activities as clients need, assigning operational requirements to developers and team
- Managing releases as per client needs, maintaining a fluid relation between clients, users and other stakeholders
- Acting as a communication buffer between users, developers and company management, testing of new released features, consulting development team on client's requests
- Training of users for fluid use of system
- Providing on and off-site support in the implementation phase, prepare timely reports for management team and clients, supervising development staff and other staff in any task or activity
- Supervising quality assurance process by overseeing all testing existing system for the overall performance of the system, testing of new and added features, reporting bugs, following up on deployments
- Support and Training - On the Mobile App developed by JSI for Woreda Health Offices for Vaccine dissemination
Lecturer
Rift Valley University
03.2017 - 07.2017
- Created presentations to deliver lecture material in the classroom learning environment
- Taught lectures on Digital logic and introduction to Information technology topics to classes of 100+ undergraduates
- Designed, planned, and taught lectures based on curriculum requirements and exams
- Planned and developed course curriculums based on government guidelines, trends, and head of department input
- Selected innovative teaching methods to deliver course content
- Marked and graded homework, assignments, papers, and tests, providing constructive feedback to improve learning development
IT technician
IT technician
04.2014 - 03.2017
- IT support relating to issues with the internal systems and network infrastructure, telephone system
- Support services for Microsoft related technologies: Microsoft Dynamics Navision, Windows Server, work stations of users
- Document and maintain all computer systems and network infrastructure
- Perform preventive maintenance for all IT related equipment's in 4 regional and 1 local center
Education
Certificate of Training - IT Business Analysis
Gebeya Inc
Addis Ababa 04.2001 - 04.2019
Master of Arts - Business Administration
Rift Valley University
Addis Ababa 04.2001 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology
Addis Ababa, AASkills
Project management
Analytics and problem resolution
Software life cycles
Product management
Planning and delegation
Stakeholder relationship management
Timeline management
Certification
Leadership and Management Skills Development, VECODE Leadership & Management Institute
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 06/20/91
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Ethiopian
- Marital Status: Single
Social
selam-reta, selamret
Timeline
ID Platform Product Manager
National ID Program of Ethiopia
02.2024 - Current
Software Product Manager
Digital Green Foundation
04.2023 - 02.2024
Software project manager
USAID, DHA
01.2020 - 04.2023
Business Analyst
USAID, AIDS Free Project
02.2019 - 01.2020
SW Project Coordinator and Technical Sales Manager
e-Health IT Systems
04.2017 - 01.2020
Software Project coordinator
e-Health IT Systems
04.2017 - 01.2020
Lecturer
Rift Valley University
03.2017 - 07.2017
IT technician
IT technician
04.2014 - 03.2017
Certificate of Training - IT Business Analysis
Gebeya Inc
04.2001 - 04.2019
Master of Arts - Business Administration
Rift Valley University
04.2001 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology