About

I build software automation solutions across data and embedded systems, from automated data collection and processing to cloud applications and AI, with a special interest in system integration.

Experience

Automation Engineer, Wellness USA

Minneapolis, MN · Aug 2025 – Present

Programming controllers in CODESYS for smart pods; database, cloud integration, and automated deployment.

Engineering Intern, Xcel Energy

Minneapolis, MN · May 2025 – Aug 2025

Automated Gen5 Riva Itron smart meter validation with multi-meter MQTT monitoring and Grafana dashboards.

Teaching Assistant, North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND · Jan 2023 – May 2025

TA and grader for Computer Applications, Programming Languages, Theoretical CS, and Database Systems.

Data Engineer, University of Regensburg

Germany · May 2022 – Jan 2023

Schema evolution research for SQL/NoSQL polystores; data pipelines, quality validation, CI/CD, and Docker packaging.

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Rostock

Germany · Sep 2020 – Apr 2022

High-temperature electronics, FPGA/VHDL on Xilinx, and NLP for scientific text information retrieval.

Electrical Engineer, General Power PLC

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Sep 2015 – Aug 2018

PLC, HMI, and VFD automation for HVAC, power distribution, and lighting with industrial protocols.

Education

M.S., Computer Science — North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND · May 2025 · GPA 3.85

Selected courses: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Data Engineering, Database Systems

M.S., Electrical Engineering — University of Rostock

Rostock, Germany · April 2021 · GPA 3.77

Selected courses: Cybersecurity, Data Warehouses and BI, Embedded Systems & VLSI, Natural Language Processing

B.S., Electrical Engineering — Jimma University

Jimma, Ethiopia · July 2015 · GPA 3.37

Selected courses: Power Systems, Control Systems, Electronics, Digital Systems

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate 2024AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2024Associate Data Scientist, DataCamp 2020