Seid Aman Mohammed
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Mary Anna Noveck, Ed.D.
Seid is a dynamic and committed leader who has served as imagine1day’s Country Director in Ethiopia’s education sector since Lululemon Athletica founders Chip and Shannon Wilson established the international non-profit organization in 2007. Over the past ten years I have had the good fortune to observe and work closely with Dr. Mohammed both in the U.S. and Ethiopia while serving as a Board Member for the imagine1day USA Foundation in providing access to quality education in the most marginalized communities of Ethiopia. During this time, I have experienced the many contributions Dr. Mohammed has made to his country, and witnessed his keen ability to develop and cultivate relationships with cross cultural teams that include donors, local governments, rural communities, NGOs, U.N Agencies and other international emergency response and development actors in the Ethiopian context. The overall success and impact of the imagine1day organization is a direct result of Mr. Aman’s strong leadership, dedication and passion for his work. The organization currently partners with over 500 schools, in three regions and 10 districts located in the most remote and marginalized areas of Ethiopia. Over the past 13 years Dr. Aman has developed, lead the implementation, and scaled an innovative and effective education model, which to date has transformed the lives of over 265,000 Ethiopian children and adults in one of the poorest nations in the world. Between 2014 and 2018, Seid was responsible for securing a sizeable multimillion-dollar grant agreement for imagine1day with the Qatar based Education Above All (EAA)’s Educate a Child (EAC) programme, and implemented innovative community-based education project that enrolled and retained over 93,000 out school children in 363 remote communities. As a result, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education as well as the country’s former president have acknowledged Seid’s contributions to Ethiopia and in 2015 and 2016, the imagine1day organization was awarded the distinction of being one of the top ten innovative NGO’s working in the country, and the only NGO recognized out of the ten from the education sector. Dr. Aman, has been able to broaden the donor base by raising millions of dollars to support organizational mission from organizations including UNICEF, Light for the World, Run for Water, Canada Embassy, Costa Foundation, and private sector. Dr. Aman together with his team designed sustainable programs that changed dependency syndrome mindset by actively engaging the communities and local government in their own development. Seid created an organization culture with a high level of integrity and transparency. Dr. Aman is a lifelong learner and recently earned his Global Executive Doctorate Degree from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education as a way to further strengthen his leadership capacity and fulfill his education and career goals. This world-renowned university is highly competitive
Randall Peg Peters
Seid is one of the brightest most innovative leaders I have ever encountered. I have worked Seid in Ethiopia for the past 8 years and have learned so much from his style of leadership. Seid is a visionary who can inspire people in North American and in Ethiopia. He has been educated in the West gaining his PHD at USC but he chooses to work among the most vulnerable people on our planet empowering subsistence farmers and their families with access to education and clean water. His innovative ideas are transforming how aid and development is being done in Africa. I have learned so much from Seid and count him as one of my closest friends.
Mary Anna Noveck, Ed.D.
Seid is a dynamic and committed leader who has served as imagine1day’s Country Director in Ethiopia’s education sector since Lululemon Athletica founders Chip and Shannon Wilson established the international non-profit organization in 2007. Over the past ten years I have had the good fortune to observe and work closely with Dr. Mohammed both in the U.S. and Ethiopia while serving as a Board Member for the imagine1day USA Foundation in providing access to quality education in the most marginalized communities of Ethiopia. During this time, I have experienced the many contributions Dr. Mohammed has made to his country, and witnessed his keen ability to develop and cultivate relationships with cross cultural teams that include donors, local governments, rural communities, NGOs, U.N Agencies and other international emergency response and development actors in the Ethiopian context. The overall success and impact of the imagine1day organization is a direct result of Mr. Aman’s strong leadership, dedication and passion for his work. The organization currently partners with over 500 schools, in three regions and 10 districts located in the most remote and marginalized areas of Ethiopia. Over the past 13 years Dr. Aman has developed, lead the implementation, and scaled an innovative and effective education model, which to date has transformed the lives of over 265,000 Ethiopian children and adults in one of the poorest nations in the world. Between 2014 and 2018, Seid was responsible for securing a sizeable multimillion-dollar grant agreement for imagine1day with the Qatar based Education Above All (EAA)’s Educate a Child (EAC) programme, and implemented innovative community-based education project that enrolled and retained over 93,000 out school children in 363 remote communities. As a result, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education as well as the country’s former president have acknowledged Seid’s contributions to Ethiopia and in 2015 and 2016, the imagine1day organization was awarded the distinction of being one of the top ten innovative NGO’s working in the country, and the only NGO recognized out of the ten from the education sector. Dr. Aman, has been able to broaden the donor base by raising millions of dollars to support organizational mission from organizations including UNICEF, Light for the World, Run for Water, Canada Embassy, Costa Foundation, and private sector. Dr. Aman together with his team designed sustainable programs that changed dependency syndrome mindset by actively engaging the communities and local government in their own development. Seid created an organization culture with a high level of integrity and transparency. Dr. Aman is a lifelong learner and recently earned his Global Executive Doctorate Degree from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education as a way to further strengthen his leadership capacity and fulfill his education and career goals. This world-renowned university is highly competitive
Randall Peg Peters
Seid is one of the brightest most innovative leaders I have ever encountered. I have worked Seid in Ethiopia for the past 8 years and have learned so much from his style of leadership. Seid is a visionary who can inspire people in North American and in Ethiopia. He has been educated in the West gaining his PHD at USC but he chooses to work among the most vulnerable people on our planet empowering subsistence farmers and their families with access to education and clean water. His innovative ideas are transforming how aid and development is being done in Africa. I have learned so much from Seid and count him as one of my closest friends.
Mary Anna Noveck, Ed.D.
Seid is a dynamic and committed leader who has served as imagine1day’s Country Director in Ethiopia’s education sector since Lululemon Athletica founders Chip and Shannon Wilson established the international non-profit organization in 2007. Over the past ten years I have had the good fortune to observe and work closely with Dr. Mohammed both in the U.S. and Ethiopia while serving as a Board Member for the imagine1day USA Foundation in providing access to quality education in the most marginalized communities of Ethiopia. During this time, I have experienced the many contributions Dr. Mohammed has made to his country, and witnessed his keen ability to develop and cultivate relationships with cross cultural teams that include donors, local governments, rural communities, NGOs, U.N Agencies and other international emergency response and development actors in the Ethiopian context. The overall success and impact of the imagine1day organization is a direct result of Mr. Aman’s strong leadership, dedication and passion for his work. The organization currently partners with over 500 schools, in three regions and 10 districts located in the most remote and marginalized areas of Ethiopia. Over the past 13 years Dr. Aman has developed, lead the implementation, and scaled an innovative and effective education model, which to date has transformed the lives of over 265,000 Ethiopian children and adults in one of the poorest nations in the world. Between 2014 and 2018, Seid was responsible for securing a sizeable multimillion-dollar grant agreement for imagine1day with the Qatar based Education Above All (EAA)’s Educate a Child (EAC) programme, and implemented innovative community-based education project that enrolled and retained over 93,000 out school children in 363 remote communities. As a result, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education as well as the country’s former president have acknowledged Seid’s contributions to Ethiopia and in 2015 and 2016, the imagine1day organization was awarded the distinction of being one of the top ten innovative NGO’s working in the country, and the only NGO recognized out of the ten from the education sector. Dr. Aman, has been able to broaden the donor base by raising millions of dollars to support organizational mission from organizations including UNICEF, Light for the World, Run for Water, Canada Embassy, Costa Foundation, and private sector. Dr. Aman together with his team designed sustainable programs that changed dependency syndrome mindset by actively engaging the communities and local government in their own development. Seid created an organization culture with a high level of integrity and transparency. Dr. Aman is a lifelong learner and recently earned his Global Executive Doctorate Degree from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education as a way to further strengthen his leadership capacity and fulfill his education and career goals. This world-renowned university is highly competitive
Randall Peg Peters
Seid is one of the brightest most innovative leaders I have ever encountered. I have worked Seid in Ethiopia for the past 8 years and have learned so much from his style of leadership. Seid is a visionary who can inspire people in North American and in Ethiopia. He has been educated in the West gaining his PHD at USC but he chooses to work among the most vulnerable people on our planet empowering subsistence farmers and their families with access to education and clean water. His innovative ideas are transforming how aid and development is being done in Africa. I have learned so much from Seid and count him as one of my closest friends.
Mary Anna Noveck, Ed.D.
Seid is a dynamic and committed leader who has served as imagine1day’s Country Director in Ethiopia’s education sector since Lululemon Athletica founders Chip and Shannon Wilson established the international non-profit organization in 2007. Over the past ten years I have had the good fortune to observe and work closely with Dr. Mohammed both in the U.S. and Ethiopia while serving as a Board Member for the imagine1day USA Foundation in providing access to quality education in the most marginalized communities of Ethiopia. During this time, I have experienced the many contributions Dr. Mohammed has made to his country, and witnessed his keen ability to develop and cultivate relationships with cross cultural teams that include donors, local governments, rural communities, NGOs, U.N Agencies and other international emergency response and development actors in the Ethiopian context. The overall success and impact of the imagine1day organization is a direct result of Mr. Aman’s strong leadership, dedication and passion for his work. The organization currently partners with over 500 schools, in three regions and 10 districts located in the most remote and marginalized areas of Ethiopia. Over the past 13 years Dr. Aman has developed, lead the implementation, and scaled an innovative and effective education model, which to date has transformed the lives of over 265,000 Ethiopian children and adults in one of the poorest nations in the world. Between 2014 and 2018, Seid was responsible for securing a sizeable multimillion-dollar grant agreement for imagine1day with the Qatar based Education Above All (EAA)’s Educate a Child (EAC) programme, and implemented innovative community-based education project that enrolled and retained over 93,000 out school children in 363 remote communities. As a result, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education as well as the country’s former president have acknowledged Seid’s contributions to Ethiopia and in 2015 and 2016, the imagine1day organization was awarded the distinction of being one of the top ten innovative NGO’s working in the country, and the only NGO recognized out of the ten from the education sector. Dr. Aman, has been able to broaden the donor base by raising millions of dollars to support organizational mission from organizations including UNICEF, Light for the World, Run for Water, Canada Embassy, Costa Foundation, and private sector. Dr. Aman together with his team designed sustainable programs that changed dependency syndrome mindset by actively engaging the communities and local government in their own development. Seid created an organization culture with a high level of integrity and transparency. Dr. Aman is a lifelong learner and recently earned his Global Executive Doctorate Degree from the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education as a way to further strengthen his leadership capacity and fulfill his education and career goals. This world-renowned university is highly competitive
Randall Peg Peters
Seid is one of the brightest most innovative leaders I have ever encountered. I have worked Seid in Ethiopia for the past 8 years and have learned so much from his style of leadership. Seid is a visionary who can inspire people in North American and in Ethiopia. He has been educated in the West gaining his PHD at USC but he chooses to work among the most vulnerable people on our planet empowering subsistence farmers and their families with access to education and clean water. His innovative ideas are transforming how aid and development is being done in Africa. I have learned so much from Seid and count him as one of my closest friends.
Experience
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imagine1day
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Canada
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Country Director
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Oct 2008 - Present
As a country director, I model organization vlues and culture and sets expectations for the team to deliver and is accountable for the quality and efficiency of all work in the country. I have anoverall responsibility for representing and delivering imagine1day’s interestsin‐country. I also provide overall direction for the planning, development, and implementation of the organization’sprogrammatic strategy. My role involves building partnerships with government, local and international NGOs, project partners and multilateral and bilateral donors. In collaboration with the leadership team, create country strategy the helps to achieve organization’s goals. I am currently providing strategic leadership for all operations in Ethiopia. Oversee the operation in three regions and over 180+ staff members. Under my leadership, the organization acheived many milestones and is now considered as one of the leading education development organization. Since 2008, played a leading role in designing and delivering numerous education projects which created access to quality education for over quarter a million children in 487 partner schools in Ethiopia. Oversaw 60 school construction projects and over 50 Water, Sanitation, and hygiene projects and is passionate about serving disadvantaged communities and lifting them out of poverty.
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Finance and Administration Manager
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Mar 2008 - Sep 2008
In this role, I was able to set-up Imagine1day's Finance, HR and Administration, and Procurement policies from the scratch. I also adapted key policies including Child protection, anti-corruption, safety, and code of conduct. Further, I designed a financial recording and reporting system using the Quickbooks accounting software.
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Finance and Administration Officer
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Oct 2006 - Feb 2008
Served as a lead Finance and Administration officer of the DFID funded RiPPLE program. It was a $5 million GBP, five-years research program implemented through a consortium of Overseas Development Institute (ODI) of UK, IRC of Netherlands, WaterAid, and Addis Ababa University. I was responsible for the operation, Finance, and Administration of the program in Ethiopia reporting to the Director of the program at ODI. My main roles and responsibilities were:• Prepared, monitored and reviewed budgets on time and managed expenditures in line with budgets• Ensured compliance with Water Aid Ethiopia, ODI, and DFID policies and procedures and with the regulations and laws of the government of Ethiopia in all financial matters;• Periodically reviewed and updated the financial policy and procedures, assure distribution of the Financial Policy Manual to all relevant staff and monitor compliance• Responsible for the proper functioning of the sub offices and systems in each of the regions, including visiting the regional offices to monitor systems and compliance• Ensured that all contracts, including purchase agreements, consulting agreements, MoUs, subcontracts, etc. follow proper procedures and are regularly monitored for deliverables, reporting requirements, and expiration/renewal dates.• Analyzed financial and non-financial data and produce accurate, up-to-date and complete financial reports/statements and management reports, as and when needed.• Ensured books are closed off correctly at year-end with appropriate provisions in place based on managers inputs;• Provide financial capacity building support to project staffs• Facilitated Project and Operational agreement with DPPA, BOFED, MOJ and other concerned governmental organizations• Managed staff recruitment and personnel development• Ensured local laws and regulations with regard to personnel management and other matters adhered
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EngenderHealth
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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400 - 500 Employee
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Senior Accountant
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Sep 2006 - Oct 2006
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Finance and Administration Manager
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Feb 2004 - Aug 2006
I was responsible for all function of Finance and Administration department including: • Developed administrative and financial policies and procedures for the organization which include; manuals, user guides and templates to be compliant with donors and regulating bodies requirement. • Provided training and technical support to Sub-offices and project offices to improve their administrative and financial systems and procedures, including more general improvements in management of funds. • Prepared and submitted financial reports to donors as per their formats and other requirements. • Provided regular financial and management reports, including monthly reports on spending against budget, Statement of income and expenditure by project and Donor (Fund statement) and Annual financial statements. • Responsible to overlook monthly project expenditures of sub-offices and make all necessary adjustments and posting to the Software system. • Assisted project officers in preparing project proposals. • Played a leading role in the annual budgeting process. • Represented the office in absence of the Executive Director
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National Bank of Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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Banking
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100 - 200 Employee
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Banking Officer
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Nov 2001 - Feb 2004
My major duties & responsibilities were:• Inspection of private and government commercial banks foreign exchange bureaus • Check and verify daily foreign exchange transactions made by commercial banks • Posting the foreign exchange buying and selling transactions to the data base • Producing weekly, monthly and annual foreign exchange transactions by commercial banks for the consumption of economic research and international banking departments. • Annual report on foreign exchange utilization by individuals to Federal Inland Revenue Authority and regional finance bureau for tax purpose. • Pre-license assessment of new foreign exchange bureaus • Check and verify the profit repatriation request by multinational companies. • Worked as a member of the process re-engineering committee
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Education
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2017 - 2019
University of Southern California
Global Executive Doctor of Education - EdD, Global Executive Doctor of Education -
2014 - 2015
Ambo University
Post Graduate Diploma, Development Management -
2004 - 2006
Addis Ababa University
Master's degree, Accounting and Finance -
1997 - 2001
Jimma University
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
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