Meet Our Team
Yodahe Zemichael
yodahe@id.et
Executive Director
Leads the NID Program and was part of the NID Technical Working Committee since 2018.
Eyob ALemu
eyob@id.et
Technical Director
Eyob has been part of the NID team in various roles and is now leading the implementation team.
Betlhem Mergia
betlhem@id.et
Program Lead
Betlhem is the Program Lead and had a director role at the Innovation Institute.
Dereje Abdisa
dereje@id.et
System Engineering Lead
Dereje has been part of the implementation team and has worked on the ID Platform since its inception.
Ashenafi Gadisa
ashenafi@id.et
Development and Implementation Lead
Ashenafi has been part of the implementation team and has worked on the ID Platform since its inception.
Elias Debebe
elias@id.et
Biometric Systems Lead
Elias has also been part of the ID Platform team since its inception focusing on biometrics and systems integration.
Yohannes hailu
yohannes@id.et
Enrollment Operations Lead
Yohannes has worked at MoF and PMO is now Enrollment Ops lead.
Yared taye
yared@id.et
Infrastructure and System Security Lead
Yared has also been part of the ID Platform team since its inception leading the DevOps, infrastructure and system security activities.
Feven Bulbula
feven@id.et
Strategy and Partnerships
Feven is an engineer by profession but also has experience in Project Management and has just joined NID.
Bereket Gebrehiwot
bereket@id.et
Advisory and Support Unit Director
Bereket has experience in project management at the Innovation Institute and has recently joined NID.
surafel mehari
surafel@id.et
Network Engineer
Surafel manages data center and network infrastructure related activities
ruth michail
ruth@id.et
Digital Delivery Expert
Ruth handles NID program documentation both technical and legal as well as media engagement.
yafet getachew
yafet@id.et
DevOps and Program Unit
Yafet supports NID Program on DevOps dividing his time between PMO and NID Project.
Elsabeth Tesfaye
elsabeth@id.et
Finance Specialist and HR Expert
Elsabeth is responsible for the financial and Human resource works in NID.
External teams
NID as a project believes in a lean team that outsources man-power intensive activities in an effort to ensure efficiency in management.
Legal Support
NID plans to procure a legal firm or individuals for both the international and local legislative and legal work.
Communications Firm
NID is in the process of hiring prospective Communications Firm to formulate a communications strategy, conduct various social studies, handle media engagement, events and PR.
Enrollment Firms
NID plans to recruit small and medium firms interested in conducting ID registrations and pre-registrations as part of a specific project with a relying party.
Authentication Firms
Depending on the specific use-case, NID hopes to find suitable firms or associations that can offer authentication services on behalf of a project or party.