Getaw Tesfaye Wogderes
@getawtesfayewogderes
I improve AI training data through Amharic annotation, transcription, evaluation, and quality assurance.
What I'm looking for
I'm an AI data specialist producing and reviewing Amharic training data for CrowdGen (Appen) and WithSpout.com, alongside video annotation work for Atlas Capture. I annotate video actions and objects, transcribe audio, evaluate language quality, and correct AI-generated labels using detailed guidelines.
I also manage district IT support operations at Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, building on earlier network and hardware support experience. My background combines 16+ years of IT operations with hands-on AI data labeling, HITL QA, prompt engineering, and model evaluation.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
District IS Support Manager
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Jan 2017 - Present (9 years 8 months)
Manage IT support operations across the district, troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues, and supporting users while maintaining IT systems and infrastructure.
Network Specialist & Hardware Technician
Construction and Business Bank S.C.
Jan 2010 - Dec 2016 (6 years 11 months)
Installed, configured, maintained, and troubleshot LAN/WAN network infrastructure, including switches, routers, and access points. Diagnosed and resolved hardware, software, and network connectivity issues, and provided technical support to users.
Amharic Language Transcription Specialist
WithSpout.com
Performed accurate Amharic audio transcription and quality review for AI language-data projects, following detailed linguistic and transcription guidelines. Identified audio-quality issues, speaker overlap, and transcription errors while ensuring consistent, high-quality language data.
Freelance AI Data Annotator & Amharic Language Specialist
CrowdGen (Appen)
Produced high-quality Amharic language data for AI training and evaluation projects, including transcription, language quality evaluation, and quality checks. Applied detailed annotation standards and worked independently in remote project environments while meeting deadlines.
AI Video Annotation Specialist
Atlas Capture
Annotated and segmented video clips for AI and computer-vision training datasets, identifying and labeling human actions, hand movements, objects, and key events. Reviewed and corrected AI-generated action labels and performed quality checks to ensure accuracy and guideline compliance.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Hawassa University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
BSc in Computer Science from Hawassa University, Ethiopia, completed in 2008.
CISCO
CISCO Training, Networking
Completed CISCO training covering ICND I and ICND II.
ITIL
ITIL Foundation Certificate, IT Service Management
Completed ITIL foundation training and obtained certification.
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