1. CurriculumVitae Araya Fesseha
JOB APPLIED FOR
POSITION
PREFERRED JOB
STUDIES APPLIED FOR
To register under expert data base :
I am confident to overtake assignments related to my profession ,
experience and skills that I have accumulated in my academic and
work careers. I will be very glad if I get opportunity to be part of UNIDO
staff to work to the objectives that has been devised by the esteemed
office. Currently I am Director General of Ethiopian national
Accreditationoffice. Mypositionand the nature of my office'swork gave
me access of opportunity to work with International Cooperative
partners like GIZ, ACP/TBT, PEFC, ANSI, Global G.A.P, in
developing, implementing, evaluating and monitoring projects.
My background is chemistry and scaled up to chemical engineering
and I am quite fit to monitor, evaluate projects, support manufacturing
industries, qualityinfrastructures, trainqualityrelated international (ISO)
standards.
During my stay at Ethiopia National Accreditation Office I am
competent on the standards ISO/IEC 17011 which is standard for
accreditation bodies, ISO/IEC 17025 standard for testing and
calibration, ISO/IEC 17020 inspection, ISO 15189 medical laboratory,
ISO/IEC 17065 product certification, ISO 19011 system audit, ISO/IEC
17024 personnel certification, ISO/IEC 17021 system certification, ISO
and 9001:2015 QMS. Beside these, I trained on Leadership strategic
management, conflict resolving management, Project Development,
implementation and Evaluation, etc. With this experience I am
optimistic to deliver the expectation. I had worked for 13 year in
university developing under graduate and post graduate curriculums
based on the profile which industry required. I thought engineering
courses as of thermodynamics, heat transfer, mass transfer,
engineering management, optimization, applied chemistry. During my
stayed in the textile industry I develop optimum operational labelling,
and cost incurring in each machine like ( de-sizing, bleaching,
mercerizing, washing, drying, dyeing, stet enter, calendaring,
sulfonizer, jigger, printing).

2. CurriculumVitae Araya Fesseha
WORK EXPERIENCE  DirectorGeneral, Ethiopian NationalAccreditation Officesince 16 May 2011
up to now.
 Secretary of Ethiopian NationalAccreditationCouncil since 2011 up to now
 Chair ofAccreditationApproval Committee (AAC) to grant , withdraw,
suspend or deduct or add scopes
 memberof National QualityAward technical committee
 Develop and approve the quality managementsystem of Ethiopian National
Accreditation office as per to ISO/IEC 17011, ILAC and IAF requirements
 MRA, mutual recognitionarrangement committeeofAFRAC
 Chemical engineering department head from 2001 to 2011;
 Quality control and laboratory head at Almeda Textile Factory from 1999 to
2001;
 Train staff of ENAO on ISO/IEC 17011;
 Train assessors and staff on ISO/IEC 17020; ISO/IEC 17025 Standards;
 Coordinate National workshopon the theme challenges to conduct research
in Ethiopia at Defence University thatconducted on 4 & 5 November / 2004;
 Develop chemical engineering curriculum for degree program;
 General Manager of poly vinyl chloride seal factory at Teka Egenu Private
Limited Company
 Conduct research on biodiesel at Defence University.
 Assist graduating students on the theme “wastetreatmentthat comes from
electroplating plant” ;
 High level expertise on Chemical disposing and characterization at MTC on
2010;
 Design and implement waste disposal plant at MTC on 2010;
 Assist graduates on the theme of synthesizing biodiesel ;
 Presenter on the theme of tri partite relation (Ministry of defence, defence
engineering college and defence industries) future work and frame work

3. CurriculumVitae Araya Fesseha
structure that it should be
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
Field of study Academic
level
Institution Year
accomplished
Chemical
Engineering
Master
(MSC)
Tsinghua university,
Beijing, China
September
1996 toApril
1999
Chemistry Degree
(BSC)
Asmara University 1982/83 to July
1985/86 July
 ISO 9001:2015 lead auditor
 Product certificationtraining for trainers from American standard
development institute 14 &15 January /2016;
 AFRAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) Committee
training on IAF – ILAC A2 document and other relevant points of
ISO/IEC 17011, AFRAC documents M001 & M002 4 October /
2015
 On the new version of ISO/IEC 17021, Quality management
System 8 October / 2015;
 Since 2012 participate on IAF – ILAC annual meeting attain on
different committees and working groups on sharing experience
among different personnel on those fields such as inspection
committee, Accreditation Committee, Personnel certification
working group, assessor competence working group, product
certification working group;
 Audit on ISO 19011:2011 from 6 to 10 February / 2015 for five
days ;
 Government strategic policy “ agricultural policy, industrial policy,
foreign relation policy and political leadership first April to last of
May / 2014 for sixty days;
 Technical assessortraining on ISO/IEC 17020 may 2013 for five
days;

4. CurriculumVitae Araya Fesseha
 Awareness on ISO/IEC 17020 standard for five days; 15 to 19
April / 2013;
 Method validation and uncertainty calculation 15 to 19 April / 2032
for five days ;
 Managing conflict of an organization 9 to 11 January / 2013 for
three days;
 Awareness on implementation of ISO/IEC 17011 standard July
/2012 for five days;
 Lead assessorcourse on ISO/IEC17025 and ISO 1518925 to 28
July / 2011 for four days;
 Technical assessor course training on ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO
15189 26 September to 3 October / 2011;
 Awareness on the standardISO/IEC17025 givenon 23 to 27 May
/2011 for five days;
 Ethiopian Government policy May /2007 for 30 days;
 Curriculum development and design, teaching methodology,
learning assessment policy and strategy given on 24 to 29 / 2006
for six days;
 Project planning, implementation, Monitoring and evaluation given
on 20 June to 8 July / 2005 for 21 days;
 Advance chemical Laboratory techniques and management given
on 24 September to 12 October / 2011 for 12 days
PERSONAL SKILLS
 Strategic planner and risk analyzer;
 Openness to learn from others;
 Project developer this had happen with GIZ, and ACP- TBT
project;
 Fund raising and effective utilization evaluating through the
outcomeof indicators, this has happen Food and health research
Institution;
 Leading projects strategically and device alternative ways when
the condition consider at initial stage were not fit;

5. CurriculumVitae Araya Fesseha
 Capacitating and mobilizing staff to achieve the expectation;
 Device mechanism to avoidthe constraints coming up due to staff
turnover;
 Build Team work with cooperative partners;
 Device means of sustainability of projects when their closing
period arrive.
Mother language Tigrigna and Amharic
UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading
Spoken
interaction
Spoken
production
English Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
Communicationskills ▪I am excellent in communicating with people; Ihave beenworking with
Mr. Mike, Mr. Uli, DrAndreas while they work under GIZ/ NQI project in
Ethiopia.
▪I have beenexcellently communicating withExpatriateprofessors while I
was working In Defence University.
Organisational / managerial
skills
I do have excellent managerial skill which has beenproofed:
▪I was managing the responsibilityof Chemical Engineering department
head in Defence University.
▪I was responsible for more than500 works while I was working inAlmeda
Textile Factory.
▪ Now I am Director General of EthiopianNationalAccreditationOffice
since 2011 and ina very short period of time Myorganizationis evaluated
for full member of ILAC on medical laboratoryand testing (ISO 15189
&ISO /IEC 17025).

6. CurriculumVitae Araya Fesseha
Job-related skills ▪I have the skill to Manage and evaluate medical laboratories strategic
objectives because I usual scrutinizing the problems of medical
laboratories which is basically scientific equipment maintenance,
sustainable development of profession skill which relates to personnel
certification that can be deserved through short term trainings, external
quality control (proficiencytesting), measurement traceability, and reagent
traceability.
Computer skills ▪I am good inMicrosoft and also Mat lab program
Driving licence I have derived for more than ten years with driving licence level 2.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
I have done my second degree research onextractionof organic
compounds bychemical complexation.