1. Phone USA: 703-845-1040/703-688-4016
Ethiopia: 0911-222887/ 0939-197100
Tibebe Tilahun Tadesse
5827 Columbia Pike # 201
Falls Church, VA 22041 E-mail: wisdomtax@gmail.com
Resume
Objective: To expand my consulting, research & writing career in the areas of
insurance, business & related financial services industry with a special
focus on imparting proven best practices & procedures adaptable to
Ethiopia's current growing economy & financial services sector .
Educational Background
Dec. 1999:
May 1999:
May 1998:
Sept. 1995:
Real Estate Sales & Investment Brokerage Training in
Virginia, AD Banker Training Institute, Ohio, USA.
Insurance Producer & Consulting Licenses in Virginia,
Maryland & Washington DC;AD Banker, Ohio, USA.
US Federal Taxation, Enrolled Agent Certification,
Admitted to Practice Before the IRS,The USTreasury.
Hospitality Management Diploma, ICS,International
Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sept.89- Apr. 1994: Four & a Half Years of Successful Law Studies,
Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University; earned
3.45 GPA at end of the 1st
Semester, 5th Year.
Sept 85- 1989:
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High School Completion Certificate, Harrar Medhanialem
Comprehensive Secondary School, with a special
emphasis on General Commerce & Bookkeeping.

2. Tibebe Tllahun Tadesse
Work Experience:
May 1999 to Present: Wisdom Financial Corporation, corporate business entity
based in Virginia USA, doing business as Wisdom Tax, Insurance &
Financial Services, in Washington Metropolitan Area, conducted the
business as self employed; managed a fast paced tax, insurance,
mortgage & financial services advisory firm with a staff of various
licensed professionals; consulted in the areas of USTaxation &
related financial services; consulted on & sold real estate &
mortgage loan services; consulted extensively on & sold all lines of
insurance (Auto, Life, Home, Commercial Insurance, etc) including
mutual funds, stocks, college saving plans & retirement plans.; in
2007 successfully converted Wisdom Financial Corporation
to a Franchise business entity with 11 independent franchisees;
Sept. 1994 to May 1999: La Madeleine French Restaurant & Bistro,
Assistant General Manager, Managed a staff of over 55
employees focused on guest services; ran the
overall administrative and day -to -day operations of a retail
restaurant business; ran weekly Profit & loss statements;
managed payroll figures; monitored food consumption figures
with a view to make the business enterprise profitable; won
six La Madeleine Manager of the Quarter Awards out of 64 La
Madeleine Restaurants in USA& 192 Managers; promoted to
Market Training Manager for DCLa Madeleine market;
extensively trained prospective salaried managers & hourly
employees;
Oct.1993 to Apr. 1994: Addis Ababa University, External Relations Department,
Organizer, Contributor & Editor of Addis Ababa University's News &
Views Magazine, a monthly English Publication with campus news,
events & commentary.
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3. Tibebe Tilahun Tadesse
Other Licenses, Non Profit & Community Organizations' Experience:
• Property & Casualty Insurance Licenses, Life Insurance & Annuities Licenses,
Health Insurance Licenses in Virginia, Washington DC& Maryland United
States Since May 1999;
• Variable Securities/ Investment Licenses Series 6 & 63/ Virginia,
Washington DC& Maryland since December 1999, regulated by the United
States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEe);
• Enrolled Agent Certification, since 1998, earned "Admitted to Practice
Before the IRS" designation, Internal Revenue Service, USTreasury, with
emphasis on personal & corporate Tax Preparation, tax audit
representation & consulting in all the 50 USStates & Territories; .
• Real Estate Sales & Investment Brokerage License in Virginia, USAsince
December 1999;
• Contributed articles to The Ethiopian Herald (The Ethiopian English Daily),
AAU campus Graduation Publications, & ZETHIOPIA(Both in English &
Amharic Published in the USA);
• Represented Ethiopia & The Faculty of Law, AAU before The PHILLIP C.
JESSUPInternational Moot Court Competition, USAin 1994; ranked a"
from 57 participant countries & law schools;
• Presented research papers, consultative & audit reports on numerous
occasions & contributed to useful community organizations and non-
profits in my areas of expertise.
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