Mr. Seifu Tadesse is international research and M&E expert with more than 15 years of experience in Africa.   Has long years of experience in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems and research.  He worked as Research Technical Manager, Research Team Leader, Principal Investigator (PI), and Qualitative and Quantitative researcher. He has substantial professional experience in research designing and implementation, preparing research qualitative and quantitative tools and research guidelines and organizing and facilitating research capacity-building training, provided routine technical support in data quality assurance. He was involved in preparing a research sampling framework, preparing research proposal, and involved in qualitative and quantitative data collection, data analysis, and preparing reports.

Seifu has been involved in research of multi-sectorial programs such as socio-economic, livelihood, health, and education program studies and evaluations. He was involved in the research and evaluations funded by World Bank, DFID, USAID, EU, Irish Aid, and Canada CIDA. He also worked with WFP, UNICEF, INGO, and Government organizations in Ethiopia and other African Countries such as Zambia, Cameroon, Mali, and Lesotho.

 Seifu holds a Master of public health in Health Monitoring and Evaluation, a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Development Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management.