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

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Objective: To expand my consulting, research & writing career in the areas ofinsurance, business & related financial services industry with a specialfocus on imparting proven best practices & procedures adaptable toEthiopia's current growing economy & financial services sector .

Educational Background

Dec. 1999:

May 1999:

May 1998:

Sept. 1995:

Real Estate Sales & Investment Brokerage Training inVirginia, AD Banker Training Institute, Ohio, USA.

Insurance Producer & Consulting Licenses in Virginia,Maryland & Washington DC;AD Banker, Ohio, USA.

USFederal Taxation, Enrolled Agent Certification,Admitted to Practice Before the IRS,The USTreasury.

Hospitality Management Diploma, ICS,InternationalCorrespondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.

Sept.89- Apr. 1994: Four & a Half Years of Successful Law Studies,Faculty of Law, Addis Ababa University; earned3.45 GPA at end of the 1st Semester, 5th Year.

Sept 85- 1989:

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High School Completion Certificate, Harrar MedhanialemComprehensive Secondary School, with a specialemphasis on General Commerce & Bookkeeping.

Tibebe Tllahun Tadesse

Work Experience:

May 1999 to Present: Wisdom Financial Corporation, corporate business entitybased in Virginia USA, doing business asWisdom Tax, Insurance &Financial Services, in Washington Metropolitan Area, conducted thebusiness as self employed; managed a fast paced tax, insurance,mortgage & financial services advisory firm with a staff of variouslicensed professionals; consulted in the areas of USTaxation &related financial services; consulted on & sold real estate &mortgage loan services; consulted extensively on & sold all lines ofinsurance (Auto, Life, Home, Commercial Insurance, etc) includingmutual funds, stocks, college saving plans & retirement plans.; in2007 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 55employees focused on guest services; ran theoverall administrative and day -to -day operations of a retailrestaurant business; ran weekly Profit & loss statements;managed payroll figures; monitored food consumption figureswith a view to make the business enterprise profitable; wonsix La Madeleine Manager of the Quarter Awards out of 64 La

Madeleine Restaurants in USA& 192 Managers; promoted toMarket Training Manager for DCLa Madeleine market;extensively trained prospective salaried managers & hourlyemployees;

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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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 UnitedStates Since May 1999;

• Variable Securities/ Investment LicensesSeries 6 & 63/ Virginia,Washington DC& Maryland since December 1999, regulated by the UnitedStates Securities & Exchange Commission (SEe);

• Enrolled Agent Certification, since 1998, earned "Admitted to PracticeBefore the IRS" designation, Internal Revenue Service, USTreasury, withemphasis on personal & corporate Tax Preparation, tax auditrepresentation & consulting in all the 50 USStates & Territories; .

• Real Estate Sales & Investment Brokerage License in Virginia, USAsinceDecember 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, USA in 1994; ranked a"from 57 participant countries & law schools;

• Presented research papers, consultative & audit reports on numerousoccasions & contributed to useful community organizations and non-

profits in my areas of expertise.

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