I am Brook Teferi, a CTO and software leader with a track record of delivering scalable, data-driven platforms. I excel at designing robust architectures, mentoring cross-functional teams, and turning strategic visions into tangible products. I thrive on building cross-functional teams, aligning technology with business goals, and driving innovation across healthcare, education, and labor-market domains.

Brook Teferi

I am Brook Teferi, a CTO and software leader with a track record of delivering scalable, data-driven platforms. I excel at designing robust architectures, mentoring cross-functional teams, and turning strategic visions into tangible products. I thrive on building cross-functional teams, aligning technology with business goals, and driving innovation across healthcare, education, and labor-market domains.

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I am Brook Teferi, a CTO and software leader with a track record of delivering scalable, data-driven platforms. I excel at designing robust architectures, mentoring cross-functional teams, and turning strategic visions into tangible products.

I thrive on building cross-functional teams, aligning technology with business goals, and driving innovation across healthcare, education, and labor-market domains.

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Language

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Amharic
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Work Experience

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / CoFounder at Humsanity
January 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and developed a full-stack digital wellness platform leveraging Next.js for frontend and Django REST Framework for the backend. Implemented multi-step registration, role-based access control, and real-time password strength validation. Architected a unified wellness ecosystem integrating AI-powered coaching, online courses, wellness travel bookings, e-commerce marketplace, and community engagement features under a single user experience. Engineered secure authentication, email verification, session booking, and progress tracking systems to ensure a reliable and user-friendly journey. Implemented advanced capabilities including real-time availability scheduling, multi-step booking workflows, personalized content discovery, and integration with third-party wellness apps like fitness trackers and wearables. Established a DevOps pipeline with GitHub Actions and Docker enabling automated deployments, high availability, and streamlined scaling across environments.
Senior .NET Developer at Prime Tech
February 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and implemented a high-performance enterprise solution using .NET 8 with a code-first approach, adhering to Clean Architecture principles (Domain, Application, Infrastructure, and Presentation layers). Leveraged PostgreSQL as the primary database, implementing advanced indexing, partitioning, and query optimization to efficiently handle large-scale, high-volume datasets. Integrated Redis for distributed caching, reducing API response times by up to 60% during peak loads and improving system scalability. Applied Repository and Unit of Work patterns, ensuring modular, maintainable, and testable data access logic.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) | Senior Software Developer | Product Manager at E-LMIS (Ethiopian Labour Market Information System)
August 1, 2025 - August 29, 2025
Architected and implemented a scalable, microservices-based Labor Market Information System (LMIS), integrating 35+ systems and serving a national user base of over 60 million. Led the full lifecycle development of a biometric-enabled labor registration system and national job portal, expanding employment access, enhancing digital inclusion, and streamlining workforce operations across Ethiopia. Directed and mentored cross-functional teams of Software Engineers, AI/ML Specialists, DevOps Engineers, Data Analysts, QA Engineers, and Product Managers, driving a culture of innovation, accountability, and delivery excellence. Defined and executed a strategic technology roadmap, aligning technical initiatives with national labor market objectives, improving delivery efficiency by 20%, and accelerating time-to-market. Championed Agile/Scrum practices, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and iterative development. Established a structured product management framewor
Senior Software Developer & Project Lead at MarketWave AI
January 31, 2024 - August 29, 2025
Led the design, development, and delivery of an AI-powered platform enabling Social Media Managers to generate high-impact content using Large Language Models (LLMs). Expanded the platform into a full-fledged e-learning ecosystem, collaborating with Naifty Academy to deliver AI-powered training modules.
Django Developer at Markab Solutions
November 30, 2024 - August 29, 2025
Developed a healthcare education web application empowering users with industry knowledge and career development tools. Built end-to-end features using Django (backend) and HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap (frontend).
Software Developer at Information Network Security Agency (INSA)
July 1, 2023 - August 29, 2025
Engineered secure, high-performance internal systems for a national security agency, adhering to stringent compliance and reliability requirements. Developed scalable backends using ASP.NET Core and Django, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and data integrity. Automated end-to-end testing and deployment pipelines with Python-Selenium, reducing regression testing time by 50%.
Junior Software Developer at ICT4Development
September 1, 2021 - August 29, 2025
Designed and deployed a student-centric learning management system supporting course enrollment, progress tracking, and multimedia content delivery. Built a natural language processing pipeline to classify sentiment in social and educational datasets (positive, negative, neutral). Designed a desktop GUI with PyQt5, enabling non-technical users to upload data, analyze sentiment, and visualize results.
Software Developer Intern at Professional Electronic Development Services (PEDS PLC)
December 31, 2019 - August 29, 2025
Engineered a comprehensive Cinema Management System using ASP.NET Core, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, and Bootstrap 4, delivering intuitive, user-friendly modules for account management, contact tracking, and attendance processing.
Senior Software Developer at E-LMIS (Ethiopian Labor Market Information System)
August 1, 2025 - October 14, 2025
Led the end-to-end development of biometric-enabled labor registrations and a national job portal. Architected and integrated scalable systems across Ethiopia, expanding employment access and digital inclusion. Directed cross-functional teams of software engineers, AI/ML specialists, DevOps engineers, data analysts, QA engineers, and product managers. Implemented Agile/Scrum practices, defined a strategic technology road map, and improved deployment efficiency by 20-30% while reducing post-release defects by 15%. Technologies included Django REST Framework, Next.js, .NET Core, REST APIs, Celery, Redis, Docker, PostgreSQL.
Senior Software Developer at MarketWave AI
January 1, 2024 - October 14, 2025
Led the design and development of an AI-powered platform enabling Social Media Managers to generate high-impact content using large language models. Expanded to a full-fledged e-learning ecosystem in collaboration with Nafty Academy to deliver AI-powered training modules.
Senior Software Developer at MarkAB Solutions
November 1, 2024 - October 14, 2025
Developed a healthcare education web application, empowering users with industry knowledge and career development tools. Built end-to-end features using Django (backend) and HTML/CSS/JavaScript (frontend).
Software Engineer at INSA (Information Network Security Agency)
September 1, 2021 - October 14, 2025
Developed scalable backends for national security applications using ASP.NET Core and Django; ensured high availability, fault tolerance, and data integrity. Automated end-to-end testing and deployment pipelines with Python-Selenium, reducing regression testing time and improving reliability.
CTO & Co-Founder at Humanity Maastricht (Remote)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Designed and developed a unified full-stack digital wellbeing platform using Next.js frontend and Django REST Framework backend; implemented multi-step registration flow, role-based access control, and real-time password strength validation; built AI-powered coaching, online courses, wellness travel bookings, e-commerce marketplace, and community features.
Senior Software Developer
August 1, 2025 - October 14, 2025
Led full lifecycle development of a scalable microservices-based Lab Information Management System (LIMS), integrating 35+ systems for a national user base of over 60 million and enabling real-time labor market intelligence; mentored cross-functional teams including DevOps, data analysts, QA, and product managers.
Product Manager at Mark Wave AI
January 1, 2024 - October 14, 2025
Led design, development, and delivery of an AI-powered platform enabling social media managers to generate high-impact content using large language models; expanded platform features and guided go-to-market strategy.
Healthcare Education Web Application Developer at Markab Solutions
July 1, 2023 - October 14, 2025
Delivered an end-to-end healthcare education web application using Django on the backend and HTML/CSS/JS on the frontend, including LMS features and user engagement tools.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science at Dire Dawa University
September 15, 2015 - June 2, 2019
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Dire Dawa University
September 1, 2015 - June 1, 2019

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
September 1, 2015 - June 1, 2019
Abyssinia Industry's Employee of the Year
January 11, 2030 - October 14, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Government, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Other