Abduselam S
Founder at ShaltuLabs
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbduselam S is a founder and software engineer with 11 years of experience focused on applying NLP to low-resource languages, bridging research and product delivery. He has built and led AI-focused ventures (ShaltuLabs, OromoAI) while gaining production ML and infrastructure experience at Google (GKE AI Infrastructure, Vertex AI) and major internships at Microsoft and T-Mobile. His work blends hands-on model and platform engineering with data annotation and AI training, reflecting an end-to-end understanding of ML lifecycles. Based in the United States and grounded in formal CS training from the University of Washington and Bellevue College, he brings entrepreneurial drive and practical systems experience to language-focused AI problems. Notably, he moves between deep research roles and operational engineering, making him effective at shipping usable NLP solutions for underrepresented languages.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at University of WashingtonAssociate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Academic Concentration in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS, Academic Concentration in Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude at Bellevue CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hazen Senior High School
English, oromo, Arabic
Github Skills (46)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
magicpea/DubHacks2019
Oct 2019 - Aug 2025
Contributions:12 pushes, 11 issues in 5 years 11 months
ashaltu/covid-tracker
May 2020 - Mar 2026
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Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
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