Aklilu Teklesadik
Technical Project Manager at Het Nederlandse Rode Kruis
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolAklilu Teklesadik is a Technical Project Manager and humanitarian data strategist with nine years of experience applying data-driven methods to disaster risk reduction and emergency response. He specializes in developing forecast-based early action triggers for typhoons, floods, and droughts, and has led Forecast-based Financing projects across multiple countries through 510, the Netherlands Red Cross initiative. Combining hydrological research and spatial data infrastructure experience—from river-basin modelling to flood and damage mapping—he translates meteorological and satellite data into rapid impact assessments and prioritized relief actions. Based in Delft, he bridges academic rigour (VU Brussels, UNESCO-IHE) with hands-on operational delivery, and often pairs predictive models with vulnerability analysis to make triggers actionable for vulnerable communities. Notably, he has experience building interoperable geospatial systems and mentoring research collaborations, enabling faster, evidence-based humanitarian decision-making.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of science in water engineering, water science and engineering -Hydroinformatics, Master of science in water engineering, water science and engineering -Hydroinformatics at UNESCO-IHEcertificate, Summer school, certificate, Summer school at Copenhagen University College of EngineeringBachlor of science, Civil Engineering, Bachlor of science, Civil Engineering at Arbaminch universityMaster of science(15 ECTS credit), Integrated flood risk managment, Master of science(15 ECTS credit), Integrated flood risk managment at Karlstad UniversityVrije Universiteit Brussel
Amharic, oromo, English, German, Dutch, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
typhoon10
percentage10
prediction10
mechanism10
predict10
protocols9
trigger9
forecasting9
soil1
water1
scale1
domain-model1
temple1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aklilu/Typhoon-Haiyan
Jan 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:1 release, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
rodekruis/IBF_TYPHOON_DATA_PIPELINE
Dec 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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