Esube Bekele
Vice President Of Technology at IQT (In-Q-Tel)
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolEsube Bekele is a Vice President of Technology for AI at IQT with 11+ years of expertise in computer vision, machine learning, and robotics applied to national security and healthcare. He blends deep academic rigor—a PhD in ECE from Vanderbilt and an NRC fellowship at the U.S. Naval Research Lab—with hands-on experience building robotic and VR therapy systems, person re-identification models, and GPU-accelerated vision pipelines. At IQT he leads investments and technical strategy across Applied AI, GenAI, and computer vision, bridging venture and mission-driven technology adoption. Notably, his doctoral work produced a patented robot/VR therapy platform and competitive wins in EEG-driven prosthesis control, reflecting a knack for translating research into real-world systems. Based in the DC-Baltimore area, he pairs technical inventiveness with strategic evaluation skills that help surface high-impact capabilities for the intelligence and defense communities.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Electrical Engineering at Bahir Dar UniversityMaster of Business Administration - MBA Health Care Management AI for Business and Entrepreneurship , Master of Business Administration - MBA Health Care Management AI for Business and Entrepreneurship at The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University
English, Amharic
Github Skills (26)
pytorch10
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
gpu10
neural-network10
jax10
numpy9
acceleration9
gpu-acceleration9
computer-vision8
autograd8
tflearn8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
deepnn/covfefe
Aug 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:111 commits, 102 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
blackinai/blackinai-original-webpage
Jul 2018 - Sep 2020
blackinai.org
Contributions:135 commits, 3 PRs, 117 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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