Mesfin Woldearegay

Mr. Mesfin Woldearegay is the founder and president of Washington, DC-based Emerge Investment & Business Development Solutions LLC, a consulting firm that facilitates trade and investment opportunities between the U.S. and Africa.

Currently, he works as IT consultant for Cyber-Zeb IT consulting company based in Virginia.

Mesfin is a regional director/ business partner for Global education US based in USA, UAE and Ethiopia.

For the past decade, his work with Emerge has included assignments involving USAID, OPIC, U.S Congress and multinational corporations.

For the last six years, Mr. Woldearegay has been a consultant on East African matters to international government affairs and business marketing firms Fabiani & Company.

He is also co-founder of Overseas Travelers Services (OTS), also based in Washington. OTS is a leading foreign student exchange company that provides turnkey packages for foreign students seeking to study at top U.S. universities and colleges.

Mr. Woldearegay received an associate’s degree from Addis Ababa University in public administration in 2000, and is a graduate of Washington Adventist University receiving his bachelor’s degree in business management in 2010.

Mr. Woldearegay is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in SQL, a certified Microsoft IT Professional (MCITP), a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and certified in Tax and Accounting. He is also a certified cyber security professional.

As a native of Ethiopia and a naturalized U.S. citizen, he speaks and writes Amharic and English.

Mr. Woldearegay resides in Burtonsville, Maryland with his wife and three children.