Abraham K. Adhanom

Abraham is a faculty member at the International Institute at UCLA. He develops courses and teaches African Languages and Linguistics, and International Project Management. He has been teaching at UCLA since 2013 and has over 20 years of teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs.

He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Business Process Management Professional (BPMP), and Certified Management Coach (CMC). Abraham also serves as an Associate Professor of Management and Program Director at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California.

His academic and consulting expertise includes international development, project management, business process management, and organizational change management. Before moving to the US, Abraham directed over 32 hydraulics and engineering projects, including micro dams, water supply pipelines, irrigation channels, clinics, schools, and rural roads in East Africa. The projects were sponsored by the Geneva, Switzerland-based international organization, the Lutheran World Federation.

His corporate consulting experience involves project management, process improvement, enterprise asset valuation, and organizational change management at local and global organizations, including the Los Angeles County Office of Education, LA Care Health Plan, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America.

Abraham holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Management Information Systems, a Master's in International Business/Intercultural Studies, and a PhD in Management with Concentration in Information Systems Management.

Abraham's research interests focus on African Language and Linguistics Technology Project Management, International Project Management, African Development and Change Management, African Colonial Legacies and Post Colonial Leadership Development, and Modeling of Global Systems and Processes Transformation.

In June 2022, Abraham organized the 1st Global UCLA and Stanford-sponsored Tigrinya Language Digital Initiatives Symposium with colleagues from Stanford and two other organizations.

See also Abraham K. Adhanom, PhD - School of Business and Management - Azusa Pacific University