Esube Bekele

Esube Bekele currently serves as Vice President of Technology at IQT (In-Q-Tel), focusing on Applied AI, Gen AI, Computer Vision, and associated fields. Prior roles include Senior Technology Architect and Technology Architect, where Esube engaged in venture capital, technology, and national security innovations. Esube's research experience includes positions at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory as a Research Fellow, exploring deep convolutional neural networks, and as a National Research Council Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences. Academic contributions include a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Vanderbilt University, complemented by an MBA in Health Care Management and AI for Business from The Johns Hopkins University, along with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Bahir Dar University.