Admin and Teaching

Rank/Status: 

Assistant Professor 

Organization:

School of Information Science, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Administrative Role: 

• Previous: Regular MSc. Program Coordinator (July 2017 - June 2018), School of Information Science, Addis Ababa University   

• Previous: Department Head (February 2008 - August 2009), Department of Information Science, Faculty of Informatics, Addis Ababa University

• Previous: Director (May 2004 - February 2006), Information and Communication Technology Services Directorate, Defense University College, Debrezeit, Ethiopia

• Previous: University Librarian (August 2003 - April 2004), Defense University College, Debrezeit, Ethiopia

• Previous: College Librarian (April 1997 - July 2003), Defense Engineering College (under Defense University College), Debrezeit, Ethiopia 

Qualification: 

BSc., MSc., Ph.D.

Doctoral/Ph.D. Thesis: 

Sustainability Framework for e-Government Success: Case of WoredaNet Services in Ethiopia

Experience:

25 years in: 

• teaching various IS/IT courses; 

• short-term trainings for practitioners; 

• consultancy of IS/IT projects; 

• leadership role at university (Department Head, Postgraduate program Coordinator, and other administrative positions); 

• IS/IT project management (at Government and Private Organizations)

• supervising various undergraduate industrial projects and postgraduate thesis researches at higher education.

Teaching Area:

• Foundations of Information Science and Systems

• Information Systems Security Management

• Information Systems Strategy and Management

• Enterprise Systems

• Information Systems Analysis, Modelling, and Design

• Information Technology Project Management

• Research Methods (in Information Systems)

• Information Technology Infrastructure 

• Information Systems Workshop

• Big Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

• Web Application Development Technologies 

• Database Management Systems

Postgraduate Courses Taught:

• Foundations of Information Science and Systems (InSS 601) at Addis Ababa University 

• Information Systems Security Management (InSS 672) at Addis Ababa University 

• Information Systems Analysis, Modelling, and Design (InSS 671) at Addis Ababa University 

• Information Systems Project Management (InSS 673) at Addis Ababa University 

• Information Systems Strategy and Management (InSS 607) at Addis Ababa University

• Enterprise Systems (InSS 678) at Addis Ababa University 

• Information Systems Workshop (InSS 677) at Addis Ababa University 

• Digital Project Management (DMEC 512)  at Addis Ababa University 

• Research Methods for Information Science and Systems (InSS 603)

• Information Systems Security: Processes, Technologies, and Management Issues (827) at Addis Ababa University 

• Web Application Development Technologies (IT 616) at Hawassa University

• Information Technology Infrastructure (IT 512) at Hawassa University

Research Area: 

• Information Systems Security Management (Cybersecurity) 

• Digital Transformation (E-Government /E-Services)  

• Enterprise Systems 

• IT Governance  

Research Project:

• Thematic Research Project at Hawassa University, Ethiopia (2017–2019). Research Theme: Integration of ICTs for Sustainable Development. Sub-Themes: E-Service Design and Evaluation; ICT Regulatory Environment in Ethiopia: The Way Forward; Capacitation Road Map for SMEs in the software development business in Ethiopia (ICT Human Capital); and ICT infrastructure for sustainable development of E-services.

• Adaptive Research Project at AAU (2019/2020) ‘Designing a Blockchain based Academic Certificate Authentication System for Higher Education Relevance and Quality Assurance (HERQA) Agency of Ethiopia’  

Office Location: 

​​ Sidist Kilo, FBE Campus, Eshetu Chole Bldg, Room 417

Telephone: 

• +251 (0)911 683805

• E-mail: lemma.lessa@gmail.com;

• Web: https://sites.google.com/view/drlemmalessapersonalsite/bio_summary 

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ycJheV0AAAAJ&hl=en 

• Skype: lemma.lessa

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