Getachew A. Demessie is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the College of Natural and Computational Sciences at the Debre Markos University. Before joining AIMS Ghana, Getachew accounts that he never considered himself a leader, but the soft and hard skills gained from AIMS had gone a long way in shaping to better his position in society. Currently serving as the Vice Dean of the college, he creates strategies to improve human and physical resources to execute research projects and participation in community services.