Approach
Understand how an organization
actually works. Build the roadmap
and governance that make
ambiguous change executable. Know which trade-offs matter when the plan meets reality.
Education
M.A. Social and Sustainable Business Management
B.A. Communications and International Business
Certifications
Project Management,
University of Washington
Seble Asfaw builds AI-native operating models and leads cybersecurity and
technology programs for organizations moving fast under real stakes. She has run application security and vulnerability disclosure for a global newsroom, rebuilt an engineering organization's operating model from the ground up, and is currently leading a company-wide AI transformation program.
Her range spans media, healthcare, philanthropy, and technology. Each new
industry has meant learning its rules quickly and translating them into a working plan.
The industries change but the method holds.
Languages
English, Amharic
Based In
Brooklyn, New York
Where I can help
AI Transformation & AI-Native Operating
Models
Leading the shift to AI-native ways of working, including governance for regulated and clinical environments.
Cybersecurity & Application Security
Leadership
Technology & Program Leadership
Organizational Assessment & Redesign
Vulnerability management, disclosure programs, and security operating models.
Running major cross-functional initiatives from roadmap through delivery.
Auditing how an organization actually works, then designing and piloting what replaces it.
A second read for CTOs/CISOs and founders on structure, priority, and trade-offs.
Strategy & Advisory
Select Works
Led a company-wide AI efficiency assessment across ten departments and roughly $370M in operating expense, identifying about $14.6M annualized savings, and authored the operating model now guiding how Product, Design, and Engineering build with AI.
Five years across delivery, cybersecurity, and application security, including a vulnerability disclosure policy rated highest of any prior policy by internal and external auditors, and technical leadership for six teams supporting more than 400 engineers.
Managed development of the illustrated edition of the 1619 Project, coordinating writers, designers, and artists alongside editorial leadership including Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Led the reorganization of Product, Design, and Engineering: authored a 40 page operating model that moved three departments onto one workflow and raised team engagement by 60 percent.
Program-managed the launch of Paul Allen's Holodome installation, owning a $10.1M annual budget across a four year build.
Art Collecting
Alongside her program work, Seble is the founder of Misgana African Art, an advisory and gallery for traditional African art and design. She has spent six years helping collectors source, curate, and build collections, including facilitating an acquisition through Pace African and Oceanic Art, and ran collection and client operations for Welancora Gallery.
Misgana was named a Salon Introduction honoree and Emerging Talent award winner at Salon Art + Design 2025, was accepted to The Winter Show, and will exhibit at Design Miami in 2026.
Honors
Salon Art + Design 2025, Salon Introduction
Emerging Talent Award
COLLECTIBLE NYC 2025
Design Miami 2026
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