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Mr. Ammar Mango has been named an International Correspondent for PMForum in Amman, Jordan. Ammar is also the CEO of Method Corporation, an Amman-based project management consulting, product and services company.

Ammar W. Mango, PMP, CSSBB, is principal consultant and enabler for Method Corporation, a project management company with primary offices in Jordan and clients throughout the Middle East. With over seventeen years of global experience in Project Management & Leadership consulting and training, he is considered an international expert on the subjects and enjoys a superb reputation as an inspirational trainer and consultant. Mr. Mango has provided his services in the United States and the Middle East to global organizations like Visteon Systems (USA), Ford Motor (USA), Detroit Edison (USA), Fermi II Nuclear Plant (USA), Qatar Petroleum (Qatar), Saudi Telecom Company (KSA), Al Fotaim Group (UAE) and others. Mr. Mango is a published author and columnist on organizational leadership and project management.

Ammar holds a bachelor’s degree from Jordan University and a Master's Degree in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 1991, and as a Six Sigma Black Belt by the American Society for Quality. He served as Vice President, Education, PMI Great Lakes Chapter in 1993, and is the founder and currently an active member of the PMI Jordanian Chapter. He has been a guest speaker at a number of international Project Management seminars and symposiums around the world.

Amman is the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city of 2,125,400 inhabitants (2005 estimate), and the administrative capital and commercial centre of Jordan. Amman is located in a hilly area of north-western Jordan. The city was originally built on seven hills, but it now spans an area of nineteen hills. Because of the cooling effects of its location on a plateau, Amman enjoys four seasons of excellent weather as compared to many other places in the region.

Amman is experiencing rapid growth that is reshaping the ancient city into a commercial hub. Some of the major construction projects now underway in Amman include the following: Abdali Downtown, a new development in the heart of Amman will pedestrian walkway to stores, malls, restaurants, and residential and office buildings, new hi-rises for residential and commercial purposes, a new library and a performing arts center; the New American University of Jordan; Jordan Gate, two identical skyscrapers for offices; Bonyan City, 5 new skyscrapers for apartments and offices; Amman World Trade Center of 33 floors; Amman Financial Tower, with 56 floors; Betina City with 3 central skyscrapers, a mega-mall, a new railway city, a suspended river, and 3 additional towers; Emirates Towers, spiral thin glass buildings and part of the Emarr Mega Plan; Expansion of Queen Alia International Airport; Jordan Twin Towers, 34 stories to be constructed by the Nuqul group; and Andalucian Village that will house over 600 villas, spas, fitness and health centers, swimming pools, and a recreation area. These and other projects in Amman will position the city in the global market and transform the ancient city into a new center of commerce.

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Arab World in western Asia, bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the north-east, Israel to the west, and Saudi Arabia to the east and south. It shares with Israel the coastlines of the Dead Sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. Jordan has a population of 5.8 million.

Tourism is a very important sector of the Jordanian economy, contributing between 10 and 12 percent to the country's Gross National Product in 2006. In addition to the country's political stability, the geography offered makes Jordan an attractive tourism destination. Jordan's major tourist activities include numerous ancient places, its unique desert castles and unspoiled natural locations to its cultural and religious sites.

Jordan belongs to the UN and several of its specialized and related agencies, including the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and World Health Organization (WHO). Jordan also is a member of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Nonaligned Movement (NAM), and Arab League. (Information about Amman and Jordan are courtesy of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org)

Ammar Mango, who is working to advance the Project Management profession in Jordan and throughout the Middle East, lives in Amman and can be contacted at amango@methodcorp.com. We at PMForum welcome Ammar Mango to our Global Correspondents Network in support of www.pmforum.org, PM World Today and the world of professional project management.

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