Mr. Matt Jabbour, MBA, PMP

Prior to joining AMIDEAST Oman as Training Expert-Senior Consultant in October 2009, Mr. Jabbour worked for the Information Technology Authority (ITA) in Oman as a Senior Business Consultant. As an advisor to ITA’s executive committee, Mr. Jabbour helped develop ITA’s business strategy, which led to the execution of 30 concurrent projects. In addition, Mr. Jabbour offered executive seminars and coaching to the CEO and his team, as well as management seminars for over 80 ITA employees and managers. Mr. Jabbour started his career in software development and system design in 1989. He held senior manager positions at several major IT companies in the United States and Canada. He also developed and offered seminars in the area of leadership, customer relations, and management, initially in North America and later in the GCC. Mr. Jabbour holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Phoenix in the United States, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of North Florida in the United States, a Public Speaking certification from Dale Carnegie, NLP Master Practitioner from NLP Colorado, and a Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute.

Mr. Jourdan Younis, CMAA, LEED® AP

Jourdan Younis has over 10 years of experience in the fields of sustainable development, finance and cleantech. His MBA from London Business School and Bachelor of Science from Cal Poly are coupled with several years of sustainability consultancy experience (LEED & Estidama). He has launched and developed sustainability departments in both the USA and the UAE. His project portfolio includes commissions ranging from a multi-billion USD financial center development in the UAE to the training of over 1,000 professionals in multiple facets of sustainability and green investments. Mr. Younis is currently the head of sustainability for Oger International - Abu Dhabi and teaches Estidama's Pearl Rating System for the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Coucil and LEED for the American University of Sharjah and AMIDEAST.

Mr. Talal Alsadi, PMP

Mr. Talal Alsadi, PMP has over thirty years of international and local experience in Project Management, IT Management, and Leadership consulting and training. Mr. Alsadi holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from De Paul University in Chicago, USA, and has been certified as a Project Management Professional® (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2005. With 30 years of experience working for major firms in Canada and the UAE, he has delivered Project Management courses for nearly 40 clients in the UAE. He also published two books in the Information Technology field.

Mr. Frank Parth, MS Physics, MS Systems Management, MBA, PMP

Mr. Frank Parth is the president of a project management consulting, training and auditing company in the USA. He has provided project management services to major US companies, the US and Canadian governments, and the United Nations in locations such as Rome and Beirut. He brings 30 years of experience in project management and technology development. He has a long career in key positions in the aerospace industry and e-commerce technology. In addition to managing a project management consultancy, Mr. Parth teaches at several universities in California, including the University of Southern California, the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and Claremont Graduate University. In 2009, Mr. Parth was elected to the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute, the world’s leading project management professional membership organization.

Mr. Omran Zbeida, BSEET, PMP

Mr. Omran Zbeida is a dynamic corporate trainer with over 30 years of professional managerial and technical experience. He is a member of the American National Honor Society “Tau Alpha Pi”. He brings a wealth of knowledge ranging from research and development, electronics manufacturing and telecommunication software and hardware project management. Mr. Zbeida has extensive regional experience, both in the GCC and North Africa, over the past 3 years; he served clients in both governmental and private organizations. He provided project management consultations to hundreds of professionals in UAE, Kuwait and Libya. While working in USA for over 27 years, Mr. Zbeida developed a reputation of being a great motivator, team developer and trainer. He introduced many processes and procedures to enhance staff competency, including Statistical Process Control “SPC”. He also trained countless trainers to lead training programs.

Mr. I. Dani, PMP

Mr. I. Dani has more than 23 years of experience in the field of management. Employed as a Project Manager in a prestigious investment organization he revised the internal project management methodology and related documentation. His training experience covers dozens of PMP courses in the Middle East and the PMI chapter in Lebanon. He has worked in different countries and with various nationalities. He combines the theory of PMBOK and the practice of project and people management to transfer the knowledge to trainees and equip them with the necessary skills and capabilities for passing the PMP exam as well as managing successful projects.

 Amman, July 27, 2010 — Under an agreement signed in Amman today, Arab Bank and American education organization AMIDEAST have launched an innovative partnership to benefit Arab Bank customers and the many individuals who access AMIDEAST’s extensive education and training programs.

For the fourth consecutive year with funding from the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem and in partnership with UNRWA, AMIDEAST conducted “Camp Discovery” — a multi-faceted, learner-centered summer camp experience for Palestinian youth aged 8–14 in refugee camps in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Eligible students include men and women who represent the region’s cultural, religious, and geographic diversity and are from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who could otherwise gain admission to, but would be unable to afford, four years of college.  MEPI Tomorrow's Leaders scholarship recipients should be prepared to begin the program in the Fall 2013 term.