Jordan: The Land ofTechOpportunity

#AmmanTT

May 3, 2011

1975

ATARI PONG

1979

IBM 5100 Portable

1983

Apple IIe w/ apps

1983 Spring

National Orthodox School

1983 Fall

Boston College

1984

QuickTime™ and aCinepak decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

1984

Graphical User Interface

1987 1990 1993 1995 1997 1998 2001 2007

IrisGuard

A Killer App!

• Global Application• Homeland Security• Banking• Financial Services• Online Security• Identity Protection• eGov Services

Investments

• Successes– Rubicon– MenaITech– MarkaVIP– Wheels Express

• Failures– LCG– Ideal Dimensions– XPress

1994 1999 2000 2002 2003 2005 2008 2010

Economic Consultative CouncilREACH Initiative

REACH 2.0 -> Jordan ICT Forum

GLT

Ambassador of Jordan to US

YGLKAFD

Oasis 500

2008 2009 2010

Clean, Green and Sustainable

Energy, Water and Environment

Lessons Learned

• Dream & dream big• Take initiative• Recognize and accept failure• Hire smart people• Invest in your team• Share the benefits• Serve your country and community• Entrepreneurship is an attitude• Subscribe to lifelong learning

“Intelligence is to learn from own mistakes,

Thank You!

wisdom is to learnfrom the mistakes of others!”