JANUARY 01, 2010/Orlando, Florida - The Al Rawdah (Flower) District Center in the City of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has selected Bipro to provide leadership and expertise to help develop its strategic plan.  The Al Rawdah District Center (similar to a community center) already serves 500 of its 78,000 residents with thirteen activity programs, for males and females, offered for individuals and families across all age groups.  The Center has been bequeathed a large parcel of land (11,000 hectares or 22,470 acres) and intends to build a facility in the near future.

The strategic plan will provide a roadmap (model) to help the Center expand its services and scope When the plan is completed, it will be used to recruit volunteers, develop funding sources, and provide operational direction.   The strategic plan will provide the following to the Al Rawdah District Center leadership:

1. Information on the best practices of similar organizations and programs, within the Middle East, United States, and other countries. This will include both religious centers both Christian and Muslim as well as other centers like Boys and Girls Clubs.

2. A data base of the Al Rawdah District, that will include population demographics, education and employment statistics, and information about local businesses, public and private schools, parks, businesses, social issues, health care, Mosques, and so forth.

3. A vision statement, additional program descriptions, and action plans.

The lead Bipro consultants for this project are Dr. Allan Austin, of Orlando, Florida and Henry E. Liebling, of Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Austin has developed strategic plans for a number of Middle East governments, private organizations, and NGO's including:  ADNOC in UAE, AQWAF Foundation in Kuwait, SABIC in Saudi Arabi, and many others in over 100 countries. In the private sector, Allan has provided services to such companies as:  ARAMCO, GE, Apple, BP, Exxon, HP, IBM, Siemens, Nokia, and Sony.

Henry E. Liebling has an MPA from The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.  As a manager in city to state government, he designed and managed community involvement.  He has been a Board Member of a Community Education Partnership and has been a volunteer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.  Henry has provided services to AT&T and Microsoft among others.

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Dr. Ravi Pandy, the CEO of BiPro has served at the executive level in GE, Ingersoll Rand and Siemens. He is an aerospace engineer with a strong working career in the health care sector. He is a leading expert in business transformation, performance improvement, and restructuring. Contact Allan Austin at (+1) 407 923-1133 or allanaustin@gmail.com

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