PMForum has announced that Mr. Ron Taylor has been named an International Correspondents for PMForum and PM World Today
for Washington, DC, USA. Mr. Taylor is also a project manager,
lecturer, trainer, author, consultant, and the principal and founder of
the Ron Taylor Group.
Ron
Taylor has over twenty five years of experience in managing projects.
He was previously at the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington where he
managed several multimillion dollar projects and led the Bureau's
Project Management Board of Directors. Ron began his career as a member
of the faculty of the University of Kentucky, where he was nominated
Teacher of the Year.
Ron is the Immediate Past President of
the Washington D.C. Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
The PMI Washington DC Chapter (PMI-WDC) is the largest PMI Chapter in
the world with over 8,500 members. During Ron's Presidency, the Chapter
was named 2007 PMI Chapter of the Year and Ron was named 2008 PMI
Chapter Leader of the Year. Ron has served as a member of the faculty
of PMI's College of Performance Management and a member of PMI's
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) project team.
He has been a featured speaker at several project management
conferences and symposia.
Ron holds both PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP®)
certification and the Master Certified Knowledge Manager (MCKM)
certification from the International Knowledge Management Institute.
Ron lives in Northern Virginia and can be contacted at rontaylor1@verizon.net. We at PMForum want to welcome Ron to the PMF Global Correspondents Network.
According
to Wikipedia, Washington, D.C., formally, the District of Columbia and
commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C.) is
the capital of the United States. Founded on July 16, 1790, the city is
located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the
states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides.
The District has a resident population of 588,292; however, due to
commuters from the surrounding suburbs, its population rises to over
one million during the workweek. (photo montage at right courtesy of Wikipedia)
The
Washington Metropolitan Area, of which the District is a part, has a
population of 5.3 million, the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the
country.
The centers of all three branches of the federal
government of the United States are located in the District, as are
many of the nation's monuments and museums. Washington, D.C. hosts 172
foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States
(OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO). The headquarters of other institutions such as
trade unions, lobbying groups, and professional associations are also
located in the District.
Washington, D.C. has a diversified
economy with an increasing percentage of professional and business
service jobs. The gross state product of the District in 2007 was $93.8
billion, which would rank it No. 35 compared to the 50 U.S. states. As
of March 2008, the federal government accounted for about 27% of the
jobs in Washington, D.C.
(photo: Washington from Virginia side of the Potomac River)
Many
organizations such as law firms, independent contractors (both defense
and civilian), nonprofit organizations, lobbying firms, national
associations of labor, and professional groups have their headquarters
in or near D.C. to be close to the federal government. As of May 2008,
the Washington Metropolitan Area had an unemployment rate of 3.5%; the
lowest rate among the 40 largest metro areas in the nation. It is also
lower than the national average unemployment rate.
Washington
has a growing number of industries not directly related to government,
especially in the areas of education, finance, public policy, and
scientific research. The George Washington University, Georgetown
University, Washington Hospital Center, Howard University, and Fannie
Mae are the top five non-government-related employers in the city The
city has also become a leader in global real estate investment, behind
London, New York City, and Paris. Washington has the third-largest
downtown in the USA in terms of commercial office space, directly
behind New York City and Chicago,
(map: location of Washington, DC in the USA)
The United States of America (USA) is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and
Mexico and a sea border with Russia and The Bahamas. The United States
is a federal republic, with its capital in Washington, D.C.The USA has
been an independent and self governed democracy since 1776.
The
USA has over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.5 million km2) and is the
fourth largest country in the world by total area. It is the world's
third most populous country with just over 300 million residents.
With
a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $12 trillion, the USA has the largest
economy in the world. The USA's median household income is 8th highest.
The largest sector in the United States economy is services, which
employs roughly three quarters of the work force. The United States has
vast economic, political, and military influence on a global scale,
which makes its foreign policy a subject of great interest and
discussion around the world. Most countries have embassies in
Washington, D.C., and many have consulates around the country. More
information about Washington, DC and the USA can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.
(Note: the above economic information was prior to the current economic
downturn began. Gross measures will have changed, but not the rankings.)
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