Dr. Raymond A. Nchor Knowledge is the prime mover for every success. Company: International Maintenance Consulting (IMC) Location: Mesa, Arizona Website: www.ards-imc.com

Biography:
Raymond Nchor is a Ph.D. holder in mechanical engineering, with specialization in rail transportation, technology transfer, maintenance of public infrastructure & industrial plants and international development. He is the CEO of International Maintenance Consulting (IMC) and the African Railways Development Services (ARDS), a lecturer and the author of several joint-publications in universities and the book PARABLES OF MILK AND MIGHT: Development Political Satire – The Voices of the Affected, which is listed as a bestseller in www.buy.com . Information about this book can also be found in most of the popular websites, notably, www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.abebooks.com, www.alibris.com, www.bn.com, www.A1books.com, www.powells.com, etc.

The African-American owned publishing company, the “blue ocean press”, which published this book in June 2007, in the US and Japan, has decided to get it translated into Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese and several other languages, so that it can be used in schools and colleges throughout Africa, the Caribbean, the US, South American countries and other countries worldwide. For the authorship of his parables, he adopted the pen name “RAN”. Under the contract of the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), he wrote a “Handbook for the Training of Managers of Industrial Energy Systems in Developing Countries, in order to sensitize them on the Importance of Maintenance”.

GTZ experts used book for training in Asia, Africa and South America. He has also written a number of proposals, which include the following: (a) the establishment of the University for Rural Development in Africa (b) the establishment of the “African Diaspora University (ADU)” (c) the Development of Rail Transportation as a Nucleus of Environment-Friendly Inter-Modal Transportation System for the Integration and Development of Marketing Opportunities in Africa, in the 21st Century (d) the Tema University for Technological Innovation (Ghana). He also submitted copies of a proposal in 2006 to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transportation Authority (MARTA, the Major of Atlanta and the Governor of Georgia for the expansion of public transportation systems in the city of Atlanta and other cities in the US. Articles on this subject were also sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Washington Post and the Arizona Republic.

Dr. Nchor is ideas-driven, a strategic thinker, a powerful communicator and a motivator of people for problem solving. He has delivered lectures in several universities, research centres and international development organizations in Germany since 1987. He is a member of the International Development Expert Group, “Forum One World” which is based in Frankfurt, Germany, a member of the Environmental Expert Group “AGENDA 21” established by the Minister of Economics, Environment and Transportation in the German Federal State of Hesse, the World University Service (German Chapter), the Friendship Circle of the Technical University of Darmstadt and the founder and executive member of the non-profit organization “Society for the Promotion of Rural Development in Africa (SORUDA)”. He is prepared to accept invitations for the presentation of his book “PARABLES OF MILK AND MIGHT”, as well as deliver speeches in the following areas: non-profit organizations, international development, management and maintenance of public infrastructure and industrial plants, public transportation (rail), education and career development, rural development, etc.

Availability:
Available as a speaker and consultant.