Marwan Juma is the founder and Chairman of Kinz for information technology, the country’s leading corporate data provider, and dot.jo, one of Jordan’s top web application providers.  Juma also served as the country’s Minister of Information of Communications and Information Technology from Dec 2009 till Feb 2011.  Prior to his government service, Juma was the Chief Executive Officer of Xpress Telecommunications, one of Jordan’s leading mobile operators and the first Arab company to introduce the iDEN technology in the region, which combines the abilities of ordinary mobile phones with the instantaneous Direct Connect (walkie-talkie) service.
Juma was the outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Batelco Jordan, the country’s second fixed line operator and the leading data communication provider.  In addition, Marwan was the Chairman of the local chapter of the Young Arab Leaders Organization, the region’s leading youth NGO. He also serves on several prominent boards including the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development, Oasis500, the region’s leading IT fund and incubation program and the King Abdullah Award for Excellence in Government Performance and Transparency.  Juma served on the “National Agenda’s” Royal Steering Committee entrusted with developing the country’s strategy for the coming ten years.
Marwan Juma was also re-elected as the Chairman of INTAJ, Jordan’s Information Technology Association in 2009, and a founding contributor to Jordan’s national initiative for establishing Jordan’s IT Industry, known as the “REACH Initiative”.  The REACH Initiative is a five-year action plan to advance Jordan’s nascent IT sector, and strengthen its position to compete in local, regional, and global markets.
Holder of a Master in Management degree from North Carolina State University in the United States, and two Bachelor degrees in Business Management and Economics, Marwan has been an active player in Jordan’s Information Technology sector since 1990.  Upon completing his studies, he joined Ideal Group, (the Apple Computer and Compaq distributor in Jordan), and moved up the ranks to become Vice President. In 1995, he took over as the General Manager of NETS, Jordan’s first e-mail and second Internet Service Provider.  Six years later, NETS, and a second data provider, Firstnet, and Bahrain Telecom, a regional leading telecom provider completed the first IT merger in Jordan and formed Batelco Jordan.
An outspoken character, Marwan has lobbied long and hard towards the establishment of a world-class telecom infrastructure in Jordan, and has been an ardent supporter for increased private-public partnerships to further enhance and accelerate the country’s modernization and economic development.