Yasser Helmy is Head of Smart Cities Sales and Business Development for Cisco in Asia Pacific & Japan. He joined Cisco in 2005 for the creation of the Connected Real Estate business in the Middle East and was a founding member of the global Smart+Connected initiative at Cisco. Yasser has been involved in Smart City projects across Dubai, Sao Paolo, Barcelona, Nice, Jaipur, and Kyoto. Prior to joining Cisco, Yasser held management and sales roles with Hewlett-Packard, Fastlane, and SITA.