Throughout his career, Amr Salem led businesses successfully for Fortune 500 corporations that capitalize on a market opportunity and create a strong leadership position, through developing high performance teams and building customer intimacy. Amr managed large businesses in the Emerging Markets, with operations that cover various industries. Amr currently leads Cisco's Global Smart + Connected Communities Practice. In this role, Amr develops Cisco’s vision and strategy to address Large City Transformation Projects engaging across key Verticals:Energy & Utilities, Public Safety, Healthcare, Education, Transportation, Telecom, and Real Estate, leveraging Cisco’s Smart+Connected Communities solutions. Prior to this Amr led the Local Government Segment for theEurope Middle East and Africa region. Previous to Cisco, Amr was the General Manager for the Gulf & Levant region for Hewlett Packard. In that role, Amr managed an organization that spread across the Middle East, focusing mainly on providing customers with enterprise solutions. Under his leadership, HP enjoyed a dominant market share and strong growth across all market segments, to reach $300M in fiscal year 2005. Before the HP-Compaq merger Amr was the General Manager for the Gulf & Levant region, in Compaq as well. Amr joined Compaq in 1998 as a Sales Manager for the Egypt & Levant region. As recognition to his leadership in developing transformational businesses in the region, Amr has received various awards. Most recently he was awarded the Enterprise Business Leader of the year by Arabian Computer News Magazine in 2008 for his role in Cisco. Amr holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He is also a member of the Young Arab Leaders group, and a founding member of the Dubai Capital Club.
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Amr Salem, Managing Director, Emerging Solutions Cisco
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Throughout his career, Amr Salem led businesses successfully for Fortune 500 corporations that capitalize on a market opportunity and create a strong leadership position, through developing high performance teams and building customer intimacy. Amr managed large businesses in the Emerging Markets, with operations that cover various industries. Amr currently leads Cisco's Global Smart + Connected Communities Practice. In this role, Amr develops Cisco’s vision and strategy to address Large City Transformation Projects engaging across key Verticals:Energy & Utilities, Public Safety, Healthcare, Education, Transportation, Telecom, and Real Estate, leveraging Cisco’s Smart+Connected Communities solutions. Prior to this Amr led the Local Government Segment for theEurope Middle East and Africa region. Previous to Cisco, Amr was the General Manager for the Gulf & Levant region for Hewlett Packard. In that role, Amr managed an organization that spread across the Middle East, focusing mainly on providing customers with enterprise solutions. Under his leadership, HP enjoyed a dominant market share and strong growth across all market segments, to reach $300M in fiscal year 2005. Before the HP-Compaq merger Amr was the General Manager for the Gulf & Levant region, in Compaq as well. Amr joined Compaq in 1998 as a Sales Manager for the Egypt & Levant region. As recognition to his leadership in developing transformational businesses in the region, Amr has received various awards. Most recently he was awarded the Enterprise Business Leader of the year by Arabian Computer News Magazine in 2008 for his role in Cisco. Amr holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He is also a member of the Young Arab Leaders group, and a founding member of the Dubai Capital Club.
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