Panelists

Qasim Abbas
Global Practice Head – Device Engineering Tech Mahindra

Qasim Abbas (Qasim) heads the Device Engineering Practice at Tech Mahindra. Qasim is seasoned telecom executive with over 18+ years of Wireless Industry experience in Device Engineering, Product Test & Commercialization, Globalization of devices/M2M & IoT products. Currently, Qasim is responsible for the Tech Mahindra’s Device Engineering & Labs globally.

Hesham ElHamahmy
President & CEO, HAE Innovations

HAE Innovations is a world class services and solutions for evaluating the performance of wireless connected devices. Our patent-pending systems and methods for evaluating Internet of Things performance allows IoT manufacturers to test IoT at all stages of development from chip design to service deployment globally. Hesham is an innovative leader with a broad base of expertise in sales, marketing, and operations with a great track record of driving growth at start-ups, turnarounds, and growing high tech companies. He’s been around since the dawn of wireless in the ‘90s and is now running his own IoT focused startup.

Dean Weber
Chief Technology Officer, Mocana

With more than 43 years of experience in information and physical security, he leads Mocana as Chief Technology Officer after serving as director and cyber solutions enterprise architect at CSC.

His background includes Chief Technology Officer at Applied Identity, which was sold to Citrix. Earlier, he was Chief Security Architect at Teros; a leading manufacturer of application security gateways, also acquired by Citrix. He was responsible for developing and implementing solution deployments including assessment and intelligence gathering at TruSecure/ICSA Labs (now Verizon Business Security Solutions). Mr. Weber helped found a large Midwestern reseller-integrator specializing in secure architectural design and deployment for both public- and private-sector clients, and he served for many years as its technical vice president. Additionally, he spent several years in the U.S. Navy working in physical and electronic security. Mr. Weber is a frequent speaker at information security events such as InfoWorld, ITEC, InfoSec Europe, InfraGard, Secret Service Security Roundtable, ISSA, and various focus engagements.