Business Development | Sales & Marketing | Project Management

For several years Hisham worked in the telecommunication and semiconductor industry, where he held several positions ranging from Software Engineer developing software for digital telephony to Group Business Manager for smart card and security solutions. He worked for leading technology organisations, such as Siemens, Giesecke & Devrient and Infineon Technologies across Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

Hisham's technology focus was mainly in security and smart card technology, including smart card systems, security and trusted platforms, biometrics and Radio Frequency Identification, also known as RFID. Among the projects he championed were the supply of the first chip based solution for Telstra's payphone smart cards, the Hong Kong Citizen ID card and the development support for MULTOS secure smart card operating system. He also managed several smart card projects in the Asia Pacific region for the Finance and Government sector.

His main capacity in the field of security & smart card technology was to develop new markets and introduce new chip based solutions for card applications. His sales and marketing experience bundled with his project management and relationship management skills contributed to his success and awarded him with stakeholder trust at the highest level.
Hisham has also contributed to forums relating to standardisation and participated in initiatives to adopt smart card technology for added security.