Parsons Corporation

Paypal

SVP Paypal World, Regional Head & GM MEA

Otto Abasi Williams is a leading executive in digital payments and financial services. He is currently serving as the SVP PayPal World and Regional Head and General Manager for PayPal in the Middle East and Africa. Otto is executing PayPal’s mission to enable global wallet interoperability and provide inclusive cross-border digital payment to consumers and merchants across the Middle East and Africa, while driving PayPal’s revenue growth, and deepening meaningful relationships with financial institutions, fintech companies, governments, and technology partners.

Under Otto’s leadership, PayPal has expanded its presence across the Middle East and Africa, including the launch of its first regional headquarters in Dubai. He is also leading the global build and rollout of PayPal World, a pioneering global platform that connects major digital wallets and payment systems, by simplifying cross-border commerce and enabling merchant access to billions of consumers. Otto is advancing PayPal’s mission to build inclusive, scalable digital payment infrastructure worldwide.

Previously, Otto spent nearly 12 years at Visa, and served as the Head of Product, Partnerships, and Digital Solutions for Visa in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region. Otto led the commercialization, delivery, and revenue growth of Visa’s products and solutions with banks, Fintechs, Telcos, and Bigtechs.

Otto brings strong leadership in the digital financial services space. He has launched products, published patents, completed strategic partnerships, venture investments deals, and successfully launched and scaled global products and commercial programs including Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, the Visa Ready Program, Fintech Fasttrack, and the Africa Fintech Accelerator.

Prior to Visa, Otto worked as a software engineer, and as an investment banker at Cowen and Company where he covered technology companies. Otto holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.

PayPal

Head of Government Relations | Middle East & Africa | Central Asia

Bassit Abbas is a public policy and government relations leader with over eight years of experience shaping regulatory environments and advancing business strategy across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and Latin America. He currently serves as Head of Government Relations for the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia at PayPal, where he leads regional government engagement across complex policy areas including payments regulation, financial crime, digital and data policy, crypto assets, trade, and financial inclusion, while advising senior executives on regulatory developments and political risk. Previously, Bassit held progressively senior government affairs roles at Visa, supporting public policy strategy across more than 85 jurisdictions and building partnerships with international organisations, development banks, and monetary institutions, and earlier advised multinational companies on geopolitical and regulatory risk at Control Risks and supported market entry strategy at Euromonitor International.

Prismecs

Chief Commercial Officer

John Hardy is a senior energy and infrastructure executive and currently serves as Chief Commercial Officer and Director of New Projects at Prismecs. He leads commercial strategy, project origination, and execution for large-scale power and data center development programs across the United States and international markets. With more than two decades of experience rooted in upstream oil and gas, John has advised and delivered complex infrastructure projects spanning the U.S. and the Middle East, including regulatory coordination, state and national energy engagement, and multi-jurisdictional project development. He maintains active working relationships with state governments, utilities, and public authorities in Texas and Oklahoma, supporting public-private initiatives focused on resilient power, grid modernization, and mission-critical digital infrastructure. Recognized for aligning government priorities with private capital and disciplined execution, John specializes in advancing projects from concept through financing, delivery, and long-term operations, positioning Prismecs as a trusted partner to sovereign, municipal, and enterprise stakeholders.

RADcube LLC

CEO

Feroz Syed is a technologist and innovation-driven executive who architects and scales digital and AI-powered platforms that solve complex enterprise and public-sector challenges. As CEO of RADcube, he has built a global delivery organization focused on data and analytics, intelligent application development, enterprise integration, and full-cycle digital transformation, with a strong emphasis on user-centered design and measurable outcomes. His passion for applied AI led to the creation of RADlabs—RADcube’s innovation and incubation hub—born from internal R&D initiatives to rapidly prototype, test, and operationalize emerging technologies such as intelligent document processing, automation, and advanced analytics into repeatable accelerators and platforms. Across his ventures, Feroz consistently bridges strategy and engineering, translating real-world problems into scalable digital solutions that modernize healthcare, government, and enterprise operations while accelerating innovation adoption.

Portfolio Companies & Industries
- SKD Energy– design, implement and validation of energy efficiency programs
- Syra Health – Mental & behavioral health, digital health, and population health technology
- Blue Agilis – AI-driven healthcare solutions and agile care models
- Versante (Versante Connect.AI) – AI-powered public health platforms (outreach, screening, and management)

Prismecs is a global engineering and infrastructure company focused on power generation, EPC execution, and mission-critical data centered enablement, delivering resilient, scalable energy solutions for hyperscale, industrial, and government clients. Prismecs specializes in grid-connected and behind-the-meter power, modular and permanent generation assets, and high-availability electrical and mechanical systems that support AI-dense and compute-intensive data center environments. With deep multi-OEM capability, rapid deployment experience, and integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and lifecycle support, Prismecs provides partners a single, execution-ready platform for developing reliable, future-proof power and data center infrastructure across U.S. and international markets.

RADcube LLC is an AI engineering and digital transformation firm focused on building trusted, explainable, and production-ready intelligence for enterprises and governments.

We specialize in building AI-enabled platforms, workflow automation, and decision-support systems that integrate seamlessly into existing enterprise and public-sector environments. Our approach emphasizes governance-first AI, data stewardship, and human-centered design to ensure trust, transparency, and real-world adoption.

RADcube operates globally across the U.S., UAE, and India, supporting public-sector modernization, enterprise transformation, and mission-driven innovation at scale.

ServiceNow is a Fortune 500 company that is a leader in enterprise AI and uses its AI platform to help over 85% of Fortune 500 companies and governments worldwide to automate workflows and boost productivity. ServiceNow continues to significantly deepen its commitment and capabilities in the UAE, focusing on AI-powered digital transformation for public and private sectors.

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape.

Strategy for Access Foundation NFP is a Chicago-based nonprofit advancing disability inclusion and universal design through high-impact storytelling, education, and cross-sector partnerships. The organization helps communities and institutions move from “awareness” to implementation—spotlighting what accessible environments, services, and experiences look like in real life, and translating those lessons into practical models that can scale across cities, workplaces, and public-facing systems.

With a media-and-learning platform built for reach and measurable engagement, Strategy for Access has produced nearly 200 short documentaries (2018–2026) exploring accessible cultural institutions, international universal design, literacy, fitness, and the destigmatization of mental health. The organization earned a regional Emmy nomination, demonstrating its ability to build sustainable, mission-driven programming that meets professional production standards.

Most recently, Strategy for Access completed the rollout of Phase 2 of Accessible Chicago, translating the entire 17-film docuseries into 10 languages—including Arabic—supporting global knowledge exchange and culturally responsive accessibility practices aligned with the future of work, smart cities, and inclusive innovation.