Sohail Elabd is the Director International Strategies at Esri Inc. As an expert in Geospatial Technology, Elabd brings over 28 years of experience in driving National Government GIS strategies, Partnerships & Alliance, and Business Development across Emerging Markets in the Middle East, Central Asia & Africa.

Being goal oriented, Elabd envisioned GIS Nationwide implementations in many countries in the Middle East & Africa region. Elabd has experience in GIS Applications for Safe Cities, Smart Cities, Land Administration, and Government Solutions among others.

Having assumed leadership roles for Tier 1 US organizations such as Esri, Elabd is an insightful and principled character, with high work ethics and performance levels. His strong general management skills are based on "People First" philosophy.

Elabd is a holder of 2 degrees in Engineering and GIS; Namely a B.Sc. of Civil Engineering from Alexandria University in Egypt, and a M.Sc. of Information Technology from Nottingham University in the UK.