Helder Antunes — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Current Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Veea Inc.
Co-founder and former Chairman of the OpenFog Consortium, which drove industry standardization.
Helped produce the OpenFog Reference Architecture, later adopted as an IEEE standard.
Advised the Government of Portugal and the Regional Government of the Azores on technology and economic development.
Spent over 20 years at Cisco Systems, earning industry recognition including the Cisco Pioneer Award.

Biography

Helder Antunes is a senior technology executive with over 35 years of leadership experience spanning networking, security, edge computing, and other emerging technologies. He currently serves as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Veea Inc., following his role as CEO of Crowdkeep, which was acquired by Veea. Previously, he was CEO of CyVolve.com.

Antunes spent over two decades at Cisco Systems, where he led multiple flagship initiatives.