Asif Paracha currently serves in the EMEA Strategy & Planning division at Autodesk since July 2021. Prior to this, Asif Paracha spent over 17 years at Cisco, holding several roles including Sales Strategy & Planning - Global and Sales Strategy & Planning - EMEA, where efforts focused on driving standardization and change management, along with strategy and planning across partner and distribution value chains in EMEA. Asif Paracha also had roles as an Account Manager and Partner Account Manager, overseeing customer segments and managing strategic partnerships. Periodically, Asif Paracha took a sabbatical to travel and volunteer across Latin America and Asia. Asif Paracha holds an MBA in Strategy from Durham University.